Ricky Hatton ,the most popular sportsman ever ?

[Kel]

I think he is just as well known as guys like Mike Tyson, Ayrton Senna, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan etc

[RP33]

I think he is just as well known as guys like Mike Tyson, Ayrton Senna, Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan etc

Not even close.. Maybe in the UK he is, but to say the most popular ever, i assume we're including the rest of the earth.. and there are plenty, PLENTY people who don't know who ricky hatton is in the US.. and i'm not even talking about older generations of sports fans, i'm saying various generations.. the mayweather/hatton fight helped him because it exposed him quite a bit more, but no bars here ever show PPV's or HBO/Showtime boxing so forget it..

tiger woods and michael jordan are popular obviously because of their sports, but also because of their commercial spots and prime time TV spots.. when you see one of their faces in a commercial, you know who it is.. if it was Hatton, forget it, maybe one person in a room of 8 people would know who it was.