Photos: Mike Tyson Celebrated As Hero In Africa And The Congo, Meets The President

These photos show that worldwide powerhouse, entrepreneur and former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson is more powerful and popular than ever.

Whether it is crushing it in the Middle East this year opening up new State of the art boxing gyms in Saudi Arabia, overseeing amateur boxing competitions there, to growing boxing in Libya, to opening new schools in the United States of America, to expanding new businesses in Europe, Mike Tyson is a man who cannot be stopped.

Clearly.

Mike Tyson Celebrated As Hero In Africa

This proof again here in the Congo as he met the President, the military and the people:

It is more than fair to say that the likes of Terence Crawford, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao were the best pound for pound boxers of the last twenty to thirty years maybe in the sport of boxing.

Worldwide.

But no one, however, comes even close, to the sheer power that Mike Tyson has on behalf of the sport.

In many ways Mike Tyson is the ambassador of boxing since Muhammad Ali passed away.

From an international, worldwide boxing.

The above just proof yet again.

Everywhere he has gone this year Tyson has helped boxing open into new markets that no other man simply would have been able to do.

If they do get a big stadium fight in Africa next year, like Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman’s iconic ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ back in the day in Zaire, Tyson will surely be crucial in some form.

Certainly as an ambassador for the sport or just even being there in general, commentating and so on.

Martin Bakole is the obvious choice being from there and being a heavyweight to put in a big fight there.

Anthony Joshua’s familial ties to Nigeria as well makes him a contender to do a big fight there.

The main thing the probably would need to be addressed is the venue, stadium, health and safety of such a large crowd in a new market again for the sport and so on.

The fan base for boxing legends is clearly there though.

Why not take things further again, on a worldwide basis for boxing, with the above.

Tyson has had a huge year this year in boxing and beyond and can help the sport continue to break down new ground and open up in many new markets, in terms of big fights and other boxing related ventures.