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Who in your opinion is the greatest sportsman of all time
Who in your opinion is the greatest sportsman of all time
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I would pick Ali.
A 1 on 1 combat sport trumps most other sporting endeavours imo. Ali proved himself as one of the greats at a time when his rivals were all at a high level. He also came back from defeat, which shows tremendous character. Whilst undefeated or dominant champions have a superior record, it could also show that their rivals just weren't at a high enough level to test them. Although my favourite athlete of all time is Mike Tyson (at his peak). He had pretty much every athletic attribute covered (strength, speed, stamina, co-ordination, balance, power). |
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My favourite athlete is Pele.
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who can forget how ali defeated foreman. One of the biggest upsets in the history of boxing. Ali was great even before the fight but he cemented himself as the greatest after that fight and frazier in manilla. I think ali was 8/1 against foreman. Was free money lucky backers must've made fortunes on him every match.
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tiger woods? is this some sick joke
it's muhammad ali and nobody comes close |
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Thank you.
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nedum onuoha (nap)
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surely its titus bramble
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mr john lauranitus
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maybe Stone Cold Steve Austin
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If Kim Jung Il was that good at golf on his first attempt, im prepared to row in with him. Wasnt that great at dictating though.
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aaronh no wrestler will ever be the greatest sportsman. Give it up FFS. Hulk hogan doesn't even come close.
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Rock also doing well in the golf ATM, worthy shout imo
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the Undertaker, 19 wins and 0 defeats at Wrestlemania
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TMO stated that... it's a great achievement but that takes place once a year. Does not qualify for greatest sportsman of all time... no sorry.
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento
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what about any of the tennis players? If it were greatest sportswoman then martina navrilotva would top by a huge margin imo
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Rafa Nadal
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Ric Flair
The butcher and The Sting imo all in the running |
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Monty Panesar
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2 unbelievable athletes in Australia atm
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yep djok defo up there
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djokovic up there when he wins the french open this year to hold all 4 majors in one go
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all this talk of Tiger Woods , but he isn't even regarded as the best golfer of all time - time on his side though
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Stone Cold won 3 Royal Rumbles
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WHAT?
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even won a match with a broken neck, what a legend
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g8Uap64fhc&feature=related (possibly not pleasant viewing) |
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WHAT?
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Cris
END OF THREAD |
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^^ not even the best Ronaldo u muppet
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dawsy where the phuck have u been hidin
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Not been hiding at all.
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Ali...although, I believe he was no more than 3/1 against Foreman.
And more likely around the 7/4- 2/1 mark in the UK if my memory serves me well. |
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fred
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phil taylor
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Don bradman v Mohammad Ali
For me. The don dominated his sport like no one has ever dominated any sport ever IMO. I suspect he comes a close second to Ali, because Ali had worldwide greatness despite not being the best ever boxer, or even necessarily the best ever heavyweight. He generally speaking came out on top in arguably the greatest series of contests in the history of sport. |
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R Truth
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Right we are betfair punters.Ali was not even in the top 10 Heavyweights let alone one of the greatest ever boxers.The same as the "greatest football team ever" Barcelona are not even the best football team in Spain !! Forget the hype and go against the crowd...
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The Great Wilson of course.
Remembered fondly by us older forumites. |
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Steve Davis
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