Who is the greatest athlete of all time?

[Supermoon]

Candide

It's Bo.

Iceman only like athletes who can be referred to by a single name.

[skisurfmirth]

Everyone saying pro game players, pump the brakes. Can they swim? Run more than 100 yards? They are good at their game, maybe not anything else.

Exactly. Brown was killer on the grid iron and lax field. One of the greatest ever at both of those sports. Also extremely good at basketball, boxing, baseball, track and field. He may be a terrible swimmer though, no info on that.

[AK47bp]

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[neufox47]

Puts hand up.

In fact I'd say it was at least a partial requirement.

And you don't think Serena has endurance? I'd say that playing a long 3 set tennis match (and often playing daily) requires far more endurance than an NFL player needs.

Edit: 3 sets.. Doh.

I think she has endurance but his point was that she wouldn’t do well in a marathon. I completely agree that sport specific endurance is critical, but he is comparing it to long distance running.

[Supermoon]

I think she has endurance but his point was that she wouldn’t do well in a marathon. I completely agree that sport specific endurance is critical, but he is comparing it to long distance running.

I heard a story about some WWE guy who ran the NYC Marathon hungover and with no training in like four hours. Maybe Serena wouldn’t hang with the leaders, but I bet with as much as she trains she’d do ok.

[mud]

Muhammad Ali, he transformed the sport and literally walked away from it at his height and then had the biggest comeback ever.

[Bosco]

Utah's own Cael Sanderson. As a wrestler, he was the only only one ever to go undefeated in four years of college wrestling (159–0), becoming a four-time NCAA Division I champion (1999–2002).

won an Olympic Gold medal in 2004.

He is the only wrestler in NCAA Division I history to go undefeated in official matches with more than 100 wins.
dominant
Now he already in GOAT coach conversations

If Dan Gable could have just won his last match in college. 117 wins, 1 loss. As a side note, he gave up no points in the 1972 olympics in 6 matches.

[Vt-Freeheel]

Shiffrin

[californiagrown]

Bo was just faster, stronger and quicker. He could run faster and exert more power on objects (i.e. baseballs, Brian Bosworth) than anybody else.

Did he ever have a year professionally, where he was the best player in his sport? In his league? At his position?

The answer, is no.


I bet Mike Trout could be up there if he didnt grow up in an era of hyperspecialization. Any of the elite all-time 5-tool baseball players (willie mays, mickey mantle, griffey, etc) should be in the conversation IMO.


On a side note, what are the odds that the baseball GOAT and football GOAT went to the same highschool?

[mark AT]

Gonna go with Edwin Moses as most dominant:

A track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Moses

[PNWbrit]

Gonna go with Edwin Moses as most dominant:

A track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in the event four times.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Moses

Got to be a contender. The toughest even in T&F too.

[twat]

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I did not know ric flair golfs too....

[Dantheman]

Bo was just faster, stronger and quicker. He could run faster and exert more power on objects (i.e. baseballs, Brian Bosworth) than anybody else.

Guy could snap a bat in half across his knee like it was a toothpick.

The women only play 3 sets, but I agree with you, tennis absolutely requires a ton of endurance.

How the hell is that still a thing? Imagine if women's soccer played 60-minute games? Or the women's "marathon" was 18 miles?

[Supermoon]

Men usually only play three at all tournaments but the majors. The five set thing feels like it could go away. Or men and women could play five with the fifth set being a tie break.

[fomofo]

The five set thing feels like it could go away.

Jesus, no. The "five set thing" is a big part of what makes a major a major.

Or men and women could play five with the fifth set being a tie break.

Again, no. Save final set tiebreaks for exo's and seniors.

Just leave the men's game as is, please. On the other hand by all means let the women play 5 in the semis and finals of majors.

A step in the direction of equal work for equal pay.

[Supermoon]

Who has time to watch a five hour tennis match?

[XXX-er]

Back in the day when i was a motor-head I remember they tested moto-X riders who were doing a couple of 45 minute heats pr meet and proclaimed them as fit as a WC soccer player

[byates1]

Tonya Harding

[mcski]

Traditionally most sports writers went w Jim Thorpe. Based on my dad’s recollections, I’m going w Wilt The Stilt. Dude was an amazing track athlete, NBA legend, world class volley ball player, and most importantly universally acknowledged king of all cocksmen

[Danno]

Back in the day when i was a motor-head I remember they tested moto-X riders who were doing a couple of 45 minute heats pr meet and proclaimed them as fit as a WC soccer player

moto riders are crazy fit. race car drivers are too. not sure if they can run fast or throw a ball a long way, but they are fit.

[Supermoon]

I’m just glad nobody has said anything about cross fit yet

[fomofo]

Who has time to watch a five hour tennis match?

Everyone posting here. Probably those lurking as well.

[SumJongGuy]

Could be worse.. at least I didn't post Gator..

[XXX-er]

moto riders are crazy fit. race car drivers are too. not sure if they can run fast or throw a ball a long way, but they are fit.

I would also believe that ^^ of F1 racers, the power to weight ratio of an open class GP bike or an FI car is crazy so I think controling either of those machines those would be a different but still incredible skill

I know riding my old 250 dirt bike for 10 minutes would thrash me pretty good, out of breath arms pumped up

[MiddleOfNight]

Khabib