Greatest Greatest

[Poetic Chaos]

Everyon listed is argueably the best their sport ever had, but who is the greatest greatest?

In terms absolute dominance in his sport, my vote goes to Takeru Kobayashi of Competitive Eating. Before he came, the world record for hotdogs eaten in a 12 minute period was 22. It's now 53 and 3/4. Since entering the scene he has one the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest 6 years in a row. This year was the first time anyone even came within single digits of him. He is the king.

 

[RogueLDN]

For me, it was close, mainly becasue you've missed out the rest of the world muppet. America is not the soul source of good sports people.

 

[Qoèlet]

No-one listed can touch Roman-Greco wrestling's Alexander Karelin. 13 years undefeated in international competition. Six of those years went without having a point scored on him. His accomplishments are scarcely conceivable. This man threw squirming 300 pound men around like ragdolls.

 

[The Last Meatbag]

Lance Armstrong pwns the rest

 

[Mr. Thing]

Out of those options...

 

[ElectroFlare]

Bruce Lee Damnit!

 

[Poetic Chaos]

Though my vote went to Kobayashi, I'm the biggest fan of Pete Sampras. That guy was a champion to admire.

 

[Speedball]

Babe Ruth.
He was the first great sports star, and who doesn't love the Babe?

 

[El ASESINO]

as much as i hate the yankees i have to vote for the babe

 

[Alpha and Omega]

It's kind of impossible to compare.

 

[AnimeJune]

Everyon listed is argueably the best their sport ever had, but who is the greatest greatest?

In terms absolute dominance in his sport, my vote goes to Takeru Kobayashi of Competitive Eating. Before he came, the world record for hotdogs eaten in a 12 minute period was 22. It's now 53 and 3/4. Since entering the scene he has one the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest 6 years in a row. This year was the first time anyone even came within single digits of him. He is the king.

I don't acknowledge eating as a sport - eating is a necessary biological function that every living organism on this Earth does. It's like competitive crapping - wow, which turd is bigger? Competitive eating contests make me sick, what with the fact that it's extremely unhealthy (how 'bout competitive boozing, y'all?), and that it's a criminal waste of food. Kids are starving in third world countries while some Japanese guy makes a LIVING eating more food than he needs?

Anyhoo, now that I'm finished my rant - I'd go with Armstrong. The guy's won the Tour de France a buttload of times, including AFTER overcoming cancer. Sounds like a true athlete to me. Y'know, actually training his body to perform a useful SKILL.

 

[Batty for Bats!]

Good for you June. You think eating isn't important and cycling is a useful skill.


My vote goes for Michael Jordan. I still have a bulls poster on my wall.

 

[Carter]

There isn't any way to compare them. It's stupid.

 

[Yurka]

Ali, no doubt

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Some of those guys are the greatest of their sport.

 

[lordofthenerds]

Me...but I guess Jordon comes second.

 

[Gamma Ray]

Eating is not a sport.

 

[Spidey-Bat]

I was referring more along the lines to Ruth. Baseball is hard to agree on the greatest of the great. You could argue what makes a player the greatest; throwing, speed, hits, homeruns, RBIs, etc. Football too. Some sports there is too much to consider to determine who is the greatest of them all.

 

[lordofthenerds]

Eating is not a sport.

But amazingly enough 3 people picked the guy...

 

[Poetic Chaos]

I'll score 69 points in a basketball game before I'm ever able to eat 53 and 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

double

 

[Poetic Chaos]

wow, a triple.

 

[lordofthenerds]

I'll score 69 points in a basketball game before I'm ever able to eat 53 and 3/4 hot dogs in 12 minutes.

Yeah but the problem is that eating hot dogs isn't a sport.

 

[Alpha and Omega]

I thought about this earlier, and how do you decide?

Accomplishments/achievement in the sport, how they changed the sport/how they impacted the world outside of their sport?

There are simply too many variables here unless you just want to play favorites based on your sport of choice, the one athlete you prefer, etc. . . .

You could make a list of the greatest in each respective field, but comparing the greatest basketball player, futbol' player, american football hero, boxing legend, wrestling god, Biking champion, etc. . . to determine one winner isn't feasible.

It's like someone making a thread entitled:

- Greatest message board poster of all time -

w/ sub-categories of different sites (here, AicN, IgN, etc)
a playoff w/in each division to see who'll represent their site
& and tourney of posting trials to see who's are the most enjoyable.

Edit: AND DAMMIT!! : FOOD DOESN'T COUNT AS A SPORT! JUST BECAUSE YOU SEE SOME YUPPIE ESPN ANNOUNCER SPEAKING TO THE CONTRARY, DON'T BE FOOLED. GLUTTONY IS NOT A SPORT.

IT'S A PAST TIME OR HOBBY AT BEST.

 

[Poetic Chaos]

It's just as impressive as any accomplishment anyone else on the list has. It does take training. Kobayashi has a friggin 6 pack.