Who's the Greatest?

[kinboshi]

Best boxer of all-time?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson

[ShatnerPants]

Ali was a lot of hot air. Not even the greatest ever boxer.

Armstrong is f'kin joke. Beats cancer and chooses to spend the rest of the time he has been gifted cheating at cycling.

He's the most tested athlete on the planet and has never failed a single test. Armstrong would never have won the Tour if it wasnt for cancer, he fully acknowledges that, but if you'd read his books you may have a different opinion on the man.

He got the chance to shag sheryl crow, but he thought riding a bike was more fun.

[Colchester Kev]

Ali was a lot of hot air. Not even the greatest ever boxer.

Armstrong is f'kin joke. Beats cancer and chooses to spend the rest of the time he has been gifted cheating at cycling.

He's the most tested athlete on the planet and has never failed a single test. Armstrong would never have won the Tour if it wasnt for cancer, he fully acknowledges that, but if you'd read his books you may have a different opinion on the man.

He got the chance to shag sheryl crow, but he thought riding a bike was more fun.

Same thing surely ?

[TheChipPrince]

Kate Hudson >>>>> Sheryl Crow

[kinboshi]

The Crow >>>> Sheryl Crow

[Longy]

The Crow >>>> Everyone

[AdamG]

Muhammed Ali - Boxer

Pele - Footballer

Michael Schumacher - F1 Driver

Tiger Woods - Golfer

4 seriously talented sports people of all time.

[Linux]

Whitey Durham or Skillz Taylor yo.

hahaha just seen this

[The Baron]

Ali was a lot of hot air. Not even the greatest ever boxer.

Armstrong is f'kin joke. Beats cancer and chooses to spend the rest of the time he has been gifted cheating at cycling.

dont agee mate, ali was a legend and the greatest boxer ever imo
to come back 3 times takes some talent and some balls!

Ali certainly wasn't the best boxer ever.  I'd place Julio Cesar Chavez above him for one.

I think he was the 'greatest' sportsman ever in the way he transcended the sport - but there have been a lot of more talented boxers, and there have been other sportsmen who have dominated their sports far more than Ali did.

The best "boxer" ever (in the technical sense) will never be a heavyweight though. Ali was the best fighter though without a shadow of a doubt.

My pick for the best boxer would probably be Chavez too. Possibly Roy Jones Jr. From the boxers I've seen anyway.

[ShatnerPants]

Ali was a lot of hot air. Not even the greatest ever boxer.

Armstrong is f'kin joke. Beats cancer and chooses to spend the rest of the time he has been gifted cheating at cycling.

dont agee mate, ali was a legend and the greatest boxer ever imo
to come back 3 times takes some talent and some balls!

Ali certainly wasn't the best boxer ever.  I'd place Julio Cesar Chavez above him for one.

I think he was the 'greatest' sportsman ever in the way he transcended the sport - but there have been a lot of more talented boxers, and there have been other sportsmen who have dominated their sports far more than Ali did.

The best "boxer" ever (in the technical sense) will never be a heavyweight though. Ali was the best fighter though without a shadow of a doubt.

My pick for the best boxer would probably be Chavez too. Possibly Roy Jones Jr. From the boxers I've seen anyway.

In the old pound for pound stakes, where does Sugar Ray Leonard fit in ?

I haven't seen much boxing for an age, but going back to the old days of valve tv, he was far and away the best imo.

[kinboshi]

Ali was a lot of hot air. Not even the greatest ever boxer.

Armstrong is f'kin joke. Beats cancer and chooses to spend the rest of the time he has been gifted cheating at cycling.

dont agee mate, ali was a legend and the greatest boxer ever imo
to come back 3 times takes some talent and some balls!

Ali certainly wasn't the best boxer ever.  I'd place Julio Cesar Chavez above him for one.

I think he was the 'greatest' sportsman ever in the way he transcended the sport - but there have been a lot of more talented boxers, and there have been other sportsmen who have dominated their sports far more than Ali did.

The best "boxer" ever (in the technical sense) will never be a heavyweight though. Ali was the best fighter though without a shadow of a doubt.

My pick for the best boxer would probably be Chavez too. Possibly Roy Jones Jr. From the boxers I've seen anyway.

In the old pound for pound stakes, where does Sugar Ray Leonard fit in ?

I haven't seen much boxing for an age, but going back to the old days of valve tv, he was far and away the best imo.

Sugar Ray Leonard was good - definitely a top 10 in my book.  From what I've heard the 'experts' say, Sugar Ray Robinson was the best. The videos I've seen of him seem to back that up. 

[FuglyBaz]

8 pages and not one single mention for Phil 'The Power' Taylor. He is so far ahead of the darts players and is even better now than ever. And Eric Bristow before him?

As for chess not being a sport, I think it is so Vladmir Kramnik, Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer are the greatest chess players up to now

[bigalhx1]

i was just going to post phil taylor  http://www.philthepower.com/powerbiography.html

[ShatnerPants]

8 pages and not one single mention for Phil 'The Power' Taylor.

I think Sugar ray would take him in the third.

[kinboshi]

As for chess not being a sport, I think it is so Vladmir Kramnik, Gary Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer are the greatest chess players up to now

Chess is a great game, but it's not a sport in my book.

If you are talking great chess players, you've missed out arguably the greatest - Capablanca.