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« on: September 14, 2009, 12:41:41 AM »

who is the biggest sports star in the world ever??

i just watched michael jordan get inducted into the hall of fame and it got me thinking who is the greatest in the world in any given sports.


there is federer,michael schumacher, pele, steven hendry, tiger woods and phil taylor are just to name afew
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2009, 12:47:32 AM »



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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2009, 12:52:31 AM »

lol @ Phil Taylor.

Woods by a way followed by Federer
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2009, 12:53:42 AM »

federer>>>>>ali?
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2009, 12:54:44 AM »

Biggest sports star ever is this guy, surely?

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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2009, 12:58:57 AM »

yeah sorry I was thinking current, not read OP properly
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2009, 01:04:00 AM »

Woods probs.

Can't see Federer being far away.

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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2009, 01:07:22 AM »

Yeah I was reading current as well.

In 2008

Tiger Woods made an estimated 127.9 million, the 2nd on that list made 62.3million, be interesting to see if people could guess who was 2nd?
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2009, 01:08:39 AM »



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« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2009, 01:09:37 AM »

phill taylor  pretty much pwnd in darts

i supose he isnt big but he dominated the sport
i think michael schumacher is prob the person who dominated the most in one ssport
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« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2009, 01:12:26 AM »

phill taylor  pretty much pwnd in darts

i supose he isnt big but he dominated the sport
i think michael schumacher is prob the person who dominated the most in one ssport

lmao @ phil taylor being in this discussion - could name you probably 25 current golfers and 50+ footballers more famous, and that just for the present day...
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« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2009, 04:41:51 AM »

phill taylor  pretty much pwnd in darts

i supose he isnt big but he dominated the sport
i think michael schumacher is prob the person who dominated the most in one ssport

lmao @ phil taylor being in this discussion - could name you probably 25 current golfers and 50+ footballers more famous, and that just for the present day...

He didn't ask, who is the most famous sportsperson.


And its Woods




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« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2009, 05:53:37 AM »

biggest sports star = most famous sports person imo

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« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2009, 07:28:12 AM »

There is a difference between most dominant and biggest/greatest.

Ali is in my opinion the greatest - he is the most recognisable, most entertaining, most intelligent, most charismatic sportsman ever, who not only defined his generation, he had a profound impact on both boxing and history in general. But he certainly wasnt the most dominant, he got beat quite a few times and had to resort to playing silly buggers to beat Henry Cooper.

Now Roy Jones, in his prime, was unbeatable. He had speed, power, flair and ringcraft. But he never had any tough career defining fights, was in an uncompetative division during his reign, was barely known outside the states and had a huge question marks over his career with the steroid scandal that managed to get swept under the carpet. By no means the greatest (plus he never fought Collins/Benn/Eubank the wuss).

Usain Bolt is perhaps the most dominant and recognisable sportsman right now btw, include him.

Oh and Hellmuth obv, he has some bracelets n that

Edit: Dont forget Triple H either
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« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2009, 09:46:49 AM »

Yeah I was reading current as well.

In 2008

Tiger Woods made an estimated 127.9 million, the 2nd on that list made 62.3million, be interesting to see if people could guess who was 2nd?

A non googled effort at Beckham?

I bet Mickelson is not far off either, seems to be a lot of money in Golf at the mo...
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