Most dominant athlete of our generation...

ricola · 07-06-2009, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MattR644

Mike Tyson was awfully dominant from the time he started until the Buster Douglas debacle...and we all know what happened from there. But I was watching "Mike Tyson's Greatest Hits II" on ESPN a couple weeks ago, and he would just absolutely destroy people....even when he was in the upper echelons of the heavyweights, all it took was one good punch and it was lights out. Not comparing Tyson to all the other greats listed here (I simply haven't seen enough of them and know very little about boxing in the first place), but man was he fun to watch when he was young.

Yeah it's a shame what happened to him. I don't think he'll ever get his proper due now. There was a time when he was bigger then Jordan. Cocaine is a hell of a drug

SpartyOnInChitown · 07-06-2009, 03:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MSchott

Get a life. There are plenty of people in the know who think that Lance was dirty. I'm not saying he was but this sport is so dirty that it wouldn't surprise me in the least if he had doped. I participate in some heavy duty cycling forums and there is far from a consensus that he was clean.

Also, you are so wrong about Tiger Woods. To compare him to a Nascar driver is the height of hate.

And comparing him as an athlete to players in football, hockey, baseball and basketball is the height of delusion. Those four sports, along with a cornucopia of individual sports too numerous to mention, require far more athletic ability than golf. Tiger Woods shouldn't even be in discussion in this thread considering it asked for the most dominant athlete.

arfabe16 · 07-06-2009, 04:11 AM

Lance Armstrong or Roger Federer.

I'm not even huge on cycling or tennis, but just look at those guys' records. Hard to argue against them unless you're a hater of those sports.

PolskaSpartan · 07-06-2009, 04:16 AM

Scorgasm - Holden Hall '97

Most dominant IM football team of our generation

Ron_in_ATL · 07-06-2009, 10:28 AM

If you are going back to Howe... Have to mention Jim Brown. He was All American in two sports and ended his career early on his terms!