If they were the same weight, prime Anderson Silva would submit Khabib and knock him out. He was a better striker and better on the ground. Same for Jon Jones. Pound for pound, Anderson Silva or Jon Jones are the GOATs of MMA. Really no logical debate can be made. They are the best strikers and can't be beat on the ground. And don't give me this "Anderson Silva lost a lot." Yea, he did, in his 40s.
I feel like kipchoge has a lot more claim to marathon goat than Ali does to boxing goat. Ali the undisputed goat only because of his iconic fame. Maybe he's the goat of boxing. Maybe he's not. On the other hand, if we took a vote for marathon goat, kipchoge would get 120 out 120 possible first place votes.
I feel like kipchoge has a lot more claim to marathon goat than Ali does to boxing goat. Ali the undisputed goat only because of his iconic fame. Maybe he's the goat of boxing. Maybe he's not. On the other hand, if we took a vote for marathon goat, kipchoge would get 120 out 120 possible first place votes.
Tiger, Gretzky, Phelps, Bolt, Brady. More recent athletes competed and bested more people. As dominant as, say, Paavo Nurmi was, he was competing with maybe 1% the number of people who a modern elite runner faces.
Tiger was the longest-ranked #1 of all time, by far. Jack has 3 more majors and one more green jacket, but Tiger had to beat a far deeper, more international field of golfers to get his victories.
Gretzky's records are mind boggling and many of the major ones will never be broken.
Michael Phelps won 23 Olympic gold medals. He is the most medaled Olympic athlete of all time in any sport.
Usain Bolt needs no introduction here.
Tom Brady 7 Super Bowl wins, plus his last one with a brand new team in his first season there.