Logan Paul vs Jakob Ingebrigtsen: Who's more athletic?

This has to be a troll post designed for reactions, considering you are posting this on a running forum, and a den of Prime-fueled tik-tok 14 year olds is the only place you'd get a positive reaction to this comparison, if they even knew who Jakob was. However, I'll bite.

One is clearly juiced to the gills, while the other has not yet been proven to dope. And no, the rapid muscle gain, waxy completion, and freakishly defined veins of Logan Paul were not achieved naturally, even if he hasn't technically failed a drug test.

Finally, you are comparing a world record holder, Olympic gold medalist, etc in an endurance sport, to someone who has won (and lost) a few boxing matches against people nowhere near world champion level. I don't understand how these are comparable in any way. And no, the Floyd Mayweather exhibition for money where they hugged each other every round does not rival Jakob's achievements.

You know there's more to being athletic than just having good endurance, right? Logan Paul bests Jakob in strength, power, agility, flexibility, durability, nerves, hand-eye coordination, etc.

Also, steroids don't make you more athletic dummy. Bodybuilders cannot suddenly make the NFL or play in the NBA just because they take PEDs.

Logan Paul is also a WWE star. He's performed athletic moves that Jakob could never do even if given a lifetime to practice:

He also held his own against pro MMA fighter Paulo Costa in a grappling match, despite having basically no BJJ experience.

And I guarantee you Logan Paul did better against Floyd than Jakob would do.

I agree. Jakob is a better distance runner than Logan Paul. They should battle for US Title at the Royal Rumble. Jakob appearing could add dozens of more viewers.

Both are equally hideous

We don't know much about Jakob's flexibility. Depending on what you mean by durability you could argue that Jakob is ridiculously durable - guy has been running 110 mpw with double thresholds for god knows how many years now. 99% of people just can't do that.

But the dumbest part of your post is questioning Jakob's nerves. Do you even watch this sport? Kid is utterly fearless when it comes to racing to the point of arrogance.

>he thinks running fast is scary

You are why XC & long distance runners are the laughing stock of the sports world.

We're not talking about some kid running a XC race, but about a guy standing on the starting line in an olympic final. If Logan Paul makes a mistake he goes back to being a clown on youtube. If Jakob makes a mistake then four years of his life go to waste. But I wouldn't expect some drooling retard who watches youtubers box to understand.

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Runners aren’t athletic. It’s not like they play a ball sport. They’re good at exercising.

Ingebrigtsen.

Laughing and laughing. Ingebrigtsen is one of the world's greatest and most dynamic athletes of his generation. Logan Paul is just a youtuber. If the question was who is more successful in social media, then sure--I'd go with Logan Paul. But as athletes, it's no comparison.

Your mom could take them both at the same time.

How many people ever enter a boxing match? In general it's lower class people who do it, and even not very many of them ever do a real boxing match and try to be good at it. Because of this the level of competition in boxing is pretty low relative to higher participation sports. As shown by the fact that a youtuber is somewhat competitive after just recently trying his hand at the sport. There's zero chance that someone can pick up the sport of running form nowhere and be competitive with professional runners after a couple years.

Since "athleticism" is so hard to objectivly measure, these posts even when we're comparing similarly accomplished athletes will never have good answers. Here the answer is Jakob since we aren't comparing similarly accomplished athletes, but if we were we'd have no good way to measure it. Decathlon is the best tool I have in mind to try it, but even that is far from perfect

You're being way too generous. Logan Paul pays retired fighters to stand in front of him and take a telegraphed knocked out punch. Good for them for finally cashing in on a decent paycheck, but to pretend this guy is an athlete is a joke.

The question isn't about which individual is more successful in their sport. Obviously that would be Jakob.

The question is who is more athletic. The average NCAA Div 1 running back is more athletic than the greatest bodybuilder of all time.

Put it this way. if you had to play 10 random different sports, who would you rather pick for your team: Jakob or Logan?

>he thinks just being in a high pressure situation makes you more athletic

Those are not the kind of nerves that make someone more athletic, dummy. By your definition, a CEO making a pitch to an angel investor for a company he invested 4 years into requires athleticism.

I'm talking about confronting the primal fear that grips an athlete about to be punched in a boxing match, the terror of diving from a 20-meter platform, or the sheer nerve required to flip off a high bar, knowing that serious injury is a possibility. That's what defines athleticism in those moments.

Of course dorks like yourself would know nothing about this since running is a relatively safe sport that doesn't put its athletes in risky situations that could seriously physically harm them.

Just remember: running is a sport that requires such little athleticism that there are literally grandmas and grandpas that run the Boston Marathon. How many grandmas and grandpas do you know who can perform a gymnastics routine on the pommel horse or the high bar?

Zero. Which incidentally is also the amount of grandmas I know who can run a sub 5 mile.

Sprinters, boxers, wrestlers, and MMA fighters don't play ball sports. Are they unathletic?

There’s no such thing as general all around athleticism. Your question contains a false premise. A great female ballet dancer will never be a great shot putter.

Since the question as you intended it doesn’t make sense, most of us read it the way that does make sense, I.e., which of these is a better, more accomplished athlete? That’s obviously Jakob. In boxing, Logan Paul is just a noob.