Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[Johnners]

Van Basten & Khan

 

[ripper868]

Hicham el Guerrouj and Jahangir Khan.

This

Devestated that Eales has gone

 

[biased indian]

Van Basten et Nicklaus

This

 

[Somerset]

Marco Van Basten and Jack Nicklaus.

 

[Blewy]

Marco Van Basten and Jack Nicklaus.

this

 

[fredfertang]

likewise

 

[BoyBrumby]

van Basten & Khan.

Squash is something of a minority concern, but Khan's level of dominance surpasses even Jack for me.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

el Guerrouj
Nicklaus

 

[pasag]

Khan

 

[nightprowler10]

Khan

 

[GIMH]

First one is incredibly tough; van Basten was AMAZING but so was El Guerrouj, in the blue riband event of track & field. van Basten will take this one comfortably anyway, gonna vote El Guerrouj as he achieved more

 

[Simon]

Sorry for the delay, been enjoying my long weekend too much

Battle #7
Hicham el Guerrouj 4
vs
Marco Van Basten 13

Battle #8
Jahangir Khan 9
vs
Jack Nicklaus 8

 

[Simon]

Couple of epic battles here

Round 32 Battle #9

Wayne Gretzky (Canadian) - Ice Hockey

Honours
1487 career games club games
63 Internationals
9 time Hart Trophy winner for NHL's MVP
4 time Stanley Cup winner
4 time Canadian Athlete of the Year
7 time Canadian Male Athlete of the Year
8 time All NHL First team
1998 Ranked number 1 on the list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players
Ranked #1 Canadian Athlete of the century
SI's Hockey Player of the century
#5 in ESPN's top 100 Athletes of the 20th century
1982 SI Athlete of the Year
1979 Rookie of the Year
Holds records for:
Most career goals with 1016
Most career assists (1963)

vs

Muhammad Ali (American) - Boxing

honours
61 career fights for 56 wins
37 wins by Knockout
1960 Olympic Gold Medal in Light Heavyweight
Held WBC Heavyweight Title for 7 years
Held NABF Heavyweight title for 5 years
Held WBC Heavyweight title for 5 years
Ranked 2nd in ESPN's list of Greatest boxers of all time
Ranked 2nd in ESPN's list of greatest heavyweight boxers of all time
1974 SI Athlete of the Year

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Round of 32 Battle #10

Michael Phelps (American) - Swimming

Honours
14 time Olympic Gold Medalist
2 time Olympic Bronze Medalist
18 time World Championship Gold Medalist
8 time Pan Pacific Gold Medalist
32 World Record holder
5 time World Swimmer of the Year
7 time American Swimmer of the Year
Holds the record for most Olympic gold-medals in individual events (9)
Holds the record for most Olympic gold-medals at a single games (8)
2008 SI Sportsman of the Year

vs

Gerd Muller (German) - Football

Honours
565 career club games for clubs such as Bayern Munich and Nordlingen
489 career club goals
62 International caps for West Germany
68 International goals
4 time Bundesliga winner with Bayern Munich
3 time European Champions Cup winner
1974 World Cup winner
1972 European Championship winner
7 time top German goalscorer
1970 World Cup top goalscorer
2 time German footballer of the year
1970 European footballer of the year
1963-2003 Best Bundesliga player

 

[duffer]

Ali and Muller.

 

[ripper868]

Ali
Muller

 

[luffy]

Ali Phelps

 

[NUFAN]

Ali and Phelps.

Phelps vs Muller is extremely tough.

 

[Blewy]

Ali Phelps

this

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Gretsky, Phelps.

 

[grecian]

Ali
Muller