Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[grecian]

Sir Bobby, love McEnroe, Borg was great, but feel that Charlton is an utterly rare beast, an under-rated English sportsman

Jahingir Khan, just over Carl Lewis.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Charlton & Khan.

 

[GIMH]

Charlton and Lewis

 

[Tom Halsey]

Charlton & Khan.

 

[Simon]

Battle #17
Bjorn Borg 3
Sir Bobby Charlton 11
John McEnroe

Battle #18
Jahangir Khan 7
Dale Earnhardt 2
Carl Lewis 6

 

[Simon]

Battle #19

Eric Cantona (French) - Football

Honours
369 career club games for clubs such as Manchester United and Marseille
45 International caps for France
4 EPL titles with Manchester United
2 time Ligue 1 champion with Marseille
2 time FA Cup winner
1994 PFA Players playr of the Year
1996 FWA Footballer of the year

vs

Andy Roddick (American) - Tennis

Honours
486 career match wins
2003 US Open Champion
2 time Wimbledon runner up
27 career ATP titles
4 career doubles titles
7 straight years - year end top 10 in world
World number 1 for 13 weeks
2003 ATP Player of the Year
2003 ITF World Champion

vs

Michael Schumacher (German) - Formula 1 Motor Racing

Honours
250 career races
91 career wins
68 pole positions
154 podium finishes
7 times world champion
2 time Laureus Worlds Sportsman of the Year
1 of 9 UNESCO Champions for Sport

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Battle #20

Eddy Merckx (Belgian) - Cycling

Honours
5 time tour de France winner
34 tour de France stage wins
3 time tour de France Points winner
2 time tour de France King of the Mountain
5 time Giro d'Italia winner
1973 Vuelta a Espana winner
3 time World Road Race champion

vs

Martina Navratilova (American) - Tennis

Honours
1442 career match wins
167 career singles titles
18 singles Grand Slam titles
177 career doubles titles
31 doubles Grand Slam titles
8 time WTA champions singles winner
12 time WTA championships Doubles winner
10 time mixed doubles Grand slam winner

vs

Ryan Giggs (Welsh) - Football

Honours
563 career club matches for Manchester United
64 International caps for Wales
11 time EPL winner with Manchester United
4 time FA Cup winner
2 time Champions League winner
2009 PFA Player of the Year
2 time Welsh Player of the Year
Named in PFA team of the century
8 time named in in PFA team of the year

 

[BoyBrumby]

Schumacher & Navratilova

 

[Johnners]

A-Rod! and Martina

 

[Ausage]

Hate Cantona. His moment of infamy at Crystal Palace was one of the worst acts committed on a sporting field, and that's without taking into account his all round douchery. Roddick for me.

Martina in the second one.

 

[duffer]

Schumacher & Navratilova

Aye, go with this too.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

A-Rod and Martina.

 

[Burgey]

Cantona and Giggs.

 

[James_W]

Schumacher and Giggs

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Cantona and can't decide on the 2nd battle

 

[Blewy]

Gotta go A-Rod, My favourite Tennis player...

In the other one ill go Giggs, even though he's with manure, he's one of the good guys.

 

[ripper868]

Cantona

Giggs

 

[luffy]

Cantona

 

[pinchy81]

Schumacher and Giggs

 

[Uppercut]

Cantona.

It's impossible to overstate how highly this guy is thought of at Old Trafford. He retired twelve years ago and they still sing about him at every match. United hadn't won the league in 26 years when Cantona arrived, and won it the season he arrived and in four of his five years at the club. The year they didn't win it was the year Eric was suspended for most of the season. In a recent poll in the official magazine, he was voted the greatest United player of al time- ahead of all-time greats like Best, Charlton, Law, Robson, Edwards.

Giggs in the second. Gunnest bloke.

 

[luffy]

I don't actually mind Cantona as a Manchester United player, which is unusual for me.

Don't like Giggs though.