Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Phelps has won medals at consecutive Olympic Games, Bolt has won two individual events at a single Games. At this second, Phelps is far ahead.

 

[Jono]

Woods
Phelps

 

[pasag]

Woods and Bolt. After the first week of the Olympics I'd never have thought I'd have voted for anyone over Phelps from the same sporting event, but what happened next blew me away.

 

[grecian]

Really tough on the first one. I'm generally pro-football (yeah I know, I keep it quiet), most played sport in the world, egalitarian, all that jazz. Cruyf was the best player of his generation, and still an iconic figure.

Yet he didn't win a World Cup, and there are few more iconic figures in sport today then the Tiger, has totally changed golfs demographic and helped it become a lot less elitist, so Woods by the shortest of noses.

Bolt

 

[James_W]

Tough tough tough tough tough.

Woods and Bolt

 

[Simon]

Battle #1
Johan Cryuff 9
vs
Tiger Woods 10

Battle #2
Usain Bolt 13
vs
Michael Phelps 6

 

[Simon]

Round of 16 Battle #3

Michael Jordan (American) - Basketball

Honours
1072 career games
32,292 career points
6 time NBA winner
5 time NBA MVP
14 time NBA All Star
6 time NBA Finals MVP
10 time All NBA selection
1985 NBA rookie of the year
3 time NBA All star game MVP
2 Olympic Gold Medalist
NBA's 50th Anniversary All time team
1991 SI Sportsman of the Year
2000 ESPY Sportsman of the cenutry

vs

Lance Armstrong (American) - Cycling

Honours
7 Tour de France Titles
22 Tour de France Stage wins
1993 World Cycling champion
2001 Tour de Suisse winner
1993 World Championship Gold Medalist
2000 Olympic Games Bronze Medalist in Mens Time Trial
4 time Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year
2000 Worlds Most Outstanding Athlete Award
2003 Reuters Sportsman of the Year
2003 Laureus World Sports Sportsman of the Year
2000 Laureus World Sports Comeback of the Year

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Round of 16 Battle #4

Michael Johnson (American) - Athletics

Honours
4 time Olympic Gold Medalist
8 time World Championship Gold Medalist
8 time World Record Holder
Winner of 42 career professional titles
Member of USA Track and Field Hall of Fame
1996 WWOS Athlete of the Year

vs

Jahangir Khan (Pakistani) - Squash

Honours
10 time British Open Champion (in a row)
6 time World Open Champion
555 consecutive match wins
1993 World Team championship winner with Pakistan
Time Magazine has named Jahangir as one of Asia's Heroes in the last 60 years
Winner of most squash titles in history

 

[Magrat Garlick]

michael x2

 

[grecian]

armstrong

johnson

 

[NUFAN]

Jordan and Johnson.

 

[cameeel]

Jordan
Khan

 

[duffer]

Mj
Mj

 

[Johnners]

Jordan & Johnson

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

MJx2

 

[pasag]

Jordan, Khan

 

[Somerset]

Lance Armstrong and Michael Johnson.

 

[Burgey]

Jordan, Johnson

Armstrong unlucky though.

Insane photo of Jordan. One of many.

 

[Ausage]

Jordan and Johnson.

 

[biased indian]

Armstrong & Khan

 

[luffy]

Jordan and Johnson