Battle of the Sporting Heroes

[Athlai]

FFS that first one is hard.

MJ x2

Jordan taking the piss out of his own **** baseball skills in Space Jam edging out Armstrongs brilliant cameo in Dodgeball.

 

[ripper868]

Armstrong. I gots great admiration for the man.

Johnson.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Jordan & Johnson.

Hopefully the Armstrong bandwagon ends here. I know he's done a lot of good work and raised money for charity, but he's been basically the pro-drugs shop steward for cycling whilst maintaining his intelligence-insulting public denials. I'm sure he's not the only one, but one can't help feel a bit sorry for the riders (however small in number they were) during his reign who actually were clean.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Armstrong & Khan

 

[The Sean]

Two MJs for me please.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Armstrong and Khan

 

[Blewy]

Jordan & Johnson

This

 

[James_W]

Lance and michael

 

[Simon]

Battle #3
Michael Jordan 14
vs
Lance Armstrong 7

Battle #4
Michael Johnson 16
vs
Jahangir Khan 5

 

[Simon]

Round of 16 Battle #5


Marco Van Basten (Dutch) - Football

Honours
280 career matches for Ajax and Milan
58 caps for Netherlands
3 time European footballer of the year
1992 Fifa world player of the year
218 career club goals
Voted 8th in player of the century
2 time Champions League winner with Milan
3 time Serie A winner
3 time Eredivise winner
1988 European Championship winner
1988 European Championship best player and top scorer

vs

Muhammad Ali (g]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 16 Battle #6

Wally Lewis (Australian) - Rugby League

Honours
301 career first grade matches in the Brisbane and Sydney comps
33 Tests for Australia
31 games for Queensland
Named at five-eighth in team of the century in 2008
Chosen as one of seven immortals of the game by Rugby League Week
1988 World Cup winner
Named at five-eighth in the Queensland team of the century
1985 Golden Boot winner for the best player in the world

vs

Pele (Brazilian) - Football

Honours
468 career games for Santos and New Yorks
501 career senior club goals
92 caps for Brazil
77 International goals
10 Domestic titles with Santos
1977 Domestic title winner with New York
3 time World Cup winner with Brazil
11 time Domestic leading goalscorer for Santos
Elected as Athlete of the century in 1981 and 1999
Uniceft Footballer of the century in 1999
FIFA player of the century in 2000
South American player of the century in 1999

 

[grecian]

Hmm, freddie mercury all over again

Anyway

Ali

Pele

 

[James_W]

Marco and Pele

EDIT: Ali over Marco actually

 

[NUFAN]

Ali in the first.

Wally Lewis in the second - Pele doesn't have a statue at my favourite stadium.

 

[duffer]

Ali, Pele

 

[cameeel]

van Basten
Pele

 

[ripper868]

Jordan & Johnson.

Hopefully the Armstrong bandwagon ends here. I know he's done a lot of good work and raised money for charity, but he's been basically the pro-drugs shop steward for cycling whilst maintaining his intelligence-insulting public denials. I'm sure he's not the only one, but one can't help feel a bit sorry for the riders (however small in number they were) during his reign who actually were clean.

The Kid had cancer of the nuts...unless every other rider gets it then he is at a distinct disadvantage, drugged up or not, the kid is a freak imo.

Ali
Pele

 

[Blewy]

Van basten & Wally

 

[Athlai]

Ali

 

[Somerset]

Muhammad Ali and Pele.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Ali, Pele