Who do you consider the greatest athlete ever?

This is a very hard question because you could pick somebody who is the absolute best ever in his or her sport, like alexander karalin in wrestling or geri kasparov in chess.

It could be somebody who shows tremendous heart in everything he/she does and never gives up because being an athlete is more then just physical

you could also go for somebody like Paddy Doyle, this guy holds 121 national, european and world records in fitness and martial arts.
To give you an impression of his achievements i'll put down some of his records:
Pushups:
non-stop: 7,860
with a 50 lb [22.68 kg] plate weight on his back: 4,100
one-armed, 10 minutes: 400

Back pack running
1 mile (40 lb weight): 6:56 min
5 miles (56 lb weight): 36:49 min
10 miles (40 lb weight): 1:24 hrs

Burpees
15 min: 490
30 min: 930
1 hour: 1,850

for the rest of the records he set check out this site.
http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/doyle.html

so, who do you guys consider the greatest athlete ever?

Bo Jackson...He wasnt human

Originally posted by rtbrouwer


you could also go for somebody like Paddy Doyle, this guy holds 121 national, european and world records in fitness and martial arts.
To give you an impression of his achievements i'll put down some of his records:
Pushups:
non-stop: 7,860
with a 50 lb [22.68 kg] plate weight on his back: 4,100
one-armed, 10 minutes: 400

Back pack running
1 mile (40 lb weight): 6:56 min
5 miles (56 lb weight): 36:49 min
10 miles (40 lb weight): 1:24 hrs

Burpees
15 min: 490
30 min: 930
1 hour: 1,850

for the rest of the records he set check out this site.
http://www.recordholders.org/en/records/doyle.html

so, who do you guys consider the greatest athlete ever?


That man is absolutely not human.


thats not doable

seriously thats insane!

Originally posted by VulgarTheClown
That man is absolutely not human.


thats not doable

seriously thats insane! Agreed

yea I'd have to say the guy you were tlkaing about lol

Originally posted by The Ensanity
Bo Jackson...He wasnt human

First guy that came to my mind. He just had this aura, if he wanted to run 100m in the Olympics, I think he could have. He's just that one in a 100 million who has the most unbelievable athleticism and natural body you could ever dream of.

guy mezger

in one hour: 429 one-arm press-ups, 323 burpees, 400 squat thrusts, 592 alternative squat thrusts (15 minutes for every exercise), 10 April 1994, World Gym, Birmingham WR

I'm going to work out. Be back in an hour.

James Fulton

thats true wondermut

Barry Sanders
Micheal Jordan
Mike Tyson
Carl Lewis
Ken Shamrock

Originally posted by Bzob
Ken Shamrock

No.......

**** that, Jim Thorpe owns all

Originally posted by Nuno
No.......

how can you say that? He has been an outstanding athelte in all sports he played and reached the highest of levels.

Originally posted by Bzob
how can you say that? He has been an outstanding athelte in all sports he played and reached the highest of levels.

NO...

Curly is that you?

Originally posted by The Ensanity
Bo Jackson...He wasnt human

I wept when he got hurt! The raiders should have taken it that year! OOOOOAAAAAAKLAAAAAANNNNDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!

Bo knows ball sucking

LMAO

Prime Time Sanders

Originally posted by VulgarTheClown
Bo knows ball sucking Bo Would DESTROY YOU

Originally posted by VulgarTheClown
Bo knows ball sucking

You deserve a slow and painful death for talking **** about the greatest athlete EVA! VUGAR=FIRE ISLAND GAY!

Originally posted by Bzob
Barry Sanders
Micheal Jordan
Mike Tyson
Carl Lewis
Ken Shamrock

Did you see Carl Lewis trying to throw out the first pitch at that baseball game? Automatic DQ!!!!!!11111

good point, but he is to baseball what babe ruth would be to track and field

Bo did MEAN Muay Thai knees to the bat

Bo Jackson would've been a killer in MMA. Greatest Athlete Eva. If he wouldn't have gotten injured he be hitting 60 or 70 bombs a year with Sosa and Bonds. He'd probably have well over 10,000 yards rushing. He was a machine, built for athletics.

Originally posted by Bzob
good point, but he is to baseball what babe ruth would be to track and field Still cant denied his atletic ability

Originally posted by The Ensanity
Still cant denied his atletic ability
exactly

He could run fast and jump far. That's the extent of his athletic ability. That's great for track and field. But I think greatest athlete ever? He couldn't even throw a baseball 60 feet 6 inches. 60+ year old presidents have done it. He tried multiple times and still didn't get the ball close.

mohammad ail wouldn't you say

Bo would KTFO of mike Tyson, submitted Rickson, and power bombed Sapp! The greatest EVA!!!!

Originally posted by Didi Deucy
mohammad ail wouldn't you say Bo know he is better than MA

Roy Jones JR.

is deffinatly a great athlete, plays pro bball and pro boxes kicks ass in every weight division.... not bad

Originally posted by Wushu
**** that, Jim Thorpe owns all


This man knows his sports.

Espn has top 100 athletes of the century, I can't say I agree with them, but here are a few from their expert opinions.

1.Michael Jordan
2.Babe Ruth
3.Muhammed Ali
7.Jim Thorpe
9.Jack Nicklaus
72.Bo jackson
92.Mario Andretti

Dale Eanhardt
Roberto Duran
Wayne Gretzky
Michael Jordan
Mark McGuire

don't forget fat albert that man was so naturaly athletic!

In his prime Igor Vovchanchyn just watch absolute 3, or any athlete that wins 3 fights in a row its unhuman.

If by athlete you meant condition well Igor is not my pick.