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For various reasons, I've never quite liked Federer. I know he's talented, successful and plays with effortless grace and all that, all credit to him for that, but still, I'm president of the virtual "condemn people with bad hair" society, and I suppose to be a Hewitt fan, so you'd probably expect me not to like him. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Rachael Any takers for Federer as the greatest sportsman alive today? | Not at all.I don't think he'd make it my top five even! Seriously, all the hair comments aside. I think Pele is the greatest sportsmen alive. He’s no longer playing, but he’s alive. So it makes him perfectly eligible. And with the likes of Maradonna, also alive too, Federer will probably have to not only beat all of Sampras' records, but also still out live the following other candidates to ever make it to the top of that list:
Michael Schumacher, despite what people might say about Formula 1 being circus, winning 7 world championship titles and truly and utterly dominating a sport for so long can’t be a fluke (and I refuse to take the argument that F 1 isn’t a real sport).
Lance Armstrong, he’d probably be a much stronger candidate too if you ignored all the controversy over alleged drug abuse off late, but again any person who can come back from a serious illness like cancer and win 7 Tour de France titles can’t be ignored.
Mohammad Ali (any boxing enthusiast here apart from me?).
Michael Jordon, anyone? Not much of a basket ball follower, but from the occasional ESPN documenatries I've seen, he'd probably have an outside chance too, wouldn't he?
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