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Posted: 9/19/2017 12:02:34 AM EDT
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He's not popular, but Floyd Mayweather Jr was more than dominant in his sport. Say what you want about his fights but he always came out on top. Heck one of his only losses came because the judges were paid off to call it against him; even his opponent was shocked.
I don't like the guy but you really can't watch his matches and say that he wasn't utterly dominant in his craft at that weight class. |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 12:22:11 AM EDT
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Wilt Chamberlain.
They had to change the rules of the game to stop him. That is dominating a game. |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 5:55:00 AM EDT
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Lance Armstrong, though he's lower than zero and a total bag. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps, Dale Earnhardt, Wayne Gretzky? Someone else? Who do you think was/is the athlete that was best at what they did and most dominated everyone else in their sport? 
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Posted: 9/19/2017 7:15:40 AM EDT
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Wilt Chamberlain. They had to change the rules of the game to stop him. That is dominating a game. There is only one player in NBA history who averaged 30pts and 20rebs for an entire season: Wilt Chamberlain. He did it seven times in his career. Michael Jordan scored 50+pts 31 times in his career. Wilt did it 45 times in one season. Kareem Abdul Jabbar's best rebounding season was 1,383. Moses Malone's was 1,444. Shaquille O'Neal's was 1,122. Aside from one season (out of 14 he played) where he was limited to just 12 games due to injury, Wilt's worst rebounding season was better than Malone's best. Wilt had over 2,000 rebounds twice and over 1,900 another five times. That, my internet acquaintances, is pure domination. |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 7:57:19 AM EDT
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Sir Donald George Bradman, AC (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), often referred to as "The Don", was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.
(a typical international cricketer is considered good if they average above 40 and exceptional if they average above 50, the next highest average for a player who has played more than 20 times for their country is 61. In other words he was almost twice as good as any other cricketer ever despite playing at a time where there was little protective gear and a lot less restrictions on dangerous bowling.) |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 8:34:37 AM EDT
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Big deal. Soccer is for girls and manlets who are too small for a real sport.   you got cut from the pee-wee soccer team, bro?
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Posted: 9/19/2017 8:39:25 AM EDT
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you got cut from the pee-wee soccer team, bro?Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Big deal. Soccer is for girls and manlets who are too small for a real sport. you got cut from the pee-wee soccer team, bro? |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 9:32:15 AM EDT
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Walter Payton, Football, the man was incredible!!
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Posted: 9/19/2017 10:51:05 AM EDT
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Soccer is for men of men. They seem to have horrific, agonizing, injuries during every game, but get right up and go back at it.
Devildog must not be a soap opera fan. Me neither. That crap makes soccer unwatchable. |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 11:19:09 AM EDT
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in motoGP. Rossi. yes, I know Agostini retired with more championships to his name, but Rossi at this point has more podiums than any other motoGP rider in history and has remained dominant for so long. shame about the broken leg which will almost undoubtedly knock him out for the rest of the season. https://msmproduction.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/content/Valentino%20Rossi/46-valentino-rossi-ita-2017-action-australia-motogp-phillip-island-pre-season-test03977_test2017_ambience.gallery_full_top_fullscreen.jpg |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 11:26:56 AM EDT
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Nolan Ryan MLB Career Stats W-L 324-292 ERA. 3.19 IP 5386.0 SO. 5714 WHIP 1.25 8× AllStar (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981,1985, 1989 World Series champion 1969 2× NL ERA leader (1981, 1987) 11× Strikeout leader (1972–1974, 1976–1979, 1987–1990) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim #30 retired Houston Astros #34 retired Texas Rangers #34 retired Angels Hall of Fame Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Major League Baseball All-Century Team 7 no hitters Nolan Ryan's legendary 1974 heater clocked at 100.9 was really the top speed ever, at a blazing 108.5 miles per |
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Posted: 9/19/2017 11:27:12 AM EDT
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Phelps or Tyson
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Posted: 9/19/2017 11:35:50 AM EDT
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For car racing........what about Richard Petty?
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Posted: 9/19/2017 12:20:11 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/19/2017 3:30:05 PM EDT
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Yeah, LT was no joke. Who was that QB he threw down by the jersey? Quote HistoryQuoted:
Yeah, LT was no joke. Who was that QB he threw down by the jersey? |
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Posted: 9/20/2017 6:26:22 PM EDT
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Linda Lovelace. 
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Posted: 9/20/2017 9:03:26 PM EDT
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I was going to chime in with Serena Williams, but I'd be wrong. Turns out it's Steffi Graf. Quote HistoryQuoted:
I was going to chime in with Serena Williams, but I'd be wrong. Turns out it's Steffi Graf. Graf won 22 Slams, the most by any female or male in the sport, recording seven championships at Wimbledon, six at the French Open, five at the U.S. Open and four at the Australian. In 56 Grand Slam events, her record was 282–34 (an amazing 89 percent) with the breakdown being 87–10 at the French, 75–8 at Wimbledon, 73–10 at the U.S., and 47–6 at the Australian.
The 89 percent winning percentage held in her overall singles record as she finished 900–115. She was anchored in the top spot in the Women’s Tennis Association rankings for a record 377 weeks, including 186 consecutive from August 1987 to March 1991. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:14:10 AM EDT
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Graf was great to watch play. She could adjust her play to her opponent and had all the weapons a tennis player needs. Her biggest weapon though, was her brain. In her prime, she was very difficult for her opponents to contend with. I went with Serena over Graf simply due to the fact that Serena has been as dominant for a much longer career. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:18:06 AM EDT
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Michael Jordan is the obvious choice. But there were plenty of other athletes who were essentially unbeatable at their peak. Usain Bolt sprinting, Jeremy McGrath at supercross, Tucker Hibbert in Snocross. 
Saw him at Mile High in Denver back in '95. It was the season that he won 14 out of 15 SX races. The week before he'd lost St. Louis, but he only came in 2nd because he was fighting the flu. Would have been nice to see him have that perfect season. I got tired of people saying that he couldn't ride outdoors (MX), because he won a championship in MX and surely could have won more if he'd cared at all about racing outdoors. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:20:17 AM EDT
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Gary Danielson? About 6'2" and 200lbs. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:24:19 AM EDT
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Um RC? |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:28:26 AM EDT
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Kelly Slater - Most event winning athlete ever
Tony Hawk - who else has so many video games? Paula Newby-Fraser - Because Rhoedesia Phelps - gold |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:29:32 AM EDT
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John McGuinness Isle of Man TT career TT wins23
And on MotoGP courses, it will always be The Doctor for me. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:31:09 AM EDT
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Lance Armstrong - cycling Ricky Carmichael - supercross |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:32:29 AM EDT
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Reinhold Messner Sebastian Loeb Edwin Moses Ingemar Stenmark Katarina Witt Pele Al Oerter Though I think that Ueli Steck may have surpassed him had he not been killed early this year. His Eiger climb record still blows my mind. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:34:21 AM EDT
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Michael Phelps. He was rarely even challenged. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:35:22 AM EDT
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Michael Phelps. He was rarely even challenged. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:35:59 AM EDT
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Michael Phelps hands down.
Destroyed everyone in the country, and then in the world. We won't see someone like him again for a while. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:42:36 AM EDT
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They changed multiple different rules just because of him. There is only one player in NBA history who averaged 30pts and 20rebs for an entire season: Wilt Chamberlain. He did it seven times in his career. Michael Jordan scored 50+pts 31 times in his career. Wilt did it 45 times in one season. Kareem Abdul Jabbar's best rebounding season was 1,383. Moses Malone's was 1,444. Shaquille O'Neal's was 1,122. Aside from one season (out of 14 he played) where he was limited to just 12 games due to injury, Wilt's worst rebounding season was better than Malone's best. Wilt had over 2,000 rebounds twice and over 1,900 another five times. That, my internet acquaintances, is pure domination. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 9:46:16 AM EDT
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http://www.trbimg.com/img-51acba3c/turbine/la-sp-sn-10-greatest-angels-nolan-ryan-2013060-001/600/600x484 Nolan Ryan MLB Career Stats W-L 324-292 ERA. 3.19 IP 5386.0 SO. 5714 WHIP 1.25 8× AllStar (1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981,1985, 1989 World Series champion 1969 2× NL ERA leader (1981, 1987) 11× Strikeout leader (1972–1974, 1976–1979, 1987–1990) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim #30 retired Houston Astros #34 retired Texas Rangers #34 retired Angels Hall of Fame Texas Rangers Hall of Fame Major League Baseball All-Century Team 7 no hitters Nolan Ryan's legendary 1974 heater clocked at 100.9 was really the top speed ever, at a blazing 108.5 miles per |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 10:44:40 AM EDT
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None of those stats matter. There was zero parity in the league at that time. Roy Hibbert could've avg'd 40pts Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They changed multiple different rules just because of him. There is only one player in NBA history who averaged 30pts and 20rebs for an entire season: Wilt Chamberlain. He did it seven times in his career. Michael Jordan scored 50+pts 31 times in his career. Wilt did it 45 times in one season. Kareem Abdul Jabbar's best rebounding season was 1,383. Moses Malone's was 1,444. Shaquille O'Neal's was 1,122. Aside from one season (out of 14 he played) where he was limited to just 12 games due to injury, Wilt's worst rebounding season was better than Malone's best. Wilt had over 2,000 rebounds twice and over 1,900 another five times. That, my internet acquaintances, is pure domination. Whether or not Wilt's competition was as good as Jordan's competition is immaterial. Wilt dominated his opponents far more impressively than any other NBA player in history, Jordan or otherwise. |
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Posted: 9/21/2017 1:41:41 PM EDT
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The entire premise of this thread is "Which athlete dominated their sport the most?" Whether or not Wilt's competition was as good as Jordan's competition is immaterial. Wilt dominated his opponents far more impressively than any other NBA player in history, Jordan or otherwise. 
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Posted: 9/22/2017 2:37:09 PM EDT
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