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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: funk51 on August 03, 2024, 05:15:10 AM
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There are 100 different ways to measure this and all of them will cause an endless debate.
But I would posit Bo Jackson as a great contender. He was 6′1 230 lbs and moved like a much smaller man.
He famously ran sideways across a wall because he was running too fast during a game to slow down.
He was a freak athlete in every sense of the word. He played pro football and baseball:
In the US, the 40-yard dash is the signature combine event in the NFL, to measure the fastest athletes.
The current record is 4.22 and over the past 20 years, only a few people have dipped below 4.3.
In college, there is an unofficial clocked time of 4.12 by Bo Jackson. One coach showed him a time of 3.9 and another showed him 4.0 but he chose to go with 4.12. Jackson didn’t bother attending the combine because he was already expected to be picked first in the NFL draft (he was).
So put simply, he’s built like a tank and can run like a cheetah, and has a vertical leap that matches Michael Jordan's. There are high school stories of him getting his elbow well above the basketball rim.
He also has incredible balance and hand-eye coordination—enough to hit 141 home runs in his short baseball career. He could also throw the ball to home plate from deep in the outfield.
In high school, he pole-vaulted 13 feet on his very first attempt. He won the state decathlon twice, in the only two years he competed in the event before quitting track. He was so far ahead in the decathlon that he skipped running the final event (the mile).
He could also high jump 6′9, which means he could jump his entire body over Kobe Bryant—while weighing 220 lbs (at the time).
He is that guy who casually picks up a sport you've been doing your whole life and, on his first day doing it, makes you feel like a talentless amateur.
Bo Jackson is commonly regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time because, quite frankly, he is. The only thing that stopped him from rewriting record books was an injury.
If you were to create a Bo Jackson clone, he could go pro in dozens of sports. It was only a matter of his choosing. He’s the definition of a genetic specimen.
#bojackson #MLB #Baseball
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This guy
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Dieon Sanders was a more gifted athlete. Probably the best of his generation and it’s not even close.
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Dieon Sanders was a more gifted athlete. Probably the best of his generation and it’s not even close.
Bo was much better all around.
In baseball Bo surpasses Deion in just about every category while playing fewer seasons.
Bo was bigger, faster, and tougher than Deion.
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Bo was much better all around.
In baseball Bo surpasses Deion in just about every category while playing fewer seasons.
Bo was bigger, faster, and tougher than Deion.
was Bos dad bigger than Deions dad?
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was Bos dad bigger than Deions dad?
Is this setting up the punchline to a joke?
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Is this setting up the punchline to a joke?
no, its an old British saying when two kids are arguing
"my dads bigger than your dad"
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That looks like a decent pic to me
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Horrible, why allow this thing to compete in classic physique. no proportion, big head, torn muscles, atrophy etc. why inflict this on a public who pays for their tickets.
It's as disgusting as seeing an obese person on a beach or a transgender person competing among women.
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Dieon Sanders was a more gifted athlete. Probably the best of his generation and it’s not even close.
If Bo would have stuck with baseball he would have been the GOAT by a long margin. He threw a cat out from the wall!! The man was / is insanely gifted genetically
Sanders is a freak no doubt and one of the best ever, but Bo was a once in lifetime talent
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This guy
White people always pull up Jim Thorpe. How many Hebrews did he compete against? He ain't nothing special to us. In athletics and combat sports, we're obviously the best like the fake Jews are best at money and being cunningly wicked.
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White people always pull up Jim Thorpe. How many Hebrews did he compete against? He ain't nothing special to us. In athletics and combat sports, we're obviously the best like the fake Jews are best at money and being cunningly wicked.
Thorpe if I recall was a Native American anyway.
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;D
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Horrible, why allow this thing to compete in classic physique. no proportion, big head, torn muscles, atrophy etc. why inflict this on a public who pays for their tickets.
It's as disgusting as seeing an obese person on a beach or a transgender person competing among women.
right arm is noticeably smaller than the left is bhanky left-handed.
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Horrible, why allow this thing to compete in classic physique. no proportion, big head, torn muscles, atrophy etc. why inflict this on a public who pays for their tickets.
It's as disgusting as seeing an obese person on a beach or a transgender person competing among women.
Correct - Only He Thinks He Looks Great ;D ;D ;D
He ignores the tears/ Huge Head / Atrophied & missing muscles
etc as " He thinks he looks great" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
It's all about what he Thinks. ::)
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Bo was much better all around.
In baseball Bo surpasses Deion in just about every category while playing fewer seasons.
Bo was bigger, faster, and tougher than Deion.
Deion had a hall of fame career
Bo is another would have, should have, could have story
One of the most overrated athletes in history , never had a career in any of the sports he played
Only talked about his “potential” or if he didn’t get injured nonsense
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If Bo would have stuck with baseball he would have been the GOAT by a long margin. He threw a cat out from the wall!! The man was / is insanely gifted genetically
Sanders is a freak no doubt and one of the best ever, but Bo was a once in lifetime talent
Come on, this is horse shit! Haha
Over ken Griffey jr, Pujols, etc no!!
He certainly wouldn’t be able to play like Ohtani does in pitching and hitting at an elite level
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Thorpe if I recall was a Native American anyway.
Which according to Wiggs means he’s Hebrew.
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This legit made me LOL scrolling
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This legit made me LOL scrolling
Hanks looks like he found joswift heckling him in the balcony at the show…
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Deion had a hall of fame career
Bo is another would have, should have, could have story
One of the most overrated athletes in history , never had a career in any of the sports he played
Only talked about his “potential” or if he didn’t get injured nonsense
Even though I respect you for your Buckees avatar Bo was superior.
Bo won the Heisman Trophy.
Deion was a terrific NFL player as was Bo.
Bo's dad could beat up Deion's dad...if either could be found.
Deion was a very average MLB player. Check his stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sandede02.shtml#all_batting_standard
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Which according to Wiggs means he’s Hebrew.
;D
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Even though I respect you for your Buckees avatar Bo was superior.
Bo won the Heisman Trophy.
Deion was a terrific NFL player as was Bo.
Bo's dad could beat up Deion's dad...if either could be found.
Deion was a very average MLB player. Check his stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sandede02.shtml#all_batting_standard
If you’re taking stats, compare them head to head. Pro bowls, all star games, records in their respective sports.
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Even though I respect you for your Buckees avatar Bo was superior.
Bo won the Heisman Trophy.
Deion was a terrific NFL player as was Bo.
Bo's dad could beat up Deion's dad...if either could be found.
Deion was a very average MLB player. Check his stats:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sandede02.shtml#all_batting_standard
He can be superior all he wants but at the end of the day he never had a hall of fame career when it counted though :D
In the end that’s all that matters, not potential or what he could have done
Honestly, he never lived up to the hype cause he was consistently getting injured , and this speaking of him in his pro career
I don’t have anything against him but people talk about him like he’s the greatest of all , which he certainly wasn’t. Sure, as an “athlete” and “potential” but he never showcased that talent into a full career
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Those are not the alleged 19” arms.
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Those are not the alleged 19” arms.
yes, also a 19 inch neck, 30 inch waist and 25 inch quads
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yes, also a 19 inch neck, 30 inch waist and 25 inch quads
Incredible!
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Incredible!
Literally!
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That looks like a decent pic to me
The delusion. The complete lack of self awareness.... unreal.
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All good arguments.
But your winner is Jim Brown.
Unlike Bo or Deion, there is an argument that he the greatest football player who ever lived.
Unlike Bo or Deion, there is no question that Jim is one of the greatest of all time in his "other sport". Deion and Bo were good baseball players. Jim's other sport (Lacrosse)...well, they consider him to be one of the best lacrosse players of all time and the Premier league named their championship trophy after him.
Sorry - it's Jim Brown. The fact that he played lacrosse instead of baseball is the only reason folks don't talk about him more as the best dual sport athlete of all time, at least in America.
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All good arguments.
But your winner is Jim Brown.
Unlike Bo or Deion, there is an argument that he the greatest football player who ever lived.
Unlike Bo or Deion, there is no question that Jim is one of the greatest of all time in his "other sport". Deion and Bo were good baseball players. Jim's other sport (Lacrosse)...well, they consider him to be one of the best lacrosse players of all time and the Premier league named their championship trophy after him.
Sorry - it's Jim Brown. The fact that he played lacrosse instead of baseball is the only reason folks don't talk about him more as the best dual sport athlete of all time, at least in America.
Jim Brown is certainly a contender.
I liked the way he killed those Nazis.
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Total disaster.
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Ed Coan.
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Ed Coan.
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;D. ;D
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;D. ;D
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Ed Coan.
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How about Chuck Connors? He played in the NBA for the Celtics and played baseball with the Cubs and Dodgers. First NBA guy to break the back board.
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White people always pull up Jim Thorpe. How many Hebrews did he compete against? He ain't nothing special to us. In athletics and combat sports, we're obviously the best like the fake Jews are best at money and being cunningly wicked.
Who is current heavyweight boxing champ & who did he beat - hint neither are black.
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Jessie owens
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Ed Coan.
Good call 👊🏻
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Those are not the alleged 19” arms.
The whole body is train wreck of a disaster!!
19 inch arms 🤣😂🤣 yeah right , they'll be lucky to measure 16
& the right one is very badly atrophied .
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How about Chuck Connors? He played in the NBA for the Celtics and played baseball with the Cubs and Dodgers. First NBA guy to break the back board.
Gene conley smoked connors in both sports. Gene Conley is the only man to win both a World Series title, in 1957 with the Milwaukee Braves, and an NBA title, winning three in a row with the Boston Celtics in 1959, 1960, and 1961, while also pitching for the Boston Red Sox in 1961. In eleven big league seasons, Gene won 91 games.
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Here is your genetic freak
FUCK YEAH
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NOLAN RYAN all time strikeout leader,7 no hitters ,12 1 hitters :o,,18 2 hitters :o ,
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Here is your genetic freak
FUCK YEAH
said a 53 year old man....
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Here is your genetic freak
FUCK YEAH
Mike McCullum
Gerald McClellan x2 he totally dominated & destroyed Jackson both times
Quincy Taylor
Vernon Phillips
Anthony Jones
Remember them do you ?? ::)
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