I am sure someone who is either bigger, or has longer arms, can hit this Cobra bloke.
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Who is the best current British sports star?
- Thread starter Tom Bombadil
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I am sure someone who is either bigger, or has longer arms, can hit this Cobra bloke.
Or if they go all martial arts in the ring, bow first, then kick him in the head.
He's lost two fights so someone has "laid a glove" on him.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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On a sub-topic, What would people say is the most COMPLETE sport to compete at. By that, I mean what sport encompasses the most sporting ability to be good at it? Again, it's obviously down to how you perceive things, but watching the tennis I can't see much beyond it. It seems to tick all the boxes.
Individual talent winning through.
The player requires: speed, power, technique, precision, quick decision making, mental bottle, stamina, the ability to switch tactics.
It's also a sport in which every player can express their own style which is great to watch. A massive guy can be destroyed by a NIPPER and vice versa.
I would love to be proved wrong, but I can't see many more sports in which all the key sporting aspects are ticked so clearly.
Individual talent winning through.
The player requires: speed, power, technique, precision, quick decision making, mental bottle, stamina, the ability to switch tactics.
It's also a sport in which every player can express their own style which is great to watch. A massive guy can be destroyed by a NIPPER and vice versa.
I would love to be proved wrong, but I can't see many more sports in which all the key sporting aspects are ticked so clearly.
Bladders
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I could win the tour on a motorbike.
Bladders
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Yes two other very talented boxers, which you've just backed up my previous point nicely.
Bladders
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Not without any boxing talent they wouldn't.
Unless he wasn't looking of course, or someone sneaked up on him while he was asleep.
(whispering) Bladders I think you've misplaced your sense of humour.
Have you looked between the cushions on the sofa?
Bold Seagull
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Yes two other very talented boxers, which you've just backed up my previous point nicely.
I'm still not convinced of the amount of talent needed to smash someone in the face though.
supaseagull
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Jessica Ennis until she got married!
Ravids
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Andy Murray, as I have Scottish blood too it makes my decision even more easy.
He is in his peak so over the next 3 years or so expect to see 2 or 3 grand slams from him, maybe even more.
He's worked hard and is the 2nd best tennis player in the world currently which in its self is a remarkable achievement. Also up until last year he was playing along side 2 of the best players ever to have graced the game in Federer and Nadal, which is why he hasn't hasn't had the amount of success he's deserved really.
Hoping he finally wins Wimbeldon this year but to get past Djokovic will be a huge task.
He is in his peak so over the next 3 years or so expect to see 2 or 3 grand slams from him, maybe even more.
He's worked hard and is the 2nd best tennis player in the world currently which in its self is a remarkable achievement. Also up until last year he was playing along side 2 of the best players ever to have graced the game in Federer and Nadal, which is why he hasn't hasn't had the amount of success he's deserved really.
Hoping he finally wins Wimbeldon this year but to get past Djokovic will be a huge task.
spring hall convert
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It's a fractured pelvis isn't it? You'd be lucky to walk properly again with a broken pelvis. Even so it's a superhuman feat of endurance.
I genuinely still can't believe there are Murray bashers out there. He is one of the most dedicated sports people this country has ever produced, everything for him has been about improving and challenging the best which he now does on a regular basis. In any other era he would already have already won multiple grand slam titles. As it is his Olympic Gold medal & US Open title at least mean he has to be part of this conversation given the fact that he has exisited in an era when 3 of the best 10 tennis players of ALL TIME have been in their pomp.
Phil Taylor has to be a decent shout though, surely.
I genuinely still can't believe there are Murray bashers out there. He is one of the most dedicated sports people this country has ever produced, everything for him has been about improving and challenging the best which he now does on a regular basis. In any other era he would already have already won multiple grand slam titles. As it is his Olympic Gold medal & US Open title at least mean he has to be part of this conversation given the fact that he has exisited in an era when 3 of the best 10 tennis players of ALL TIME have been in their pomp.
Phil Taylor has to be a decent shout though, surely.
spring hall convert
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Ali lost 4 and he's allegedly the greatest of all time.
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A darts player shouldn't be anywhere near this thread, however good they are at their game.
This. Same goes for snooker and bowling participants.
Bladders
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Postman Pat
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But others on here were saying cycling/swimming/running is easy as there is no skill involved.
Snooker & Darts surely require the most skill of any sport? Getting 3 darts into a treble 20 consistently is bordering on genius, and the angles that snooker players have to work out to pot the ball and leave the white in the ideal spot to pot the next one takes great skill.
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Throwing is one of the basic skills of mankind. We wouldn't have survived if we hadn't learned how to throw spears. They did it under much more difficult circumstances as well.
Most of us don't lead a charmed existence of spending all day in the pub practicing.
Most of us don't lead a charmed existence of spending all day in the pub practicing.