re: Most dominant athletes in their prime

Mike Tyson in his prime was unbelievable. I had no doubt at all in Tyson winning every fight. I don’t remember being so confident in anyone like I was with Mike.

he played more bc Mike kept on getting tours over in first round eliminations while Bron get his team to title

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while Bron get his team to title

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3 to 6 sure does not seem like getting a title

Also they have more games in earlier rounds now, but hey forget stats facts and logic.

The better player is MJ.

Bo Jackson
Michael Jordan
Tiger Woods
Michael Phelps
Wayne Gretzky

These come to the top of my mind as the best

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Easiest answer for me would be Roy Jones Jr. It was insane how much physically superior he was to every opponent in the ring. Guy had the speed and reflexes of a lightweight while weighing 160, 170+.

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I feel he's underrated a bit because of his resume and the Tarver fights, but IMO Roy's the most skilled boxer ever. He had everyone so overmatched during his prime that he could make you feel sorry for the pro's he was destroying.

Just off the top of my head. Skilled but not necessarily physically the best athletes I would go:
-Jordan
-Tiger Woods
-Federer
-Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux
-Fedor Emelianko
-Floyd Mayweather, Roy Jones Jr and Muhammad Ali
-(Can’t decide on a QB) Some had intangibles that surpassed their skills like Joe Montana. ***Not saying he wasn’t skilled but intangibles were off the chart
-Barry Sanders

I don’t know enough about the old ball players without much video like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and others.

Physically dominant:
-Bo Jackson (Maybe Michael Vick or Calvin Johnson)
-Tyson and Roy Jones Jr
-(MMA) John Jones Jr
-Jim Brown
-Wilt, Shaq and Lebron. (Zion Williamson may get there)

Overall: Brian Scalabrine

Fed is amazing ..... He is the smoothest at his sport more than any other athlete ever.

Gretzky was like prime Lebron James playing D2 college ball.

It was not fair. His records look like typos.

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I think part of being physically dominant is coordination and speed/balance combination. Gretzky looked like everyone else was lagged a second from real time because his decision making and coordination combined with his speed/quickness was so incredible.

He isn't Alex Ovechkin as far as physique goes, or Bobby Orr as far strength in shot, but his physical talents were insane.

I guess you could call it agility like this article does, is that a physical ability relevant to this thread? Agility seems important.

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However, he had no peers when it came to skating agility.

Gretzky could shift and turn in an instant without losing speed or breaking stride. His ability to maneuver behind the net—from his office—gave him a dramatic advantage over his opponents

His ability to accelerate left many gifted players in the lurch and out of position.

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