ITT: Most prestigious sport to be best at
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 2:46 AM Author: french sandwich
What athletes are most prestigious, specifically those at the top of their sport (i.e. being a middle-of-the-road boxer may not be very prestigious at all in comparison to your average tennis player, but Floyd Mayweather might be more prestigious than Rafa Nadal; it's the latter comparison I'm asking for)?
Please also include how you weight the following criteria:
- reliance on team (or lack thereof)
- skill difficulty
- athleticism demanded
- real world benefits (Anderson Silva will never lose a street fight, but Jordan Spieth could get the shit beaten out of him; LeBron will be good at virtually anything athletic IRL, whereas Tom Brady probably wouldn't be)
- money and lifestyle afforded
My criteria are something like this in importance:
- reliance on team: 8/10
- skill difficulty: 7/10
- athleticism demanded: 9/10
- real world benefits: 9/10
- money and lifestyle afforded: 2/10
I'm going with one of these:
- Swimming: no team reliance, very high level of athleticism demanded
- Tennis: extremely high skill difficulty, decently high athleticism demanded, decent lifestyle, no team reliance
- Boxing/MMA: extremely high skill difficulty, extremely high athleticism demanded, no team reliance, excellent real world benefit, particularly great lifestyle w/boxing
- Basketball: High skill difficulty, moderately high athleticism demanded, great real world benefits (good hand/eye coordination and athleticism), nice lifestyle
- Water polo: unbelievable athleticism demanded, high skill difficulty, decent real world benefits (primarily due to being incredibly well rounded athletically)
- Gymnastics: very high levels of skill difficulty and athleticism, decent real world benefits due to athleticism and cool factor, no reliance on team
Would probably choose Boxing/MMA.
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 3:29 AM Author: Spectacular internal respiration
egregious exclusion of hockey
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3805543&forum_id=2#34746426)
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 9:51 AM Author: french sandwich
You're correct about the clear distinction between them, as well as boxing's rich history. On everything else, you're wrong.
If you're actually arguing that Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai (currently the most influential martial arts in MMA) require no skill, then this is a pointless argument. If you're arguing that the combined practice of those and other martial arts is useless, that's inane. If you're arguing that an MMA fighter wouldn't destroy a boxer in a fight outside a ring, you're deluding yourself.
If prizefighting is supposed to measure skill through ability to incapacitate your opponent (which is the principle boxing is based on), how is MMA not a more complete measure of skill?
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 10:06 AM Author: Lascivious azure ceo
BJJ & Muay Thai are clearly more useful IRL because they incorporate more than punching. MMA is appealing because there are fewer rules, so it more closely resembles a street fight.
I'm not 100% convinced that MMA fighters univeresally would annihilate boxers in a no rules street fight. For defensive boxers, this is probably true, but what about a fucker like Roberto Duran? Roy Jones? MMA fighters study boxing and striking too. Many of them, were they elite level punchers or boxers would have gone that route, as there is more money to be made.
Prizefighting is supposed to measure skill through the ability to hit and not get hit within the Marquess of Queensberry rules. That is what makes is an art, a chess match if you will. Each fighter's will and strategy tested as the fight unfolds over 12 rounds is what makes the sport appealing.
Not to take anything away from MMA, but it is crude and often unpleasant to watch.
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:27 AM Author: Lascivious azure ceo
Not going to go through your criteria. The answer is soccer.
Messi and Ronaldo are international icons and superstars in a way that no other athlete in any other sport is.
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 7:32 AM Author: Trip pearl half-breed toaster
Boxing, the way to earn the most money by being the best in the world at a sport.
Golf, you can play at at elite level and earn for going on 40 years.
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Date: November 22nd, 2017 10:02 AM Author: Stirring Mother
I'm not even a huge boxing fan, but it's hard to argue with boxing as the top choice here. Exceedingly prestigious to be the best in the world, even if boxing is quite unprestigious at the lower levels. It's almost like acting in that way.
I also think being the best skier in the world is underrated. Those guys are unbelievable athletes, no team reliance, pretty good real world attributes, etc. The money is not quite as good as other sports though.
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