ESPN ranks Floyd Mayweather, Jr as the 17th best athlete of the last 20 years.

funny enough you mention Nadal. Nadal has a definite advantage over Federer in terms of head to head but he also failed to advance in many of the hardcourt/grass tournaments that Federer was winning (before 2008/9). Nadal is by far the best clay court player the game has ever seen and soundly beats Fed on there. Nadal never faced Fed consistently on the hard/grass during Fed's prime years.

not to mention that courts have slowed down which favors a grinder like Nadal.

Nadals is a great player, I wouldn't even question anyone saying he's top 3 of all time. He wasn't nearly as consistent as Fedbot though.

10 consecutive GS finals
23 (FUUUUCK) straight GS semi finals...that's insane. That's almost 6 straight years.

 

No Ronaldo,messi,Jonah Lomu, seems to be the best american athletes

 

And if their testing was better, Nadal wouldn't be anyones daddy. :yep He'd just be a great clay court player.

Roger dominated with skill, like no one has as an athlete in the last two decades.

 

Anytime a court plays the slightest bit fast, he cries about it in the media. He seems to think that if isn't easy for him, then it's not fair.

If the courts were as fast now as they were in the 90's, he wouldn't be considered half the player he is now.

 

Nadal would have adjusted with the times I think. He wouldn't be able to play this moonball style and grind out matches like he does currently. Dude's amazing and I wouldn't put it past him playing just as well back in the 90s.

To be frank, Nadal is Federer's antithesis. That moonball forehand to Roger's back hand just kills Fed. It's like Nadal was created to be the guy that keeps Federer from reaching God status lol.

I think Djoker (at least the past few years) have been playing better than Nadal but I like Fed's chances over him a lot more than when he plays Nadal.

 

that is pretty stupid even by esb standards.

 

I didn't actually mean in the 90's. I was meaning the 90's courts in todays game. Roger would've beaten him much more with the speed of those courts. Roger likes the speed. Rafa, not so much.

Fed is also subborn. It's probably his biggest flaw. He wants to beat Nadal, doing what he's doing. He's a smart player. But sometimes, he seems to play Nadal without using his head.

 

He has already been dominating for a few years. Like it's his fault they hadn't hit their prime yet.atsch

Nadal suddenly looking like a God on all surfaces is beyond odd.

It wasn't that long ago that they were testing the losers of grand slam matches.

 

And he still won't be called the GOAT. :smoke

 

I got Floyd at 5 on my Top 10 all time list.

1.God
2.Jesus
3.Buddha
4.Mohammed
5.Floyd
6.Serena
7.Bo
8.Messi
9.Gronk
10.Fedor
Honorable mentions. Bruce Jenner and Ali