‘Our Historian Sport Icons’ – We all have sat around the table talking about our favorite athletes of all time. Pretty much the same names stick with us forever. Let’s see if you agree… who comes to mind first for you?

For instance… when you think of bodybuilding, who comes to mind first?
Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Okay, here we go…
Question: Tennis?  Answer: John McEnroe, Billy Jean King, & Bjorn Borg.
Question: Baseball?  Answer: Hank Aaron & Babe Ruth.
Question: Football?  Answer: Jim Brown, Walter Payton, & Joe Namath.
Question: Basketball?  Answer: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, & Wilt Chamberlain.
Question: Soccer  Answer: Pele’
Question: Martial Arts?  Answer: Bruce Lee & Chuck Norris.
Question: Golf?  Answer: Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicholson, & Tiger Woods.
Question: Olympics?  Answer: Bruce Jenner.
Question: MMA?  Answer: Ken Shamrock & the Gracie family.
Question: Boxing?  Answer: Muhammad Ali & Mike Tyson.
Going way back, here are some our greatest boxers: Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson, Jack Dempsey, Sugar Ray Leonard, Rocky Marciano, George Foreman, Joe Frazier, Marvin Hagler, Thomas, Hearns, Larry Holmes. With all these names listed, what two fighters still come to mind more than any of them? It would still be> Muhammad Ali & Mike Tyson.