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Like if you're after the best well rounded athletes then I figure you have to go for some of the elite Rugby/NFL guys, the ones who have speed, agility, strength AND power. Them or some of the most in shape MMA guys.
Because their sports and/or team positions demand versatility and no one facet can be neglected. Brock Lesnar certainly wouldn't win a 'worlds best athlete' contest for me because he's simply too big to be well rounded, but I'd say for the power, strength and agility he has he's gotta be ahead of someone like Tiger Woods who lets face it, doesn't have to show any true athleticism in his chosen sporting field and so has not been tested in the same way.
Lionel Messi might not be big or strong but he runs his fucking heart out for 90 minutes a game and has some of the most sensational skills and technical ability I've ever seen in any footballer. He's also on top of the footballing world right now, and he's still young.
If you think Golf is the only sport which requires immense skill you're wrong. People slate the footballers of this world but they don't themselves have to undertake the task of passing a football across the pitch whilst running, INTO a team mate's stride, for instance. That takes unbelievable skill and timing.
In any event I vote Messi, Golfers are not athletes in the sense of the word that we're apparently talking about.
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