If you had to bet your life on a sports person's performance

[Issi]

Mike Tyson.

[irocfan]

Rocky Marciano

Joe Calzaghe (though he's 46-0 I don't know the quality of his oppos)

[greygoose]

Phil Taylor or AP McCoy are pretty consistent.

[toasty]

Jahangir Khan - Not a bad squash player, from 1981 to 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records.

I wonder how much a 500 game accumulator would have got you for a £1 bet.

[kentlad]

toasty said:

Jahangir Khan - Not a bad squash player, from 1981 to 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records.

I wonder how much a 500 game accumulator would have got you for a £1 bet.

assuming odds of 1.25 per match then £1 would have returned around £700k if my maths is right.

[TEKNOPUG]

Frankel. 14 wins from 14 races. 9 consecutive Group 1s. Highest rated Horse ever. Any distance, any ground, any opposition, didn't matter. Free money every time, never a doubt.

[Nom de ploom]

up until 30 minutes ago alot of people would have said ruby walsh and willie mullins....

[LordGrover]

Whoever's playing England at soccerball world cup quarter finals.

[irocfan]

LordGrover said:

Whoever's playing England at soccerball world cup quarter finals.

or indeed cricket

[thesyn]

Gennady Golovkin W 32 KO 29 with 19 consecutive KOs.

I suspect he is currently enjoying a surge self belief!

[thesyn]

Gennady Golovkin W 32 KO 29 with 19 consecutive KOs.

I suspect he is currently enjoying a surge self belief!

[ArmaghMan]

A P McCoy
Joey Dunlop

[320touring]

John Cleland

[anonymous-user]

320touring said:

John Cleland

Thats a very brave call, he was good but he was also racing at a time when BTCC was probably as competitive as it ever was and packed full of hugely talented drivers, Winklehock, Soper, Hoy, Rouse, Tarquini, Biela....

[320touring]

pablo said:

Thats a very brave call, he was good but he was also racing at a time when BTCC was probably as competitive as it ever was and packed full of hugely talented drivers, Winklehock, Soper, Hoy, Rouse, Tarquini, Biela....

I know that even if he lost he'd have given his all.

Also, who says he is racing in his era? Supertouring cav vs Leon diesel

[anonymous-user]

vs Robb Gravett in an R500 in some form of "30 years of BTCC" battle?!? I would give away my house to see that! Rouse and Gravett in R500s, Soper in a E30 M3, Cleland in the Cav, Biela in the A4, Tarquini in the Alfa and then some of todays drivers in the current spec cars...

I liiked Cleland too, no one could deny he wasnt "committed"...

[Itsallicanafford]

Reading about Navratilova, her stats are quite frankly amazing.

[epom]

A penalty for my life.......Mario
Nope for when the pressure is on, Ronan O'Gara.

[DJRC]

Moss.

[speedysoprano]

Lewis Hamilton, on current form. Not before, but he looks pretty good right about now.