Critiques - Target No. 2

This list is just atrocious! The rankings to the inclusion of some, everything and anything you see in this list is wrong - from my point of view of course! It's so bad that I don't know where to begin from, whether it be Manny Pacquiáo or Bruce Lee. I seriously don't have any permanent grudge against Watchmojo, but when they are wrong, it's by quite a margin, let's just see where they went wrong.

Inclusion of Manny Pacquiáo

Manny is a good boxer, not a fighter. I think pretty much every professional in the world knows that when you are fighting, there are no rules, and when there are no rules, being dirty or clean doesn't matter, what does matter is that you get out of the fight alive. As far as I'm concerned, I don't know which idiot gave Watchmojo the idea to first of all put him on the list, and secondly ahead of Roy Jones, Jr. and Fedor Emelianenko!!! 

Manny taking a final blow from Marquez before his "quick nap"

Pacman clearly isn't the fighter to fight them, and will be murdered. Moreover, I have no idea how he got a place on the list, and Floyd Mayweather Jr. went unnoticed? Okay Manny fans you might say he's a better fighter, but hang on, has he been the victim of any defeat? Has he been humiliated like Pacman before? Has he been ever dominated? NO! And I think he will not be in the future, I personally believe it's a solidified fact who's the better Fighter between them two, and through this regard, I believe if Manny is mentioned on the list, then Floyd Mayweather Jr. be mentioned too! Either way, both of the Boxer's presence in the list means a load of crap. But since Pacman is mentioned, you're wrong not to mention Floyd... 

Roy Jones Jr. deserved a better position
Every Boxing fan in the world would acknowledge to stand against the "hideous crime" of putting Manny Pacquio (a Lightweight Boxer) ahead of a former Lightweight Champion and a Heavyweight one too! Wow, I'd like Manny to do that, that's only if he can do it... I believe he can't, and he will not. Obvious and as clear as water, RJR dominates Pacquio in ever aspect of Boxing. Taller, Muscular, Stronger - can take more punches than Pacman - Faster, Heavier (in the sense of more force applied in the jabs) and has indeed that third gear which allows him to excel against his opponents in the later rounds. As mentioned, we will discuss a key point later on which makes the list completely futile upon the strategy it went. RJR is a cracking Boxer, but would he win a fight against the likes of a Kickboxing Champion Fedor Emilianenko? With all due respect to his fans, he would not, and it's not about Talent, no, it's about the fact that Boxing include rules, and Kickboxing doesn't have that many rules compared to Boxing. Therefore in Fighting, Fedor would come out on top, but that's just confusing right? The Video should have not joined some Boxers, or Kickboxers altogether in one go, it should have been the top ten Boxers, or Kickboxers or whatever the hell, not Fighters, as that include "a no rule strategy". And that builds up controversy over a better fighter. But whatever the case is, RJR is a better Boxer than Manny, and Watchmojo doesn't realize that unjustly...

Fedor Emelianenko deserved a better position

Are you trying to say that Manny is a better fighter than this man, because if you are, it's evident you don't know anything about it, and blatantly presented before us is an example of Watchmojo. Like what the hell do they know about Martial Arts? 

His Martial Arts record comprises of 34 wins out of a total number of 39 fights. A smashing career. Even though he didn't enter the UFC emission (some say based upon the rumors of him taking on much tougher competition). But I don't believe that, he's powerful, athletic and certainly dangerous. Georges St-Pierre doesn't have that ability to withstand the immense power of this man. Fedor's Arm reach, height, weight and strength is greater than Georges' - I seriously think Fedor deserved a very high rank over here indeed. George is an excellent attacker, but if you are talking of superiority over tackling a bigger stronger fighter, there's no guy who intimidates me more than him... 

GreatER BOXERS than Manny Pacquiáo

This man had it all, he was a complete package, Watchmojo deserves some of the harshest punishments ever to not put my favorite Boxer Rocky Marciano on the list.  Arguably the greatest to have ever lived, weighing at 177 pounds (or around that corner), he murdered every opponent in his career, never let anyone cross the finish before him. Undefeated, strong and "Tenacious" as described by Mike Tyson's Trainer Cus D'Amato, his legacy will never be forgotten, and that awkward style which he adapted when he wanted to box, here's a fabulous documentary on his staggering yet somewhat sad story of concluding part of life. A perfect 49 from 49 with an amazing 43 KO! Apart from demolishing the Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, When asked if he could have defeated Ali in a real fight, Marciano replied: "I'd be conceited if I said I could, but I'd be lying if I said I couldn't." When asked about his opinion of the result, Ali jokingly dismissed the results as racist, saying "That computer must have been made in Mississippi." Relating to the racial belief of Whites holding the upper most hand of superiority and respect over Blacks. As you know, Ali is......Ali. 


He looks scary, because he is... Don't mistake the Big George Foreman, otherwise that right power blowing jab will "hurt ya". 76 wins from 81 fights, and not to mention the 68 one-punch misery. The likes of Manny don't even deserved to be compared and mentioned alongside George Foreman. Utterly seething and ridiculous that George didn't make the list, rather never even got nominated. Going along the stupendous logic of Watchmojo where the greats are hidden away and the modern greats (which aren't great as the older ones), are classified as the world's best.......not at Boxing, no! At General Fighting! Sugar Ray Leonard was mentioned as a nomination for world's best fighter. Anyone in the world can say after watching the highlights of both men's career that George Foreman will KO SRL anytime! Lunacy beyond Lunacy, you can't get any illogical, ruthless and idiotic than that!

Jack Johnson, profoundly the first hero of the sport of Boxing. He was the one who brought more attention to the sport during its rapid popularity. This Heavyweight's impressive career of 73 wins from 104 matches inspired many young stars to merge through the golden age of the sports history in America. 

Nicknamed the Galveston Giant Double J Knocked out his opponents altogether 40 times. Standing tall at 6ft 2 with an arm reach of 94cm, he's got a greater chance of beating Manny Pacquiáo after observing these statistics. Alright forget Pacman, he's a greater Boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard even (who apparently Watchmojo think is one of the top 3 fighters in the history of Martial Arts). It's a simple thing to understand that Heavyweights are more likely to beat Lightweights! Please people, just type up Jack Johnson on You-Tube, and you'll see how ruthless and demolishing a Boxer this guy was.

Juan Manuel Márquez is a boxer who can be argued upon the discussion of being a greater Boxer than Pacman. Honestly people, here is my opinion, JMM is a better Boxer than Manny, I believe this because every fight they've fought, I really can only see rounds after rounds of dominance from Marquez. Ladies and Gentlemen this all visible through the highlights of their 4 meetings, so far... As for the latest one.... Manny did indeed enjoy the bedtime story. They first met each other in MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, on May 8, 2004. It was a draw, 115-110 (Marquez), 110-115 (Pacquiao) and lastly 113-113. Many Pundits regarded Marquez to be the more dominant athlete in the fight. The highlights;



Second Fight; 

Third fight;

 

Real Business or Show Business, MT exposes the Dark Side of The Dragons Fact 52

A star of the show once tried to buy a baby. Another branded his wife a gold-digger in front of millions. A further character stood accused of using public money to fill his company coffers. These tales of infighting, tax evasion and dodgy deals are not based on the antics of JR of Dallas fame. This is real life, playing out on the hit BBC series Dragons' Den.

Part investors, part pantomime villains, the BBC's 'Dragons' are as colorful as they are incredible. You don't have to dig very deep to find dirt. Take gym entrepreneur and fiery Scot Duncan Bannatyne, whose financial woes have been played out endlessly in the media. The small issue of a £122m debt to the collapsed Anglo Irish Bank last year got him booted out of the Sunday Times Rich List, yet he has managed to hang grimly onto his spot on the show.

Bannatyne's high-profile divorce turned into a soap opera amid the Dragon's claims on Twitter that his ex only married him for his money. And his own brother Sandy became a member of the 'I hate Duncan Bannatyne society' on Facebook, after the Dragon insulted his Scottish family in his autobiography.

When Sandy Bannatyne joined the forum in 2012, he posted this cutting message: 'Such an excellent group and I'm proud to be his first family member to join.'

James Caan left the show following bad publicity after his thwarted attempt to buy a baby from a starving family in Pakistan in 2010. Caan even managed to alienate Bannatyne when his non-domiciled-resident tax status was revealed. He became an instant persona non grata on the show, with Bannatyne vowing never to invest alongside him.

Another Dragon's charity, the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, allegedly paid out huge sums in taxpayers' money over three years to Jones's companies in exchange for services rendered. The charity's chief executive, Tom Bewick, resigned his post after only weeks in the job, claiming that the millions of pounds of public expenditure were 'hard to justify'.

Jones denied this and business secretary Vince Cable set up an inquiry, which found the allegations to be 'unsubstantiated'.

And even its genial presenter, Evan Davis, has attracted his share of headlines with rumors of exotic piercings.

But none of this has stopped the Dragons' Den juggernaut, which is still going strong after almost a decade. The BBC stalwart offers up-and-coming entrepreneurs five minutes of fame during a primetime TV slot, and those few minutes have proved invaluable for countless businesses. Visit the website of any previous contestant and 'as appeared on Dragons' Den' is brandished on the homepage, whether the company received investment or not.

There's no denying the power of the series. It has created a new cabal of entrepreneur celebrities. Who knew the names Duncan Bannatyne or James Caan before they appeared on the show? Even Dragons who left the Den years ago are still lunching out on the show's popularity. Rachel Elnaugh was forced to leave after just two series when her experience business Red Letter Days imploded, and still describes herself as an ex-Dragon on her Twitter profile, as does 'former Dragon of Dragons' Den' Doug Richard.

But the allure of the Den is still a mystery to some. While many entrepreneurs describe the pitching process as educational, all admit that it bears very little resemblance to a meeting with regular investors.

Captive Media attracted derision in the Den because it creates interactive branded content on proprietary screens installed in urinals.

'They just kept going on about how it was a peeing game,' says co-founder Gordon MacSween. 'I was never able to move the conversation on because they were locked into the novelty of it. You don't get professional investors trying to come up with killer one-liners when you're pitching, scribbling put-downs while you're answering a question.'

'I had to review every inch of my business, conscious that the Dragons might try and catch me out on something,' says Amer Hasan, founder of cab price comparison and booking app minicabit, of his recent appearance on the show.

'They liked us for the first 20 to 30 minutes, then it started going wrong and it turned into the interview from hell,' adds Steve Tonkin, co-founder of log-cutting sawhorse firm Truncator. 'When we stood up for our sawhorse and argued with them, they did not like it. To be honest, from that point on, we did not want them either.'

The contestants on the show are all seeking investment, but the majority are also looking for mentoring and advice. Therein lies the problem. The success of the format rests on how well the Dragons make the entrepreneurs squirm. How can you establish a relationship of trust with an investor who has spent the first few hours of your meeting tearing strips off your business for entertainment value?

'Hilary (Devey) launched a personal attack with no comment of any kind about the business,' says Captive Media co-founder Mark Melford. 'In my view, they don't care about the companies. They are just trying to build a career on TV.'

The allure of the Den is still a mystery to some.

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There have been some notable successes. Levi Roots and his jerk sauce company, Reggae Reggae Sauce, were propelled to stardom following his heartfelt, tuneful pitch in the Den in 2007. The sauce is now stocked in all the major multiples in the UK.

Richard Blakesley and Chris Barnardo raised investment for their magic wand-like universal remote control in 2010. Bannatyne gave the pair £200,000 in return for 30% of their business, the Wand Company. The firm's Kymera wand was featured in the latest series of hit US TV show The Big Bang Theory and the company is the manufacturer of a Doctor Who Sonic Screwdriver.

But for every success story, there is a long list of entrepreneurs who, in spite of being summarily rejected in the Den, have gone on to make millions. Most notably, Rob Law, inventor of kids suitcase company Trunki. He now turns over £7m a year, even though he was dismissed on the show.

MT caught up with two start-ups that were ridiculed in the latest series, only to go on to achieve considerable success. Julie Wilson and Amy Livingstone are the founders of Cheeky Chompers, maker of a chewy dribble bib.

'They thought our forecasts were "delusional",' says Wilson. 'Well, we are now being sold in eight national retailers, including John Lewis, JoJo Maman Bebe and Waitrose, and in year one we have distributors in 14 countries.'

'Bannatyne did say if we met our three-year targets, he would eat 100 of our bibs,' adds Livingstone. 'We have exceeded year-one projections ...' MT hopes that Bannatyne's gnashers will be up to the task.

Dr Ganesh Rao [pictured right] of Treatment Saver, a comparison website for laser eye surgery, cosmetic surgery and beauty clinics, was shocked by the Dragons' apparent ignorance of the price comparison market. 'There were some quite ridiculous reactions that showed just how out of touch some of the Dragons were,' he says.

'Duncan Bannatyne said that price wasn't important in making a decision on treatment. Maybe if you're a millionaire, you can look up the most expensive doctor on Harley Street and head down there, but if you can get the same treatment cheaper on a website such as ours, why wouldn't you?'

Treatment Saver attracts 50,000 visitors each month and has saved its customers more than £1m on treatments in the past year. 'They didn't get what we were trying to do or care that the business was profitable,' adds Rao. 'We only realized halfway through that some of their reactions were just being unnecessarily exaggerated for TV.'

And while Steve Handley, the Beeb's Dragons' Den series producer, claims that around 20% of businesses that pitch on the show secure investment, there is evidence that many of the entrepreneurs don't actually get the money.

According to recent research by alternative finance provider pensionledfunding.com, which interviewed 553 previous contestants, more than a third of businesses that received an offer from the Dragons found that those deals later fell through for contractual reasons or because the Dragon retracted the offer.

It's not just the Dragons who are refusing to sign on the dotted line. Start-ups are increasingly rejecting offers in the Den in favor of bank funding or other cash sources.

Bedlam Puzzles entrepreneur Danny Bamping accepted and later rejected an offer of £100,000 for 30% of his company, instead preferring bank funding. James Roupell, founder of toy-come-backpack company Bobo Buddies, recently turned down all five Dragons in favor of a loan that sacrificed zero equity.

Investing cash in start-ups carries a high risk and these deals must be priced accordingly, but scores of entrepreneurs have gone on to prove that their firms were undervalued.

'Peter Jones told us that our £2m valuation was ridiculous,' recalls Captive Media's MacSween. 'Clearly it wasn't, because we got double that a few weeks later.'

Minicabit's Hasan received offers from Deborah Meaden and Jones that he later turned down. 'Their deal seriously undervalued the company,' he says.

The investments on Dragons' Den have also been called into question, with many entrepreneurs later realizing that they have been offered a loan, or a complicated structured product, rather than just a venture-capital deal.

The Dragons may finger wedges of cash during the pitches, but this is all an illusion. Some may remember the story of Talpa Products and its MagnaMole, a plastic rod that takes cabling through cavity walls without risk of electrocution.

Founder Sharon Wright won an £80,000 investment in 2009 from Bannatyne and Caan to help expand her business. 'I didn't receive the monies I expected, I didn't receive the support I needed and, more importantly, they were charging me for their services,' she later claimed.

After asking a lawyer to explain the contract to her, Wright claimed that the Dragons had bought nearly a quarter of her company for £29 with the promise of 'loaning' her up to £80,000. In signing the contract, Wright had also unwittingly agreed to pay the two Dragons a fee for their support, while cutting her own salary from £50,000 to just £12,000. She managed to extract herself from the contract, but says that she later suffered a nervous breakdown from the stress.

The Dragons themselves have at times called the programme's authenticity into question. YO! Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe lasted just one series before deciding to jump ship. He spoke of his distaste for the way entrepreneurs were treated on the show.

'The show became a battle of egos - not a forum for business innovation,' he said in an interview with the Daily Mail. 'The thing to remember was that when you walk up the stairs to pitch, it's not five people necessarily thinking, how am I going to be able to make an investment here? They're also thinking, am I going to be the star of this next little piece? That's not how I was told the show would go down.'

Poor old Richard Farleigh was on the receiving end of the show's superficiality, allegedly being ditched because he was white. The producers allegedly wanted to find an inventor who represented an ethnic minority.

'It would be disappointing if that was the reason - rather than anything fundamental - that I was the wrong colour,' he said at the time. 'I don't know why this has happened and I am very disappointed and bemused. I wasn't expecting it, because all the feedback I got was very positive. I had even moved back to the UK to focus on commitments for the show. I am gutted that I have not been invited back.'

The cracks are now starting to show, with high-profile entrepreneurs revealing that they never intend to take part in the show. According to lingerie entrepreneur Michelle Mone, who founded Ultimo, she has turned down offers five times.

When Dragons' Den launched in January 2005 (it is based on a Japanese version - not Takeshi's Castle, surprisingly), the show ushered in a new era of celebrity entrepreneurs, with Suralan's star turn on The Apprentice following hot on its heels. It is credited with raising the profile of business across the UK. But at what cost?

According to research from the Centre for Entrepreneurs, chaired by serial entrepreneur Luke Johnson, three-quarters of business owners are critical of business shows such as Dragons' Den.

'The shows portray entrepreneurs in a caricature way,' Johnson said on the BBC's Today programme. 'I think that's unfortunate, because it can be off-putting and it discourages. Ideally, what we should be doing is inspiring more people to start a business to help create growth.'

A further survey conduced by officebroker.com asked bosses at 200 companies if they believed the shows offered an accurate portrayal of the business world and, again, 75% said that they do not, and 52% stated that BBC business shows were more concerned with sensationalism and creating celebrities than educating aspiring entrepreneurs and the wider public about business practice.

Some of the Dragons' Den hopefuls interviewed by MT say that despite being rejected or offered a bad deal, the experience was positive for their businesses because of the publicity generated.

Truncator's Tonkin comments: 'The coverage we have had has been amazing and it has been a great icebreaker at every trade show and demonstration we have done since appearing on the show. There has been an amazing amount of support for us too. Lots of people have said how they liked us for standing up to the Dragons and not backing down.

'We sold two months' worth of stock in the two weeks following the show and the phone did not stop for a month.'

However, Pensionledfunding.com's research showed that two-thirds of entrepreneurs found that their Dragons' Den appearance had not helped them source outside funding.

'We got some PR but, overall, the impact was neutral,' says Captive Media's MacSween. 'And when we spoke to real investors about appearing on the show and warned them that we might not be painted in a positive light, they completely discounted the opinion of the Dragons.'

The influence of so-called celebrity angels is now also being threatened by the emergence of countless new forms of alternative finance. Who needs three minutes of fame on BBC2 when a cleverly edited video on a crowdfunding site can go viral in hours?

While Dragons' Den can attract as few as 1.5 million viewers, US-based crowdfunding platform Kickstarter receives 9.9 million visits a month globally, according to Quantcast. These aren't passive visitors: they are armchair investors, pumping in $1bn of funding since the site's launch in 2009. Its most funded project, the Pebble smartwatch, received more than $10m in funding from 69,000 backers. The largest investment ever made on the Den was £200,000.

While Dragons' Den may be an easy way to get your product or service on TV, the pitfalls of appearing on a hackneyed show with self-interested investors and 'if it bleeds, it leads' editing are fast outweighing the benefits.

And with the rise of crowdfunding and the fast-eroding credibility of so-called celebrity angels, the death knell could soon sound for Dragons' Den.

source; http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/1291213/

Critiques - Target No. 1

Critiques is a section in the blog which will deal with incorrect data, biased opinions (to say the least) and hard hitting articles, lists, facts and figures - that will be better off changed. I purely have no intention to be rude and personify my thoughts as the ultimate reality, what I will do is put forward the information and key figures, through which you will realize that the Target was ultimately wrong (with all due respect).  

In the first ever Critique section, we have our target as Watchmojo's list of Top Ten Most Dominant Male Athletes of All Time. The title is quiet clear on what we are going to witness, and without even bothering to play the video, you know the likes of supreme Basketball sensation Micheal Jordan is going to be on the list or Babe Ruth will hit another spot of elevation in Sports. But there are some Men, unfortunately, Ladies and Gentlemen, which are left behind, not even nominated in the list for any ranking, they themselves have absolutely paved the way of elegance, mastery and supremacy in their field - yet have gone down as unnoticed? There are those who have won an unimaginable amount of awards and competitions, have won the hearts of millions, but aren't even given a direction towards them within the list... Let's discuss who they are.

Stephen Hendry

The 45 year old Scotsman is a king at his profession, his dominance over Snooker seems untouchable when compared to some of the men in Watchmojo's list. Stephen Hendry's aptitude was in clear vision when, at the age of 15 only, in 1985, he became the youngest professional Snooker player ever! And that was just the start of his dazzling career waiting ahead, in 1990, he was the youngest ever Snooker World Champion at the age of just 21! No other sportsman on the list has achieved any milestone a great as that, taking into account the age too... Furthermore, he grasped the World Championship titles in the years 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999! A record in the history of the sport, as well as the fact that he was at the number 1 spot for 9 consecutive years from 1990 to 1998, and again in the years 2006/7. Hendry has the distinction of holding the most World ranking titles (36), and leads the field of Snooker players with 775 competitive Century breaks. Other than that, he has made 11 competitive full breaks, only second to another champion, Ronnie 'O Sullivan. 

Lin Dan
Often considered by analysts of the game and other professionals (as well as just about every fan of Badminton), "The greatest Badminton player of all time" Lin Dan, from my point of view, honestly deserved something to be mentioned about him on the list. The Chinese "Ace" is a staggering star in this sport, and has ruled it along Taufik Hidayat, Peter Gade and his Arch Rival Lee Chong Wei - mind you they aren't behind in the degree of greatness. Lin Dan is a two times Olympic Champion, five time World Champion and five time All England Champion! He completed the "Super Grand Slam" by the age of 28, having won all nine major titles in World Badminton: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Super Series Masters Final, All England Open, Asian Games and Asian Championships. He's the first ever person to achieve that list. Badminton is a demanding sport, and the retiring age is below 35 for most players, but this guy is going like a train which seems unstoppable, defiantly worthy of being mentioned/nominated...

Eddie Arcaro
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them, said a wise man once. Whoever that man was (most probably William Shakespeare) did indeed shed light upon something valuable. And we've seen greatness through many people, nations and episodes overtime. I can guarantee you with the firmest of grips that no one in the history of American Sports, has been as dominant, as successful as Eddie Arcaro. Undoubtedly, I will receive some radical responses over this hypothesis, but I think it will be unfair not to think of that way after reading the synopsis of his mind blowing career in Thoroughbred Racing. The Hall of Famer jokey won more American Classics than any other rider in the history, he's the only man to have won the US Triple Crown twice. The Triple Crown includes 3 thrilling races varying in distances to testify the endurance and the speed of the horses - as well as the competition between the quality of the campaigners on them... Altogether in his career, he crossed the line first 4779 times, which comprises of major wins like Jockey Cup Gold Cup (10), Wood Memorial Stakes (9), Suburban Handicap (8), Kentucky Oaks (4), Kentucky Derby (5), Preakness Stakes (6), Belmont Stakes (6). His total earnings was an incredible $30,039,543, considering this was the period between 1940s-1970s, his career defining wins would have had him a billionaire today as the prices and the money on these stakes races is itself 30 million US Dollars. 

Garry Kasparov
No other player has dominated as long or as strong as Garry Kasparov. His name is synonymous with chess. He became the youngest ever undisputed World Champion in 1985 at only 22, which he held until 1993 when a dispute with FIDE led him to set up his own organisation (PCA) and technically lost him the World Title, though most chess enthusiasts still considered him the unofficial World Champion during this period. It lasted until his loss to Kramnik in 2000. He was ranked number one almost continuously from 1986 until his retirement in 2005, which included the all time highest Elo rating of 2851, as well as a record 15 consecutive tournament victories. Kasparov began training at Mikhail Botvinnik’s chess school at age 10. In 1979, he was accidently entered into a professional tournament despite being unrated, which he duly won and by 1983 was ranked 2 in the world, behind World Champion Karpov. He challenged for the World Title and lost to Karpov in 1984 in an epic 48 game match (see entry on Karpov) but won the following year and successfully defended it 3 times against Karpov in the coming years by very tight margins. In 1993, Kasparov had a falling out with governing body FIDE. In 2007, Kasparov admitted that forming a breakaway organisation was the worst mistake of his career. The Title remained split for 13 years as Kasparov refused to rejoin FIDE. He lost the title to Kramnik in 2000. Even after losing the title, Kasparov continued to outperform his rivals winning a string of major titles and remained ranked number 1. He announced his retirement in 2005 after winning the prestigious Linares tournament for the ninth time, citing a lack of personal goals in chess. He is now pursuing a political career in his native Russia. Garry Kasparov completely dominated his peers for 20 years, and retired on top. He has contributed much to the theory of chess and rightly deserves the number 1 spot of greatest ever.

Eddy Merckx

Eddy Merchx was born in Belgium in 1945 and became the best road bicycle racer the world has ever seen. He won the Tour de France 5 times in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974, the Giro D’Italia 5 times in 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1974 and the Vuelta a España once in 1973. Merckx also won the Tour de Suisse once, Paris-Nice 3 times, Dauphné-Libéré once, Paris-Roubaix 3 times, Liège-Bastogne-Liége 5 times and the World Road Race Championship 3 times. Eddy Merckx is also one of only five riders to win all three big stage races during their career, the four others are: Jacques Anquetil, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault and Alberto Contador. This legendary sportsman was apparently ignored as if he never existed, I mean, from Chris Hoy to him, there should've been the representation of this demanding sport all together. I fully believe that this man should have been on the list within the top 3! 

People, my intentions aren't to say that Watchmojo was completely wrong with that list, what I would say is that they missed out on these men who clearly (through their dominance) deserved recognition, and that's the least to say............