?After Nearly Killing Himself 2 Years Ago..?: Tiger Woods Belongs on the Same Level as Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan, Claims Major NBA Voice

On the occasion of Michael Jordan’s 60th birthday, the NBA world has been reflecting on the 6x NBA champion’s illustrious life and career on various platforms. Likewise, one of the biggest supporters of the Hall of Famer, Skip Bayless, also paid his tribute on Skip and Shannon: Undisputed.?Most fans know why Bayless places MJ as the undisputed GOAT in the NBA. However, despite his polarizing takes over the years regarding MJ and LeBron James, the eminent NBA voice also, quite surprisingly, holds some other athletes at the same level as Jordan.

Therefore, while celebrating MJ’s iconic legacy on the show, Bayless namedropped two other prominent sports figures, Tiger Woods and Muhammed Ali. Moreover, after reflecting on Woods’ life-threatening incident from a few years ago, Bayless explained why he belongs on the same level as the Chicago Bulls legend.?

Skip Bayless compares Tiger Woods and Muhammad Ali to Michael Jordan?

Very few have dominated a sport as absolutely as Michael Jordan has dominated basketball in the 90s. The 6x Finals MVP produced an almost perfect career in all aspects of being a basketball player. Rightfully so, many fans consider him to be the greatest player of all time. Likewise, one of the biggest MJ stans in the media, Skip Bayless, paid a glowing tribute to the Hall of Famer on his 60th birthday on FS1’s Skip and Shannon: Undisputed.?

While doing so, amidst adulations, Bayless clubbed Jordan in an exclusive club of legendary athletes, who shared a common trait that helped them become the greatest. On the back of his decades of sports coverage, Bayless dubbed Tiger Woods and Muhammad Ali, alongside Michael Jordan, as ‘transcendent figures’ in all of sports. He said, “There have been three transcendent figures, who on rare competitive drive rose above all the rest…it was [Muhammed] Ali, then it was Jordan, and now it is Tiger [Woods]”.?

After putting Woods and Ali on the same level as Jordan, Bayless then harped on the unbelievable comeback of the 15x Majors champion after his life-threatening accident in 2021. Bayless said,?“Listen what Tiger Woods did yesterday, Birdieing the last three holes…having not played a second of competitive golf, after nearly killing himself in a car wreck two years ago…it was just extraordinary, it is just who he is.”

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Surprisingly, many fans, on this rare occasion, will probably agree with Bayless on this take. Woods’ unprecedented comeback after suffering gruesome injuries in a rollover accident is truly a mark of a GOAT. In Thursday’s first round of the Genesis Invitational, the 11x PGA player of the year birdied the last three holes to finish two under-69.?

Tiger Woods’ horrific accident in 2021?

The legendary golfer almost got killed in a fatal accident two years ago after the conclusion of the same Genesis tournament on the Rolling hill estates just outside Los Angeles. Woods was involved in a single-car rollover crash after striking a curb and uprooting a tree. Consequently, he suffered “significant orthopedic injuries to his right lower extremity” and had emergency surgery for?“open fractures affecting both the upper and lower portion of the tibia and fibula bones,” according to his doctor.?

However, after a grueling recovery process in the last two years, Woods’ made enough strides to finally return to competitive golf.?

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What are your thoughts on Bayless’ take on the three legendary athletes? Let us know in the comments below.?