Who is the best trash talker in sports history?
Words before the bell, words during the game, words at the microphone afterwards. Loudest is not automatically best.
1Muhammad AliThe heavyweight champion who rhymed his predictions and made the pre-fight press conference part of the sport.
2Conor McGregorThe Irish fighter whose promotional tours often drew more attention than the fights themselves.
3Michael JordanA relentless in-game needler who used slights, real or invented, as fuel.
4Larry BirdThe Celtics forward who told opponents where he would shoot from before shooting.
5Deion SandersPrime Time backed up a constant stream of talk in both the NFL and MLB.
6Charles BarkleyOutspoken as a player and louder as a broadcaster.
7Chael SonnenThe UFC middleweight who built a title shot almost entirely out of interviews.
8Floyd MayweatherTurned Money into a persona that sold pay-per-views by the million.
9Richard ShermanThe Seahawks cornerback whose post-game interview after the 2014 NFC Championship became instant folklore.
10Serena WilliamsRarely loud, but her on-court answers to doubters were their own form of talk.
11Kevin GarnettOne of the NBA's most feared talkers for two decades.
12Reggie MillerMade a career of silencing arenas and telling them about it.
13Nick KyrgiosTennis' loudest modern voice, on court and off it.
14Zlatan IbrahimovicThe striker who spoke about himself in the third person and made it work.
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