With Lionel Messi’s arrival to MLS outfit Inter Miami, America has another GOAT within its borders. Having dominated the game of soccer for the past decade or so, the Argentine’s arrival signals a new dawn within American sports. A highly debated subject, calling someone the greatest of all time is quite the compliment. While some athletes are rightly considered as the GOAT, the same cannot be said for most of them.

Sports fans are notoriously quick in naming people with incredible feats, such as being their GOAT. And although fair in terms of the plaudits, it takes more than just a significant feat to be considered the greatest of all time. This was the case when a 16x time champion was compared to Michael Jordan and Tom Brady, which left 47-year-old Kevin Garnett lost for words.

A 16x champion is compared to American GOATs

Joey Chestnut is an American cult hero who became famous for his hotdog eating skills. A competitive eater by trade, Joey is one of the main attractions on TV sets during the 4th of July. Winning the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest by downing 63 hotdogs this year, the legend has won the competition a whooping 16 times.

This ginormous feat led fans to compare him to Michael Jordan and Tom Brady, which stumped Kevin Garnett.

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Sharing a post on his Instagram, the Big Ticket seemed to concur with the man belittling fans on their GOAT comparisons. Blasting them for their incompetence, the user states in his post, “Somebody saying this guy Joey Chestnut should be in the same convo as Michael Jordan and Tom Brady.”

Unhappy about it all, he continues his tirade against the comparison, questioning the competition’s sporting credibility, stating, “When was this ever a sport?” Furthering his relentless criticism, he says, “Joey Chestnut is a 16-time winner of stuffing glizzies down his throat. And you calling him the GOAT of the throat. No!”

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But while Kevin Garnett was stumped by the sporting comparisons in regard to Joey Chestnut, even he cannot deny that Jaws is the GOAT of competitive eating.

Joey Chestnut is the GOAT of eating glizzies

Not only is he a 16-time champion, but Chestnut also holds the record for most hot dogs eaten in total. Consuming an astronomical 76 hot dogs in 2021 Joey beat his own record of 75 that he had set a year prior.

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