Michael van Gerwen threw darts rival Phil Taylor on the ground throughout event

On Dec 29, 2023

Michael van Gerwen as soon as threw darts rival Phil Taylor to the ground throughout a event.

Van Gerwen and ‘The Power’ are broadly thought of to be the very best throwers in darts historical past, each dominating throughout their respective primes. The pair had quite a few clashes all through their years on the high, with MVG popping out on high general with 15 wins and a attract 24 matches.

Taylor referred to as time on his trophy-laden profession in 2018, seemingly ending the rivalry between the 2. But Van Gerwen has now revealed an incident on the Grand Slam of Darts “eight or nine years ago” the place the pair bought right into a bodily altercation backstage.

The Dutchman advised the Happy Hour Podcast: “Phil Taylor always went on about ‘my mate Ricky Hatton, my mate Ricky Hatton’. After every match, he would come to his opponent and do a little bit of boxing moves.

“I didn’t know what he was doing so at the Grand Slam of Darts backstage in one of the old venues, I threw him to the floor. He was like ‘what happened here?’ Because it was like, who just threw the big Phil Taylor to the floor? Yeah, sorry that was me.”

Phil Taylor was baffled after being thrown to the bottom
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He added: “Phil loves to give it but he can also take it. I love when there’s a bit of spice involved on stage.”

According to statistics, Taylor’s peak got here between 2009 and 2011 whereas Van Gerwen dominated between 2015 and 2017. The Dutchman has the second most PDC World Championships to his identify with three, whereas Taylor is manner out in entrance with an astonishing 14.

Michael van Gerwen [R] and Phil Taylor [L] are thought of the very best to have performed darts
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But whereas MVG acknowledges Taylor’s greatness, he has nonetheless backed himself as the higher participant up to now. “Phil Taylor, what he did for darts is incredible,” Mighty Mike mentioned.

“He’s been the best within the sport of all time, not the very best, as a result of that is me, however he is been the best.”