How come Norway produce no good pro boxers?

Anyone remember that big stiff HW Leif Larsen or something? He fought Odlanier Solis when he was grossly obese. I remember watching it on Eurosport UK and thinking WTF. :lol1:

A would-be young boxer from Norway Installed a speed bag in his doorway He gave it a smack It bounced and hit back He sobbed, “Getting beat…that’s one more way!”

this is a tough one, norway is the top country in winter sports it seems but doesn't produce many if any boxers, i wonder why? they don't seem to have any good basketball players either, we need an international investigation into this strange scenario, it just doesn't make any sense

Boxing is a cultural thing, and to produce world class fighters, it's a numbers game. No(or limited) boxing culture, history and infrastructure will result in a miniscule talent pool of candidates to make it to the world class boxing level. It would be cool to get more Scandinavian boxers competing at the top level though.

Norwegians usually came to denmark to turn pro. Most notable would be Klemetsen, Havnaa (father and son), Tangstad, Evensen and Brækhus. Following the retirement of Mikkel Kessler, there's been no dane who could put asses in the seats and no promotor has been able to get a television contract let alone make money staging boxing. Boxing is pretty much dead in all of scandinavia right now. So even if you had some talents, there'd be nowhere they could display their skills.

no one asked u to answer it Dbag. besides as others said boxing was banned there until recently Suck....my....BAWLS (how Paulie Malignaggi would say it). These questions are asked all the time, glad someone could answer though but my answer was still correct. It's like asking why people living in the desert or in the Siberian tundra don't produce many swimmers.

These questions grow tiresome. Lack of boxing gyms = lack of participation = less potential boxers. In some countries you can drive for a few hundred kilometres and pass through multiple towns/cities and not find a single boxing gym. You can have tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands of young males who have a football oval, cricket pitch, tennis court, swimming pool etc. yet nowhere within hours of driving can you find a boxing/MMA gym. no one asked u to answer it Dbag. besides as others said boxing was banned there until recently

Norway's have too many fishermen to become boxers and too smart. But that 400 metre hurdler is quite tasty isn't he?

No history or culture in it. Boxing is a national past-time in Britain, and america. Interwoven into the fabric of the nation 'Culture'.

What are the laws like there? I heard boxing was illegal in Sweden up until recently... Not enough time to start producing top pros. You should start seeing some domestic level guys coming up though

The Scandinavian countries are filled with soft boys. (Apart from some immigrants from the inner cities). Norwegians are practically woman who couldn't fight to save their lives.

Boxing was illegal in Norway for a long time. Cecilia Braekhaus is Norwegian but she's also Columbian born. Otto Wallin is Swedish. I know a couple of Norwegians, they're closer to German culture, so it makes sense that the above boxers are a product of Germany and promoted by the Sauerland's.

These questions grow tiresome. Lack of boxing gyms = lack of participation = less potential boxers. In some countries you can drive for a few hundred kilometres and pass through multiple towns/cities and not find a single boxing gym. You can have tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands of young males who have a football oval, cricket pitch, tennis court, swimming pool etc. yet nowhere within hours of driving can you find a boxing/MMA gym.

What are the laws like there? I heard boxing was illegal in Sweden up until recently...[/QUOTE The ban on pro boxing was lifted 3-4 years ago I think.

What are the laws like there? I heard boxing was illegal in Sweden up until recently...