How come there is no CHINESE Boxers?

[chito]

i think it's because of the unpopularity of this sport in china.

[prince21]

From Elementary to highschool about 80 percent of the hispanics in my school were El Salvadorian yet no Salvadorian fighters.

Wasnt Holyfield supposed to fight in china 4-5 yars back and that card get cancelled


BTW Laila Ali, Golota, and Montell Griffin were on the same boxing card in CHINA on May 22, 2000

http://www.boxrec.com/date_search.ph...00&mm=04&dd=22

[MindBat]

I bet 100 bucks if you go to say, CHINA, you could find six or seven of them...maybe more

You might have to squint real hard to find any here in the states.

I always thought is was because it would be offending the thier martial arts tradition, style, etc. Being that in boxing there are rules, or rather, it is limited as to where you may strike a person, as oppossed to full contact, and the fact that you use your whole body, especially the legs.

Or maybe Chinese fighters have a deep respect for "Thai-boxing".

Good point. If you try to low blow them, they'll kick and punch the snot out of you, and that'll only get them disqualified in every boxing fight. The ref would get his butt kicked in the ring too. Then it'll just be a Crounching Tiger Hidden Dragon free-for-all.

LOL there are millions of chinese boxers just like there are millions of chinese basketball players.

Now let's look at a bigger number -- 1.3 billion. That's the total population of China, the largest on the globe and five times the size of the United States. No country has more manpower within its borders, and no country has a larger pool of potential athletic talent than China. As its economy expands continuously at almost unprecedented rates, the Chinese government finds itself flush with cash to spend on projects of its choice. In keeping with the socialist state tradition of using sport to garner international prestige, China is dedicating increasing sums of money to the development of its athletic programs.[/i]

That just proves they multiply like rabbits at the slightest breeze and the drop of a hat.

[SnoopySmurf]

Boxing was once illegal in China

Only recently, it has relaxed it rule about that.

[Derranged]

Isnt Injin Chi from China?

[medium-deek]

They are too busy practicing kung fu

[MindBat]

Isnt Injin Chi from China?

I believe he's Korean.

[hugh grant]

China has a strong economy hasnt it? They need the guys to make goods to import here and to work in the factories.
Boxing in England and countries like Mexico boxing is used to keep people off the streets. In china they havent the same reasons to box, and the kids on the street get work in the factories.. No boxing gyms for them i would imagine. Just not a high profile sport.

[Hitman_Hatton43]

All the Asian boxers are featherweight or lower

[SnoopySmurf]

All the Asian boxers are featherweight or lower

This was true 25 years ago. But because of the global economy, Asians are now eating more and more Westerners. More protein = bigger bodies. Asian schools have a problem with their seats and chairs being too small for the growing Asians.

However, Asians tend to stress on education rather than sports. Ever seen the movie "Bend it like Bekham"? That's quite typical of most Asian families.