Are some races naturally better boxers?

[JC Warrior]

I don't think black skin has anything directly to do with making back fighters better. But I wouldn't find your PE teachers inital assesment that black fighters are better as being too far off. Again I don't think there's anything genetically inferior with a white guy but an unfathomable slew of difference socially and environmentally that usually conditions a black person to have interal drive and desire that white people as a whole will probably never, ever feel.

What I'm talking about is how many of the white people on this board have ever had to endure some racist prick calling them n****r? How many have ever been pulled over by the police because they're in the wrong neighborhood too late in the evening? And on and on a majority of social and environmental things that condition a black human being to interally become harder and tougher mentally than white people have to be.

Not sure if I'm articulating this correctly but I know what I'm trying to say and it isn't intended with any racial slander. Only to illustrate that while physically there probably isn't a landslide genetic difference, mentally the difference in cultural treatment conditions the black to be a lot tougher internaly than most.

[Ironside]

Individuals with ancestors from different parts of the world can have highly visible differences in skin pigmentation. Individuals with African ancestry (black people) tend towards darker skin, while those of Northern European descent (white people) have paler skin. Between these extremes are individuals of Asian, South-East Asian, Native American, Middle Eastern, Polynesian and Melanesian descent.

The skin of black people has more variation in color from one part of the body to another than does the skin of other racial groups, particularly the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Part of this is the result of the variations in the thickness of the skin or different parts of the body. The thicker the skin, the more layers of cell with melanin in them, and the darker the color. In addition, these parts of the body do not have melanin-producing cells.

Just looked this up real quick. Tell me if you agree or not. I'm not an expert on this, but I always thought it was a common fact that everyone knew that black people have tougher skin than whites. I've mentioned this before in similar threads in this site and you're the first one to disagree.

[Ironside]

I don't think black skin has anything directly to do with making back fighters better. But I wouldn't find your PE teachers inital assesment that black fighters are better as being too far off. Again I don't think there's anything genetically inferior with a white guy but an unfathomable slew of difference socially and environmentally that usually conditions a black person to have interal drive and desire that white people as a whole will probably never, ever feel.

What I'm talking about is how many of the white people on this board have ever had to endure some racist prick calling them n****r? How many have ever been pulled over by the police because they're in the wrong neighborhood too late in the evening? And on and on a majority of social and environmental things that condition a black human being to interally become harder and tougher mentally than white people have to be.

Not sure if I'm articulating this correctly but I know what I'm trying to say and it isn't intended with any racial slander. Only to illustrate that while physically there probably isn't a landslide genetic difference, mentally the difference in cultural treatment conditions the black to be a lot tougher internaly than most.

Yea for the most part you're correct but I think it's a little off topic.

[squealpiggy]

Also just the obvious fact that white people have weaker skin than blacks can play a role.

Not to mention the fact that a black guy... he drives like this:



But a white guy... he drives like this:



Edit: There's not nearly enough of the right pictures for this sort of thing on the net...

[Ironside]

Not to mention the fact that a black guy... he drives like this:



But a white guy... he drives like this:

for some reason the first picture had me cracking up.

[Thread Stealer]

Doughboy!!!!

"Hoes gotta eat too"

[robjr]

yea its the time you put into it... but natural athletic ability plays a role aswelll..

[Benny Leonard]

It's all ****ing HYPE!! If black fighters are better at boxing and you had to come from a poor background then why does Africa have a meager collection of Great fighters? Shouldn't there be more than just Azumah Nelson and Mugabi?? MEDIA HYPE!

Well, the story goes "African-Americans” were basically "bred" like the American-Pit-bull.

[Thread Stealer]

Well, the story goes "African-Americans” were basically "bred" like the American-Pit-bull.

Thank you, Jimmy the Greek.

[Left2body]

The answer is Yes and No. Yes, certain races will have more sucess in certain weight divisions because they in general are smaller or larger than another race......i.e. You wont find a whole bunch of 6'5 Mexican's or Philipinos.

But other than that I say no.