Why the Best American Heavyweights Aren’t Boxing

[Steelhammer2K9]

This article doesn't go nearly far enough. It ain't just the heavyweights, it's everything from middleweight and up. How many elite athletes are around in any of those divisions anymore? A handful at best, maybe not even.

People try to say super middle is a good division now, but just cuz a division's competitive doesn't mean it's good. It just means everyone sucks equally. Who are the best super middles supposed to be? Kessler? Bute? LOL. The average tailback who gets cut from NFL training camp dominates those guys as a pure athlete.

hahaha

EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES

who gives a **** about football??.....football players can't fight

you americans have gone soft...that's the bottom line

your worst nightmare has become a REALITY... European fighters are DOMINATING!!!!

[EL HANDSOME]

Pau Gasol easily KO's all these Heavyweight bums. Real Talk

But he ain't American.

[Flawless.]

Lebron gets like 40 million a year and others like him as well. Jordan till today gets over 30 million a year. More money in team sports than boxing with less sacrifice

[Steelhammer2K9]

Lebron gets like 40 million a year and others like him as well. Jordan till today gets over 30 million a year. More money in team sports than boxing with less sacrifice

basketball players are all a bunch of *******

[Flawless.]

basketball players are all a bunch of *******

LOL You can what ever you like over the net but real life drop your nuts to any BBALL Player. They have the athleticism BUT boxing is more of a mental sport. Also you get paid more doing BBALL than boxing also. To be rich in boxing you must be top dog. Bball you can 10th best player and get over 20 mil

[insipiens]

Another whiny article about HWs: "the foreigners are kicking our asses! There's got to be an excuse."

I can't believe people write this stuff so shamelessly.

[x-PeROxiDE-x]

I disagree with this article...

just because you can doesn't mean that you will.

it's like saying there's not enough doctors because they're all becoming lawyers... OR like saying every fat ass out there CAN loose all that weight and get that great body, but will they?!

my sport (boxing) is a jealous sport, you gotta want it, you gotta have that warrior/gladiator mentality, and want to be in a fight, in the squared circle. All of those basketball/football players KNOW boxing exists, BUT they decided they'd rather shoot a ball or catch one rather than take a PUNCH. they have already been CULLED without setting a foot in the ring! lol they were never fighters or meant to be in ring to begin with! So the author's theory is really therefore only trying to find an excuse. They lost the fight before it even started.

An excellent post.

I COULD get off my lazy ass and become the best boxer in the world, there is always the chance I am harbouring some "special talent".

Just because it's possible, however, doesn't mean it is going to happen, or is even remotely likely.

By the mere fact that they obviously had no interest in boxing, means they would have ****** at it anyway. They lack the obvious drive and desire to be the best they can be.

LOL You can what ever you like over the net but real life drop your nuts to any BBALL Player. They have the athleticism BUT boxing is more of a mental sport. Also you get paid more doing BBALL than boxing also. To be rich in boxing you must be top dog. Bball you can 10th best player and get over 20 mil

And that's why America sucks at everything these days.

It's all about the $$$$, rather than one man's pride.

[Left Hook Tua]

Pau Gasol easily KO's all these Heavyweight bums. Real Talk

But he ain't American.

have you seen marc gasol?

man......he'd beat down pau.

[FasTHarD]

hahaha

excuses, excuses, excuses

who gives a **** about football??.....football players can't fight

you americans have gone soft...that's the bottom line

your worst nightmare has become a reality... European fighters are dominating!!!!

vlad_owns?

[The Hammer]

That's a poor excuse...

Why did the US no win any Gold or Silver at the Olympics this year, in any weight division?

Why are there fewer and fewer American titleholders in the smaller weight divisions in boxing?

It has to do with the rest of the world catching up and passing the US, not only in boxing, but in everything else (manufacturing, space technology, etc).