Why do people think NFL players should be American Heavyweights ?

[Benny Leonard]

whats wierd is knowing there are thousands of amateurs way better than the guys we see on TV who we never hear about. i often think to myself "ive seen 15 year old fight better than that"

On being a professional:
“I believe a man is a professional when he can do what needs to be done no matter how he feels within. An amateur is an amateur in his attitude emotionally. A professional is an professional in the way he thinks and feels and in his ability to execute inder the most trying conditions. The ability to do what needs to be done regardless of the pressure and do it with poise, with no reflection of his inner feeling or conflict if it exists, is what makes a professional. It has nothing to do with their knowledge. I’ll show you many amateurs with far superior knowledge and ability than top professionals.” -Cus D'Amato

[Klitschko2011]

Wladimir Klitschko is about as impressive an athlete as Matti Nykaenen of Finland, the world's greatest ski jumper.

How do you think Klitschko would do against Dwight Howard in any athletic contest other than basketball or boxing or any other sport they might have formal training in?

Running?
Jumping?
Weight lifting?

Howard would destroy him in every single one.

Dwight Howard is a ***** that CAN'T FIGHT

Basketball players are all a bunch of soft *******....get that through your thick skull.

Wlad would murder Howard

[JR Rider]

I doubt that basketball players are all *******. Ron Artest anyone?

By the way, Dwight Howard is much heavier than the 260 someone listed earlier.

[Khmelnytsky]

Why is that? Are all Eastern Europeans giants? Of course not. If you look at the stats, the average Ukrainian and the average Russian are both shorter than the average American.

Could it be because if they're 5'8" they still have to compete against elite athletes, while if they're 6'3" they don't because all the best athletes choose to play other sports? Seems pretty obvious.

i'd love to see where you get the stat for Slavs being an average of 5'8, my mom is 5'10

[Tankster]

If Bill Romanowski became a boxer he would've killed somebody in the ring.

[tommy boo boxer]

I doubt that basketball players are all *******. Ron Artest anyone?

By the way, Dwight Howard is much heavier than the 260 someone listed earlier.

Didn't he beat up on skinny white guys? is that the one where he jumped over an announcers table?

if so.... *****

(just him, not basketball guys in general)

[tommy boo boxer]

Basketball is a ***** sport

Lebron James and Dwight Howard are soft ******* that can't fight for ****

Eastern European Heavyweights are SUPERIOR....that's the bottom line!!

END OF THREAD

for now you can say... sure it looks that way.... but all things come to an end... that you can be sure of.

[tommy boo boxer]

I always say this but the reason NFL/NBA athletes would be the best heavyweights is because they are already strong as **** they are also insanely fast

I always say "everybody has a plan till they get hit"

[tommy boo boxer]

If Bill Romanowski became a boxer he would've killed somebody in the ring.

then he will be a murderer

[Davros?]

The real problem in America is the ****** amount of pointless PPV, they need to get world title fights on network TV when kids see great fights they will want to take part in the sport but if they never see it why would they even bother to take part, they also need to improve the amateur system to help get more people involved and better prepared for the pro's, the last great batch of American heavyweight's turned pro over 20 years ago and there has been nothing since.