Why Arn't There Really Any Mexican Fighters Above 147 Pounds?

[Klitschko2011]

European fighters are DOMINATING the higher weight classes


Heavyweight

Wladimir Klitschko - IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion
Vitali Klitschko - WBC Heavyweight Champion
Ruslan Chagaev - WBA Heavyweight Champion

Cruiserweight

Tomasz Adamek - Ring IBF Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion
Giacobbe Fragomeni - WBC Cruiserweight Champion

Light Heavyweight

Joe Calzaghe - Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion
Adrian Diaconu - WBC Light heavyweight Champion
Zsolt Erdei - WBO Light Heavyweight Champion

Super Middleweight

Mikkel Kessler - WBA Super Middleweight Champion
Carl Froch - WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Lucian Bute - IBF Super Middleweight Champion
Karoly Balzsay - WBO Super Middleweight Champion

Middleweight

Arthur Abraham - IBF Middleweight Champion
Felix Sturm - WBA Middleweight Champion

Light Middleweight

Sergiy Dzinziruk - WBO Light Middleweight Champion

[LilGizmo562]

European fighters are DOMINATING the higher weight classes


Heavyweight

Wladimir Klitschko - IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion
Vitali Klitschko - WBC Heavyweight Champion
Ruslan Chagaev - WBA Heavyweight Champion

Cruiserweight

Tomasz Adamek - Ring IBF Undisputed Cruiserweight Champion
Giacobbe Fragomeni - WBC Cruiserweight Champion

Light Heavyweight

Joe Calzaghe - Undisputed Light Heavyweight Champion
Adrian Diaconu - WBC Light heavyweight Champion
Zsolt Erdei - WBO Light Heavyweight Champion

Super Middleweight

Mikkel Kessler - WBA Super Middleweight Champion
Carl Froch - WBC Super Middleweight Champion
Lucian Bute - IBF Super Middleweight Champion
Karoly Balzsay - WBO Super Middleweight Champion

Middleweight

Arthur Abraham - IBF Middleweight Champion
Felix Sturm - WBA Middleweight Champion

Light Middleweight

Sergiy Dzinziruk - WBO Light Middleweight Champion

You guys dominate HW,CW and SMW only, technically since 1 American has 2 titles at MW we dominate MW and LMW is mixed, not only Europeans, LHW Joe retired and Dawson had to vacate 2 belts, so until someone beats Dawson he dominates LHW.

[El Jaguar]

somebody better tell Andrade that

haha! exactly

[El Jaguar]

Because tall Mexicans play football(soccer).



Rafael Marquez 6'0"

Guillermo Ochoa 6'0"

Tall mexicans play Baseball and Basketball.

Look at all the baseball players.

Also good to know that Adrian Gonzalez is the leader right now with 18 HR

[flotorres]

antonio margarito
saul "el canelo"
jcc jr.
angulo
rubio
andrade
zertuche

[El Jaguar]

Mexican Boxers at Higher weights

Cristobal Arreola HW = 6'4

David "Nino" Rodriguez HW= 6'5

Manuel Quezada HW= 6'3

Javier Mora HW= 6'3

BJ Flores CW= 6'2

Julio Cesar Gonzalez LHW= 6'2

Librado Andrade SMW= 6'2

Alfredo Angulo JMW


And there are more like MA Rubio, Enrique Ornelas, JC Chavez Jr, Brian Vera, Ricardo Cortes, etc.


NEW WAVE OF MEXICAN PROSPECTS



Andy Ruiz HW= ?

Shawn Estrada SMW= 6'1

Marco Antonio Periban SMW= 6'3

Francisco Sierra SMW= 6'1 or 6'2

Marcos Reyes SMW = 6 ft. ?

Rogelio Medina MW= 6 ft. ?

Saul Alvarez WW= but he will be fighting in JMW and MW in the future


Some UFC fighters

Cain Velazquez HW= 6'1

Paul Buentello HW= 6'2

Tito Ortiz LHW = 6'2

[El Jaguar]

Another Tall Mexican

New York Jets first-round draft pick (5), quarterback Mark Sanchez, from Sourthern California

6'3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_rib5nD5P0

[El Jaguar]

They are out there...

[EDD1]

Hispanics come in all sizes and being athletic depends on your overall preparation and comitment, enyone from any ethnic group can be a good boxer even if it is not the typical sport of that culture. if we look into boxing on all levels and not just at the pros that have success and exposure you will find that there are my fighter of different sizes and even in the higher weight classes of hispanic descent, some times we assume that the success of a certain ethnic group in a sport is due to their numbers in the sport and that may be partially true but then all we have took at is the size in population of puerto rico and then that assumtion is less accurate.
also, the size of a person from a certain ethnic group is not always a good indicator of better nutrition, some one in this post suggested that mexico had bad nutrition and implied that the US americans are healthier for our eating practices but the fact is that U.S. americans are less healthy than many people from poor countries because of these eating habits.
we all generalize about a lot of things and the poster may see less hispanics in the highter weight classes because he maybe only considering successful fighters in his analysis.
if one explores the full demographics of :who practices boxing in a society, the history of hispanic generations, the history of the sport (past and present) then one can answer this question for oneself...

[Ryn0]

Because MOST of them are short, no offense. Same with most asians which is why they dominate the lower weight classes. It's the same reason that there aren't a HUGE amount of White and Black fighters below 135.

I'm 6ft 1.... oddly.