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African american are more succesful in most sports, than most other racial groups, not only boxing.
The success in boxing comes from a mixture of genetic ability, such as large amounts of naturally occuring fast twitch muscle and possibly generally stonger chins. Also, environmental factors such as large amounts of poverty in the black community in America creates a primitive hunger to suceed at all costs that many white middle class colledge kids simply dont have. This hunger is more important than anything else in boxing I think. For the same reason many decent gyms are in largely black areas, the trainers and other boxers are black and there is a black style of boxing in America, which centres on slick counter punching compared to the mexican/irish style of coming forward with your hands up. Which is why many great fights are between mexican and black fighters, because styles make fights.
The success in boxing comes from a mixture of genetic ability, such as large amounts of naturally occuring fast twitch muscle and possibly generally stonger chins. Also, environmental factors such as large amounts of poverty in the black community in America creates a primitive hunger to suceed at all costs that many white middle class colledge kids simply dont have. This hunger is more important than anything else in boxing I think. For the same reason many decent gyms are in largely black areas, the trainers and other boxers are black and there is a black style of boxing in America, which centres on slick counter punching compared to the mexican/irish style of coming forward with your hands up. Which is why many great fights are between mexican and black fighters, because styles make fights.
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