Why aren't there enough asian and african champs out there!

[.::EnRiQuE::.]

people probally used to say that about spanish ppl in the MLB before roberto clemente got there and showed that spanish ppl are just as good as white ppl. a few asians in baseball but not as many as hispanics. any not relevant to boxing but does have to do with the race topic we have goin here

[Sir_Jose]

Couple things.

1. Thinking that people in 3rd world countries dont box becuase they cant make a living is foolish. Boxing more than any other sport in history has always been dominated by the poor.

2. There are tons of Asain and African fighters. Asains are very well represented in the lower weight classes from about 126 down there is at least 1 Asain champion in each division. However they all fight on the other side of the world and get zero publicity in the States, but that doesn't mean there not there.

Africa has always supplied a steady stream of tough fighters. Nelson, Ike, Ouma...etc.

[adrsan84]

Couple things.

1. Thinking that people in 3rd world countries dont box becuase they cant make a living is foolish. Boxing more than any other sport in history has always been dominated by the poor.

2. There are tons of Asain and African fighters. Asains are very well represented in the lower weight classes from about 126 down there is at least 1 Asain champion in each division. However they all fight on the other side of the world and get zero publicity in the States, but that doesn't mean there not there.

Africa has always supplied a steady stream of tough fighters. Nelson, Ike, Ouma...etc.

dominated by the poor in the US, first of all. Nobody said that no fighters make it out at all, it was just noted that not as many come from those regions as from others and it is true. Yes, there is a fair amount of Asians in the lower division but look at the amount of people who are considered asian, does the amount fighting seem proportionate, no. We are just trying to say that socioeconomic factors other than talent and ability limit the amount of people that make it big in boxing from certain regions. You must admit there are about the same amount of Mexican fighters in the championship range than all of the asian and African fighters, we're just trying to point out that it may have something to do with opportunity not just talent.

[Neuraxis]

Come on people...

[czars_salad]

Couple things.

1. Thinking that people in 3rd world countries dont box becuase they cant make a living is foolish. Boxing more than any other sport in history has always been dominated by the poor.

2. There are tons of Asain and African fighters. Asains are very well represented in the lower weight classes from about 126 down there is at least 1 Asain champion in each division. However they all fight on the other side of the world and get zero publicity in the States, but that doesn't mean there not there.

Africa has always supplied a steady stream of tough fighters. Nelson, Ike, Ouma...etc.

i agree, talent and determination is abundant in our continent yet opportunities are scarce, and prejudice and oppression adds insult to the injury