Are American heavyweights 2nd class athletes?

**JM1** · 09-10-2009, 04:42 PM

careful with your post ts, this might cause verbal wars

**madsweeney** · 09-10-2009, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by dchampishere

this is a serious question, i was born in Cuba (but im American now too) so the only sport in Cuba IS boxing. so i would say that almost every healthy cuban male has tried to box at one time in their lives and also the status and the honor one gets from being a boxer in Cuba is tremendus. that means the best athletes in Cuba are boxing so there for the talent level is extremly high. boxing is my life, all of the money i have ever made has been from the boxing industry but if i was born in America i dont think i would have chosen to box. i would have chosen to play football Americano (American football) for sure, all the status the money the fame and its a game not mortal combat plus the possibility to go to collage free. so i think the best athletes in America play other sports, and American heavyweight domination is over. your thoughts?

You pretty much summed it up. Most of American potential is diverted into other sports or lost all together in our materialistic lifestyle. While we have a huge population to choose from Americans have more variety of activity/sports to get involved with. Also, boxing doesn't have the public eye as it once did so there's not much inspiration for potential fighters.

**dchampishere** · 09-10-2009, 04:44 PM

Originally posted by JM1

careful with your post ts, this might cause verbal wars

yeah i know i guess im bored! but its an honest question

**John Ruiz.Jr** · 09-10-2009, 04:45 PM

i agrree , except for Ruiz most american heavyweight are fat ass bum.

**Steak** · 09-10-2009, 04:50 PM

yea, not a large amount of heavyweight sized American men go into boxing.

we almost even lost James Toney to football, he was supposedly going to be a quarterback, but was kicked out of camp for fighting or something, lol.

occasionally you get someone like Tony Thompson, who btw gave Wlad his toughest fight since Sam Peter, remember that, but even he started boxing when he was like 25.

ah well, thats just the way it is.

**Rickety Cricket** · 09-10-2009, 04:54 PM

Originally posted by dchampishere

this is a serious question, i was born in Cuba (but im American now too) so the only sport in Cuba IS boxing. so i would say that almost every healthy cuban male has tried to box at one time in their lives and also the status and the honor one gets from being a boxer in Cuba is tremendus. that means the best athletes in Cuba are boxing so there for the talent level is extremly high. boxing is my life, all of the money i have ever made has been from the boxing industry but if i was born in America i dont think i would have chosen to box. i would have chosen to play football Americano (American football) for sure, all the status the money the fame and its a game not mortal combat plus the possibility to go to collage free. so i think the best athletes in America play other sports, and American heavyweight domination is over. your thoughts?

Not all but most of the heavyweights are second class athletes. All the other weight classes though, I dont think you will find better athletes in any sport.

**Grand Champ** · 09-10-2009, 04:54 PM

More like 5th class athletes.. They need an oxygen tank between rounds.

**βetamax** · 09-10-2009, 04:55 PM

I've posted this before but I think it's a striking statistic:

ESPN.com - Amateur boxing experiences a resurgence in New York City

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3261511&type=story

In the past 20 years, though, there has been a decrease in the number of boxing gyms in New York, going from a high of 150 in the five boroughs in the mid-1980s to about 50 today.

We're talking a 66% decrease in participation since the 80's and NYC has always been a boxing city and I assume this is roughly true for the rest of the country.

**dchampishere** · 09-10-2009, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by boxer#1

Not all but most of the heavyweights are second class athletes. All the other weight classes though, I dont think you will find better athletes in any sport.

i agree with you fully on that, i have been to boxing gyms in America and have been in awe at some of the athletes in the lower weight classes

Are American heavyweights 2nd class athletes?