Boxing requires very little sporting talent

[JakeTheBoxer]

The point of Boxing is NOT to run, jump, dance and move or otherwise be a sissy.

The point of Boxing is to scramble the opponent's senses.

Can't resist a jab at blacks or Trump or the country that absolutely rules the world; whatever's eating at you; but you can count the number of recent fighters who have perfected the fine art of scrambling the opponent's senses better than Wilder on your fingers.

Mayweather disagrees with you.

[Willow The Wisp]

Mayweather disagrees with you.

Lol. That little bastard!

[Ben Bolt]

Jake Paul proves boxing is one of the least talented sports
I don't care where Chavez is right now, there's no other sport where a youtuber could start in their 20s and beat former champions in that sport.

Look at the likes of Wilder or AJ. Never laced up a pair of gloves until they were adults and become world champions. You just can't do that in other sports, no chance.

It's simply down to needing less talent to succeed in boxing.

I don't wanna hear boxers are great sportsmen again. Brave? Absolutely. But it's a sport that people can start very late and still beat champions because the standard of sporting ability is so low.

Put it into perspective...do you think you could never dribble a basketball until the age of 21 and then within a few years be able to compete in a game with even the most mediocre retired NBA player? there's no way.

Paul, a guy who never boxed until his 20s just did as well against Chavez as prime Canelo did against a badly weight drained stoner Chavez lollll. Boxing is a joke.

https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills
Actually, similar studies have always placed boxing among the most demanding sports to practice.

[Willow The Wisp]

But OP been around for a long time lol. He would be in the lounge back in the day too. He never struck me as a troll.

Even so, he's not at all knowledgeable on Boxing.

He's just mad that Jake Paul won, and venting in a "I'm taking my ball and going home" sort of way.
Insulting the hardest sport there is in the process.

[IceTrayDaGang]

agreed, and i said this before... i believe it was during the jake paul vs tyson... i said a person can start training for 2-3 years and will be competitive against pro level boxers... you cant really do that in any other sports.

[TMLT87]

i said a person can start training for 2-3 years and will be competitive against pro level boxers

"Pro level" is a very broad range. JCC jr was a beneficiary of nepotism himself, and was never all that good, and hes now 39 years old, far removed from his prime and fighting way outside of his natural weight class.

It isnt unfeasible at all that an athletic 28 year old with unlimited access to resources could be competitive with the equivalent of a JCC Jr in other sports. Lets not forget Jake is like 7-8 years into training boxing at this point too.

[TMLT87]

And in the ufc you have many fighters in their 20's and 30's become champs without every doing mma.

Like who?

[IceTrayDaGang]

"Pro level" is a very broad range. JCC jr was a beneficiary of nepotism himself, and was never all that good, and hes now 39 years old, far removed from his prime and fighting way outside of his natural weight class.

It isnt unfeasible at all that an athletic 28 year old with unlimited access to resources could be competitive with the equivalent of a JCC Jr in other sports. Lets not forget Jake is like 7-8 years into training boxing at this point too.

he's still a a pro boxer tho... do you think if a guy in his 20s, starts practicing playing basketball (which he has never played before) for 2-3 years, do you think he'll be able to beat retired NBA players who are in their 40s??? hell no!!

[TMLT87]

he's still a a pro boxer tho... do you think if a guy in his 20s, starts practicing playing basketball (which he has never played before) for 2-3 years, do you think he'll be able to beat retired NBA players who are in their 40s??? hell no!!

There are hundreds of so called "pros" out there that have more losses than wins and only exist to pad other peoples records. The term by itself doesnt mean much unfortunately.

You cant really compare boxing to basketball because sports that involve high levels of violence/physicality (combat sports, rugby, American football etc) allow people to brute force their way through a lot of stuff, so raw physical attributes can take you further. You're not throwing a ball into a hoop, you're punching someone in the face.

[IceTrayDaGang]

There are hundreds of so called "pros" out there that have more losses than wins and only exist to pad other peoples records. The term by itself doesnt mean much unfortunately.

You cant really compare boxing to basketball because sports that involve high levels of violence/physicality (combat sports, rugby, American football etc) allow people to brute force their way through a lot of stuff, so raw physical attributes can take you further. You're not throwing a ball into a hoop, you're punching someone in the face.

you are not getting it... yes, i never said they are great pro boxers, but in order to reach pro level and consider a pro, they have to have skills and go thru the process... you cant just say i wanna be a pro boxer today and then be accepted in as a pro boxer, it doesnt work like that. so for them to be a pro boxers, it means they proved themselves worthy. i never said all pro boxers are elite fighters... but to think that if a normal guy trains consistently for 2-3 years, he can be competitive against pro level boxers is just crazy. you cant really do that in other sports...