24 years since the last American heavyweight champion, soon to be 25

[NihonJim]

Wilder holding a paper trinket he never defended against a top 10 doesn't count and it's only Hasim Rahmans brief fluke that don't push it past the quarter of a century.

With the recent flop of hype job Anderson l, and Torrez being the only US great hope, it seems that 30 years will arrive soon enough.

US has the best male fighters the size of small women though.

[SouthpawRight]

lol there he goes again

TBud walk around weight is bigger than most of the global population

overweight by 30 pound mofos do not count

[Spray_resistant]

Have you been to a gym and seen a Gen zer if you could find any there? It should be no surprise since most young guys in their early 20s are weak gaming all day virgins.

[famicommander]

The average size of athletes in the NFL, CFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, NLL, and PLL are all over 200 pounds. This is where all the Americans and Canadians who would otherwise be fighting at light heavyweight, cruiserweight, and heavyweight are.

That's why Americans and Canadians are both much more represented in the middle divisions (featherweight through super middleweight). Athletes of those sizes have a much more difficult time playing any major team sport except for soccer, so far more of them end up in combat sports as compared to the higher divisions where such size is a big advantage in team sports.

To a degree those sports have always existed in North America but the popularity, league sizes (as in number of teams and number of players per roster), and average size of the athletes has increased drastically across the board over the last four decades.

[TMLT87]

The average size of athletes in the NFL, CFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, NLL, and PLL are all over 200 pounds. This is where all the Americans and Canadians who would otherwise be fighting at light heavyweight, cruiserweight, and heavyweight are.

The US has more active pro HWs than every country that currently has a fighter in Rings top 10 combined.

[famicommander]

The US has more active pro HWs than every country that currently has a fighter in Rings top 10 combined.

Those guys are in boxing because they've already failed at other sports, like Wilder who wanted to be a football player first and a basketball player second and settled on boxing because he couldn't cut it.

The best American and Canadian athletes of those sizes are not getting into combat sports, by and large.

[SouthpawRight]

Those guys are in boxing because they've already failed at other sports, like Wilder who wanted to be a football player first and a basketball player second and settled on boxing because he couldn't cut it.

The best American and Canadian athletes of those sizes are not getting into combat sports, by and large.

being a boxing prospect is low reward, high risk compared to a beginner in nfl or nba!

[TheProudLunatic]

America is the platinum standard of all things sports/entertainment.
No one GAF about the best Euro/Brit

[TMLT87]

Those guys are in boxing because they've already failed at other sports, like Wilder who wanted to be a football player first and a basketball player second and settled on boxing because he couldn't cut it.

The best American and Canadian athletes of those sizes are not getting into combat sports, by and large.

Basketball and hockey are getting most of the HW sized athletes in Eastern Europe, two different forms of rugby are getting most of the HW sized athletes in the UK. Joe Parker comes from a country with like half the population of New York where rugby is a religion.

[TMLT87]

America is the platinum standard of all things sports/entertainment.
No one GAF about the best Euro/Brit

When it comes to sports, not really. When you get out of the US you quickly realise how insular and disconnected its sports scene is.