No focused american heavyweights

[WladIsTheChamp]

no one has ever said that numbskull.

If more HWs from basketball and football chose boxing instead of those sports, America would have better HWs. THIS IS TRUE.

If more Europeans focused on boxing instead of Soccor/Football, then Europe would have better HWs too. THIS IS ALSO TRUE.

Its really not hard to understand. in the end, all these 'what ifs' are just petty excuses. no country is born with 'superior athletes' or 'better fighters', its all about how they train, which is why boxing has had world champions from a huge variety of different countries.

Yes and no, you can't escape genetics no matter how hard you try. Genetics wise, blacks have more fast-twiching muscle fibers, making them more explosive and faster but whites (Europeans) are stronger over-all (strongest man in the world - Polish and usually Icelandic or Nordic). Both are alo big. These are the hallmarks of HWs - big and strong. I doubt we will ever see a Chinese or Indian HW boxing champion, ever, doesn't matter if there are 10 billion of them. That's how genetics works.

Other than the initial qualities of size and strength, the rest is up to the individual and the environment - training, mental strength, discipline, dedication, etc. I think Americans are spoiled for the most part. Most Americans are not willing to put in the kind of dedication and suffering that boxing requires, and the Eastern Europeans are, that's the main difference.

[Poet682006]

Yes and no, you can't escape genetics no matter how hard you try. Genetics wise, blacks have more fast-twiching muscle fibers, making them more explosive and faster but whites (Europeans) are stronger over-all (strongest man in the world - Polish and usually Icelandic or Nordic). Both are alo big. These are the hallmarks of HWs - big and strong. I doubt we will ever see a Chinese or Indian HW boxing champion, ever, doesn't matter if there are 10 billion of them. That's how genetics works.

Other than the initial qualities of size and strength, the rest is up to the individual and the environment - training, mental strength, discipline, dedication, etc. I think Americans are spoiled for the most part. Most Americans are not willing to put in the kind of dedication and suffering that boxing requires, and the Eastern Europeans are, that's the main difference.

Soviets are window lickers.....that's why they lagged 20 years behind west in technology and got butt ****d in the Cold War. The Soviet Union was the laughing stock of the world but the dumb ****s were too ****** to realize it :hahahaha9:

Poet

[tx_boxing]

The NBA/NFL excuse is weak and pathetic.

There are tons of potential Eastern European Heavyweight Boxers who are doing

America isn't the only country in the world that has other sports.

it isn't a weak and lame excuse, it is a fact, like tony the tiger says these what if's are getting out of hand, it's great to hear all the different opinions on this, everyone has good points. except for the weak/lame nba/nfl excuse, that is just one of many factual "excuses" about the US HW division.

(Combat Sambo, MMA, Kickboxing, Hockey, Olympic Wrestling, Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Worlds Strongest Man Competitions, etc.)- these sports don't pay **** compared to the NBA/NFL if you didn't know, that's why all the greatest athletes bust their ass from childhood to play football/basketball/baseball in the USA - another fact, not a weak/lame excuse, here's a whatif for you just for fun, what if russia had the billion $$$ NFL? , Vlad would have been an allpro DE or TE, not a boxing champion. not hatin, I love vlad, I wish they would show all the ****talkin goin on between him and Haye on sportscenter and maybe other people besides us would get interested in boxing

[kedashy]

americans have gotten soft, literally.... i guess in about 5 or 10 years from now we will have another true american heavyweight...

[Pirao]

This nationalistic threads are always good for a laugh, but not much more than that.