if poverty and hunger make the best fighters, why is it that.......

[dachillinvillin]

the US has nine top pound for pound fighters in the top 25 pound for pound on boxrec. Isn't the USA supposed to be the most well off country in the world?. Aren't our ******'s supposed to be like candyland in comparison to other countries?. Kelly Pavlik didnt seems to come from a good American background and hes top 25. Is this myth bull****?

[Larry the boss]

the US has nine top pound for pound fighters in the top 25 pound for pound on boxrec. Isn't the USA supposed to be the most well off country in the world?. Aren't our ******'s supposed to be like candyland in comparison to other countries?. Kelly Pavlik didnt seems to come from a good American background and hes top 25. Is this myth bull****?

pavlik didnt come from a wealthy family..he's from the slums ..MOST top fighters come from hardships and chose boxing as a way out.anyone with a real education usually wouldnt choose to get punched in the face for a living

[WarriorSoul]

the US has nine top pound for pound fighters in the top 25 pound for pound on boxrec. Isn't the USA supposed to be the most well off country in the world?. Aren't our ******'s supposed to be like candyland in comparison to other countries?. Kelly Pavlik didnt seems to come from a good American background and hes top 25. Is this myth bull****?

[Larry the boss]

p.s stop using boxrec as your source for top ranked fighters

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

p.s stop using boxrec as your source for top ranked fighters

Why not Larry? The sanctioning bodies(WBC, IBO, IBF, WBO, WBA and 100 more)aint worth a damn, Ring Mag aint worth a hot ****(only slightly better than the Sanct. Bods IMO).

[ИATAS]

didn't you ever watch any of those lengthy pieces of pavlik and youngstown ohio on HBO when pavlik was fighting? it's a very economically depressed, hard working class city.

It's EXTREMELY rare to see a fighter come from good conditions. Extremely rare. Why fight for a living when you can go to college? Become a doctor or a lawyer or whatever?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

Cos boxrec rankings are *****

[Rick Grimes]

Most boxers take up boxing at a young age without ever thinking about making a living out of it. The poor are around/see a lot more violence than the better off, so there will be a lot more youngsters from a poorer background drawn to boxing.

[Chief2ndzOnly!]

Cos boxrec rankings are *****

So is everybody elses rankings DD.

Silver Champs, Gold Champs, Diamond Champs, Copper Champs.

Champs in recess, Emeritus Champs, Champs in waiting.

True Champs, fake Champs, virtual Champs, catch-weight Champs.

I feel what you sayin, but do you see where I'm coming from?

[RubenSonny]

Straight up poverty isn't the ideal conditions for making fighters, usually places with poverty and a relatively close and visible middle or upper class does, much like the USA and Mexico, this also explains why there isn't a huge amount of fighters coming from poverty ridden countries in Africa, the countries that have produced the best from there are the most built up ones like Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa, but fighters for the most part come from poverty or hardship. Well thats just my theory.