Originally posted by nomadman
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I agree with a lot of what you said but except the part in the bold. You just can't compare soccer to sports like Basketball or American Football, Rugby yeah but that's it.
Or how these sports relate to the U.S, do you honestly think if the Klitschko bros. were born in America that they'd be boxing? These sports play a huge role that affects the American boxing scene especially with their increased popularity in the 70's-80's in which basketball's popularity was totally transformed.
Nearly every single child in America attends school, at age 12 they're allowed to play football/soccer/basketball/baseball etc. for free. Same with High school. You can be short and small and play basketball/football but that doesn't mean you'll succeed at a higher level which is why very few kids make it to play in college.
Seth Mitchell was forced to quit football because of injuries, stepped into the ring for the first time in his life in 2006, went 9-1 in just 2 years as an amateur, turned pro in '08, and has gone 24-0 the guy just KO'd Ibragimov in 2 rounds, a guy with over 200 Am. fights and 30 pro fights.
Deontay Wilder had just graduated and wanted to join a local college and play for either their football or basketball team, due to his newborn daughters' illness he was forced to join a community college. Stepped into the ring for the first time ever in October of 2005 and just in a little under 3 years he won the bronze medal at the Olympics.
Lennox Lewis played Canadian football, search on google images for a pic of him. And if you look at the comments one of them says:
"I almost talked him into coming to St. Jerome's and giving up the boxing. Good thing he didn't listen to me. He was quite the athlete. Played JDP Basketball for our Central West Regional Team."
Lennox could've been a basketball player lmao.
Oh btw, if you look at the athletes in the NBA/NFL from the 50s-80s they're nothing compared to the athletic freaks of today, guys are WAAAAY bigger than they used to be, bigger, stronger, faster, etc.
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