Heavyweight Boxing far from Dead just in Eastern Europe now

[LasVegas Boxing]

I know a lot of Amateur/Professional Boxing trainers who say the future of the heavies are all training out in Russia, Ukraine, Poland, and Germany and he said there are a handful of good ones from Cuba.

Some interesting stats on Klitschkos for Americans.

Klitschkos last six fights have sold over 285,000 tickets

Klitschko made over $30 million in 2011

Klitschko was the most googled athlete in Russia, Germany, and Poland in 2011.

[LasVegas Boxing]

Check this article out.

http://www.boxingscene.com/klitschko-worldwide-phenomenon-despite-us-neglect--54732

[Mike Tyson77]

Heavyweight boxing is fine, it's American heavyweight boxing that isnt.

[DoomCity202]

in that case it is dead

if European fighters dominate the division it must be weak


traditionally American fighters have dominated


think of how exciting it is to watch the klitchskos fight

[DeadLikeMe]

I blame a combination of the NFL, NBA, and the cultural emasculation of the American male.

[Mayweather41-0]

U need to keep going a little bit further East

[croz]

in that case it is dead

if European fighters dominate the division it must be weak


traditionally American fighters have dominated


think of how exciting it is to watch the klitchskos fight

You're just getting out beat by better competition. It's like saying football must be dead because your team sucks at it or American football is dead because the US is the only team that plays - one country for an entire sport - imagine that.

It starts in the amateurs. People say the better athletes are going into the NFL and basketball now but in reality the US still has a steady flow of young healthy heavyweights in the amateurs who are just getting beat by mainly Europeans. Your amateurs don't have success so they're less likely to cross over to the pros. The Iron Curtain fell and rest of the world's standards for boxing improved significantly so boxing is no longer free game for the US.

[Pirao]

in that case it is dead

if European fighters dominate the division it must be weak


traditionally American fighters have dominated


think of how exciting it is to watch the klitchskos fight

Irony, or idiocy?

[Cazadores]

I wouldn't say Eastern Euros. The best prospects right now aren't from easter europe.

[DoomCity202]

You're just getting out beat by better competition. It's like saying football must be dead because your team sucks at it or American football is dead because the US is the only team that plays - one country for an entire sport - imagine that.

It starts in the amateurs. People say the better athletes are going into the NFL and basketball now but in reality the US still has a steady flow of young healthy heavyweights in the amateurs who are just getting beat by mainly Europeans. Your amateurs don't have success so they're less likely to cross over to the pros. The Iron Curtain fell and rest of the world's standards for boxing improved significantly so boxing is no longer free game for the US.

ok what other divisions do europeans dominate?