"The US is not doing as well in boxing because they're all in the NBA & NFL" - agree?

[-Lowkey-]

This excuse has been one of the most pathetic things I have ever heard in my life. People just can't take losses right. I'm patriotic and all but it's sickening seeing all the crying,from boxing and especially in the Olympics now with people and China accusing them of cheating cause they have more gold medals.

You must be anti American biased and ignorant.

(Sarcasm)

[Weebler I]

NBA & NFL...ya that must be it

[Soda_Popinski]

its a valid argument...and it can be applied to lots of sports in America, especially soccer...

i think its very true that the NBA and NFL currently attract the highest caliber athletes in the states...and thats because of money..but to point to it as the SOLE reason for the decline of the American Heavyweight is a stretch...

[FUC_U_PAYME]

this excuse has been one of the most pathetic things i have ever heard in my life. People just can't take losses right. I'm patriotic and all but it's sickening seeing all the crying,from boxing and especially in the olympics now with people and china accusing them of cheating cause they have more gold medals.

so why did we start decline in both pro and amatures when nfl and the nba became bigger?

[The Hammer]

so why did we start decline in both pro and amatures when nfl and the nba became bigger?

All the people who would have won Olympic medals in divisions such as light welterweight, bantamweight, light flyweight, flyweight, welterweight, lightweight (like Michael Carbajal, Ricardo Williams, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar de la Hoya, Terrance Cauthen, Kenneth Gould, Romallis Ellis, Clarence Vinson, Kennedy McKinney and others did in past Olympics) are in the NFL and NBA now.

Or, is it possible that there are talented boxers from OTHER countries?

[FUC_U_PAYME]

all the people who would have won olympic medals in divisions such as light welterweight, bantamweight, light flyweight, flyweight, welterweight, lightweight (like michael carbajal, ricardo williams, floyd mayweather, oscar de la hoya, terrance cauthen, kenneth gould, romallis ellis, clarence vinson, kennedy mckinney and others did in past olympics) are in the nfl and nba now.

Or, is it possible that there are talented boxers from other countries?

never said that there was no talented boxers in other countries but the decline of good american boxers can be linked to the rise of the nba and nfl

[FUC_U_PAYME]

all the people who would have won olympic medals in divisions such as light welterweight, bantamweight, light flyweight, flyweight, welterweight, lightweight (like michael carbajal, ricardo williams, floyd mayweather, oscar de la hoya, terrance cauthen, kenneth gould, romallis ellis, clarence vinson, kennedy mckinney and others did in past olympics) are in the nfl and nba now.

Or, is it possible that there are talented boxers from other countries?

from 1922-1991 how many gold medals did the ussr win at hw to lw?

[The Hammer]

from 1922-1991 how many gold medals did the ussr win at hw to lw?

Boxing was nearly nonexistent in the USSR from 1922 until years after WW II. It only really got started in the 1970s. The US had a century earlier start in the sport.

But the rest of the world has been catching up.

How many GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE and bronze medals did the US win in the 2012 Olympics?

[FUC_U_PAYME]

boxing was nearly nonexistent in the ussr from 1922 until years after ww ii. It only really got started in the 1970s. The us had a century earlier start in the sport.

But the rest of the world has been catching up.

How many gold, silver, bronze and bronze medals did the us win in the 2012 olympics?

ok from 1970-1991 how many gold medals did they have?

[The Hammer]

ok from 1970-1991 how many gold medals did they have?

From 1992 to 2012, they've won more Gold medals than the US.

Are all the American potential medal winners boxers (like Michael Carbajal, Ricardo Williams, Floyd Mayweather, Oscar de la Hoya, Terrance Cauthen, Kenneth Gould, Romallis Ellis, Clarence Vinson, and Kennedy McKinney were in the past) in the NFL and NBA?

Ireland's John Joe Nevin (bantamweight), Michael Conlan (flyweight) and Paddy Barnes (light flyweight) will win medals.

Are the Americans who might have won in their weight divisions in the NBA or NFL?