Why do so few good boxers come from Africa?

[chav]

Don't be sleeping on TIGER MUHAMMAD b1tches!!!

I lived there for 15+ years, boxing isn't popular, there are no crowds paying because the money they have they spend watching football matches if they had to choose

Football is where it's at in Africa, but dreams are hard there and reality rules. Most people just get a normal job and talent goes to waste instead to provide food fr young families and old relatives.

You gotta get a job that pays and fast

[ThePunchingBag]

Boxing programs.

There are very few in these continents.

The likelihood that there is someone in Asia with the potential to be better than anyone from the U.S. is very high, but we'll never see that person because of the lack of boxing programs in the country.

Do you think Floyd Mayweather Jr. would've had the same success if he had finally found a boxing gym at age 20? Hell no.

Without the boxing history and boxing gyms available, you can't raise a kid up to be a legendary boxer.

[UTEP]

The left out the greatest African fighter of all time; **** Tiger.

Oh shyt how could I forget the Great **** Tiger.





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[01samuelc]

Do you know how many people ask Clottey why he wasted time on boxing when he could have played soccer btw he's really good. Everyone out there wants to play in the premier league and represent their countries at the world cup. No one really cares about boxing there.

[ELHURACAN58]

What are you on about?

If the world's population is 7 billion you would divide it by 2 ( not 3) which would give you 3.5 billion ergo 2.3 billion is not even close to half of the world's population.

Cant tell if you're trolling.

2.33 + 2.33 = 4.66 + 2.33 = 6.99

So he's pretty much right when he said between the country and the continent there is 1/3 of the worlds population. Maybe you misread his post.

Edit: You made me waste my 3000th post.

[thuggery]

Clottey, who I honestly found to be a very good boxer.

Mathebula?

[FeFist]

Cant tell if you're trolling.

2.33 + 2.33 = 4.66 + 2.33 = 6.99

So he's pretty much right when he said between the country and the continent there is 1/3 of the worlds population. Maybe you misread his post.

Edit: You made me waste my 3000th post.

I wasn't trolling but I misread his post. I thought he said 1/2.

[Cleto_Reyes]

dont forget about baby jake

[elfag]

lot of ignorant comments as i figured would be made.

soccer is much more popular in africa,but ghana has had some great fighters i believe south africa to.

Yeah boxing just isnt big there.

I mean why is boxing huge in mexico but the majority of south america produces very few top notch boxers, its just not as popular as it is in mexico and puerto rico.

Sure theres a few guys now and then but not like mexico and PR.

[tlaloc]

The fighters are the ones who make boxing big, boxing does not make the fighters. If you have successful fighters coming out of a country then the sport becomes popular. The reason why boxing is popular in Mexico is because we have a history of successful champions that have made the sport popular and people actually become interested in watching the fights because they're exiting fights to watch. It is not common to see a boring fight between two Mexicans. It's hard to become a boxing fan if you see two guys dancing around the ring..