Why do so few good boxers come from Africa?

[Mr. Fantastic]

Imdazed - Greatest of all time Azumah Nelson. The great conqueror of an old Gomez/Laporte and Leija.

[HeroBando]

Nigeria used to churn out heavier guys: Sam Peter, Ike Ibeabuchi, Herbie Hide, Dokiwari, Izon. Not sure about Afolabi, Akinwande, they got Nigerian roots. But not so much recently.

[boxingfeind]

Cause they are to busy trying to find food to eat and not get eatin by Lions and Tigers to worry about boxing

You sound just like them racist who talk bad about Africans.FYI Africans have modern looking areas and middle class and high class neiborhoods.

[BattlingNelson]

Cause they are to busy trying to find food to eat and not get eatin by Lions and Tigers to worry about boxing

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[boxingfeind]

The reasons so few good boxers come out of Africa is cause of lack of good training facilities and lack of good trainers partly as a result of extreme poverty.

2 years ago i was watching a vid on Youtube about a training facility in Ghana and not only was the facility,dirty dungeon like and lacked enough training resources;but one of the trainers at the facility was a former boxer who was blind in 1 eye.

[thuggery]

The reasons so few good boxers come out of Africa is cause of lack of good training facilities and lack of good trainers partly as a result of extreme poverty.

2 years ago i was watching a vid on Youtube about a training facility in Ghana and not only was the facility,dirty dungeon like and lacked enough training resources;but one of the trainers at the facility was a former boxer who was blind in 1 eye.

Roger Mayweather is on crack and has no teeth and he's still a successful trainer. That's no excuse.

[boxingfeind]

Roger Mayweather is on crack and has no teeth and he's still a successful trainer. That's no excuse.

Roger Mayweather is a 2 time world champ;That trainer i mentioned with the one eye never amounted to anything in boxing.And if i`m not mistaken he damaged his eye when he was boxing which is another indication that he was a boxer of low quality.

[figzuki]

The level of ******ity here is unbelievable....

The sports are just not popular over there, period. Yes Africa is probably the poorest continent overall, but trust me, if there was a worldly interest for boxing, they would have many champions. Azumah Nelson, Ike Quartey were the best boxers to ever come out of africa I believe. Soccer is the worlds most popular sport people, and it is so because it is the cheapest to play.China is has the dilemma of communism and little interest in the sport as well.

[prinzemanspopa]

Because we haven't organized enough rock/pop concerts in their benefit,that's why.We took everything away from these poor people and we can't even guarantee them a single Boomtown Rat's tour? It's an absolute disgrace.

[NearHypnos]

Does Corrie Sanders count? >__>...

Seriously though it's a lack of a healthy boxing culture in most cases. In many cases it just takes a few very good fighters to capture interest and even if it's that city, they start developing a good boxing tradition. Tere's a lot of poverty in Africa so the chances are smaller for one to not only take up boxing, but also be good...OR be successful/popular. I mean honestly, if they thought boxing would be a money maker they would find the funds... There's just neither the interest or volume of good fghters in most of the countries. It's not like athletics are dead there.. IMO (may sound a bit ignorant here) but boxing requires a bit more than most sports. It's not enough to just be good.