Mitchell is the perfect example of football tough, being different from boxing tough

[Vasyl’s dad]

When people talking about fighters From American Football being part of boxing...they are talking about those Athletes taking of boxing at a young age over the current sport they are in...not taking them from Football Now And Putting Them In Boxing

It is far too late to just jump in boxing when your almost 30

Yea, that was addressed in the original post.

[Foreign Soil]

When people talking about fighters From American Football being part of boxing...they are talking about those Athletes taking of boxing at a young age over the current sport they are in...not taking them from Football Now And Putting Them In Boxing

It is far too late to just jump in boxing when your almost 30

It's a fantasy only brought forth by the desperate.

[Cutthroat]

Larry Holmes?

Lennox Lewis, played football in Canada.

Also one of the comments below the pic:


"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."

Posted by: Freeman | December 24, 2008 at 05:50 PM


Lewis could've been in the NFL had he taken a differen path.

[Dsanchez]

i couldnt disagree more! what does toughness have to do with the guy not having a chin?

[taansend]

Further proof that American Football is just a slow, soft version of Rugby.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Spare me with all that noise about how if you take an NFL player, rewind his life and put him in boxing as a kid, that somehow he'll be dominant.

NO. Its not going to happen. Being big and tough in football, doesn't translate to boxing. I know Seth didn't train since he was a kid, but you see what he lacks, a chin for one, and boxing toughness for another. Dude was visibly shaken when he stood across from Chris at the refs instructions. Football tough, is completely different than boxing and fighting tough. One guy here has the perfect avi. It shows other athletes in their sports pretending to be hurt, and the boxer, bloody and beat, pretending not to be hurt.

Bottom line, the great american heavyweight, is not in the NFL. Put that tired and lame argument to rest.

Let me ask you a serious question. Are you mentally ******ed or just trolling? I hope just trolling.

First off you cannot dismiss an entire group of athletes because Seth Mitchel got knocked out.

Second, the reason Mitchel lost, is because Arreola is much better. People forget, boxing isn't just about being tough, it's a skill. You don't gain that skill in a few years, it takes a very long time.

Boxing is one of the few sports where you have to start as a child in order to get the world champ level. Very few have started into their 20's and been successful.

If great American athletes took on boxing instead of football, of course you would see more American heavy weights. Mitchel has done very well for starting so late in the sport. He's just not on the skill level that Arreola is. Arreola had a lot of amateur fights and is an experienced HW.

[sicko]

It's a fantasy only brought forth by the desperate.

Not a Fantasy it is just a THOUGHT really. American Boxing History Especially Heavyweights WILL NEVER BE MATCHED!

[Foreign Soil]

Lewis in the NFL is about as realistic as Tyson in the NBA.

[Vasyl’s dad]

Let me ask you a serious question. Are you mentally ******ed or just trolling? I hope just trolling.

First off you cannot dismiss an entire group of athletes because Seth Mitchel got knocked out.

Second, the reason Mitchel lost, is because Arreola is much better. People forget, boxing isn't just about being tough, it's a skill. You don't gain that skill in a few years, it takes a very long time.

Boxing is one of the few sports where you have to start as a child in order to get the world champ level. Very few have started into their 20's and been successful.

If great American athletes took on boxing instead of football, of course you would see more American heavy weights. Mitchel has done very well for starting so late in the sport. He's just not on the skill level that Arreola is. Arreola had a lot of amateur fights and is an experienced HW.

Oddly enough, its only americans who believe this myth that if NFLers started boxing at a younger age, they'd dominate the hw division. Why is it so hard to people to understand that the rest of the world has caught up?

lastly, no need to ask if I'm ******ed. No need to be a **** to try and get your point across.

[Foreign Soil]

Not a Fantasy it is just a THOUGHT really. American Boxing History Especially Heavyweights WILL NEVER BE MATCHED!

It's an abstract thought synonymous with fantasy. It's sad to see.