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  • Monaco Slim
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    #121
    Originally posted by bojangles1987
    It's not just about who makes it into the NBA or NFL. It's about the thousands of kids who spent the childhoods they once spent in boxing gyms playing those sports because of how popular they are.

    Again, this is something none of the people arguing this understand. Football and basketball are huge. Thousands of kids play in high school, thousands play in college. A huge number of these kids have no chance to play professionally, but they play at the amateur level because American schools are ****ing ******ed and its the best chance they have to pay for college. These are thousands of kids playing sports who never set foot in a boxing gym, where they used to.

    Football and basketball culture take root at very early ages. Once again, these are a lot of the kids who used to end up in boxing gyms. I couldn't even tell you where a boxing gym is around me. Again, you can just look at how few boxers America has now compared to before. There are a lot less American boxers with a lot less talent, do you people seriously think this is a coincidence? It's ****ing absurd, you're wrong.

    And I'm sorry, but you're dead wrong with your last paragraph. We'd still be talking about the NBA and NFL because we'd see how much Briggs or Barrett or any other HW of the 2000s have ****ing ****** compared to the greats we used to produce. The same way Wilder ****ing sucks compared to them, but he's the best we have.
    NFL players are awful athletes, they would make terrible Boxers. NBA isn't much better, the play is stopped every 10 seconds for penalties or timeouts.

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    • bojangles1987
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      #122
      Originally posted by Monaco
      NFL players are awful athletes, they would make terrible Boxers. NBA isn't much better, the play is stopped every 10 seconds for penalties or timeouts.
      So you're lying to yourself and believing that there are just as many American heavyweights today as ever with as much talent as ever? Is that seriously what you're saying? Because you're either trolling or completely ignorant if that's your argument.

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        #123
        Originally posted by bojangles1987
        So you're lying to yourself and believing that there are just as many American heavyweights today as ever with as much talent as ever? Is that seriously what you're saying? Because you're either trolling or completely ignorant if that's your argument.
        The Klitschko's and Lennox Lewis would beat any American boxer that ever lived, thats a fact. Athletes evolve and these guys are super tall athletes with huge reach, skill, cardio and power.

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        • bojangles1987
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          #124
          Originally posted by Monaco
          The Klitschko's and Lennox Lewis would beat any American boxer that ever lived, thats a fact. Athletes evolve and these guys are super tall athletes with huge reach, skill, cardio and power.

          So you're trolling and ignoring the argument. Okay, good to know.

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            #125
            Originally posted by Monaco
            NFL players are awful athletes, they would make terrible Boxers. NBA isn't much better, the play is stopped every 10 seconds for penalties or timeouts.
            Some but not all

            JJ Watt is the best athlete in the NFL imo



            This guy is 6'5" and weights 289 pounds

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              #126
              Originally posted by bojangles1987
              So you're trolling and ignoring the argument. Okay, good to know.
              Its not trolling, its a fact. You think the Tennis players of the 1930's were as good as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal?

              Do you think that football players from the 40s can hold a candle to someone like Christiano Ronaldo?

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                #127
                Originally posted by Check_hooks
                Some but not all

                JJ Watt is the best athlete in the NFL imo



                This guy is 6'5" and weights 289 pounds
                So jumping on a box makes him a great athlete? I bet that guy can't even run a mile because he's terrified that he'll burn his muscle.

                A real athlete would never be 6'5 and 290lbs, thats grossly overweight and the result of steroid use since teenage years.

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                  #128
                  Originally posted by bojangles1987
                  So you're lying to yourself and believing that there are just as many American heavyweights today as ever with as much talent as ever? Is that seriously what you're saying? Because you're either trolling or completely ignorant if that's your argument.
                  Go on deontay Wilder's record on BOXREC.

                  HE'S RANKED 3/1072 IN THE WORLD.

                  1/350 IN THE USA.

                  That means ABOUT 33 ****IN PERCENTS of the professional heavyweight fighters in the world are AMERICANS.

                  Yet ignorants are claiming they lack of big guys in boxing.



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                    #129
                    Originally posted by BillyBoxing
                    Go on deontay Wilder's record on BOXREC.

                    HE'S RANKED 3/1072 IN THE WORLD.

                    1/350 IN THE USA.

                    That means ABOUT 33 ****IN PERCENTS of the professional heavyweight fighters in the world are AMERICANS.

                    Yet ignorants are claiming they lack of big guys in boxing.



                    There used to be a lot more American heavyweights. Look it up.

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                      #130
                      Originally posted by Monaco
                      So jumping on a box makes him a great athlete? I bet that guy can't even run a mile because he's terrified that he'll burn his muscle.

                      A real athlete would never be 6'5 and 290lbs, thats grossly overweight and the result of steroid use since teenage years.
                      are you saying that box jumping 60 inches isn't athletic?

                      Have you ever done box jumps before?

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