Do Black Boxers Have A Genetic Advantage?

[Kigali]

Yes but boxing is as much a thinking man's game so it evens out.

It doesn't even out.

Look around the sport

Look at the boxing HOF

[Daccan]

Blacks have long legs and short bodies

Everybody else

Long torso short legs.

Me and blacks have something in common other than our skin color.

[DinoCop]

Lol, who told you they are superior to African ppl just bcz they suffered slavery? You think the ones in Africa kept living in high grand 5 star palaces?
And what about the Mexican domination in boxing? English produce boxers yet their fellow same race guys Germans and Scandinavians can't.
Thats just bcz some communities adopt some sports and arts, just like the Japanese Okinawan Karate coach few years ago swore to end his life had Japan not win the world tournament lol.

[Mukuro]

There is undoubtedly a genetic component involved in boxing and athletic competition (and life) in general, although it is a touchy subject.

I would sooner attribute the success of a group of people to shared socio-economic and cultural leanings than I would genetics, though. There is significant variation, but not to the absolutist extent we like to imagine.

[Kigali]

There is undoubtedly a genetic component involved in boxing and athletic competition (and life) in general, although it is a touchy subject.

I would sooner attribute the success of a group of people to shared socio-economic and cultural leanings than I would genetics, though. There is significant variation, but not to the absolutist extent we like to imagine.

Many of the best fighters didn't grow up poor.

[Kigali]

Lol, who told you they are superior to African ppl just bcz they suffered slavery? You think the ones in Africa kept living in high grand 5 star palaces?
And what about the Mexican domination in boxing? English produce boxers yet their fellow same race guys Germans and Scandinavians can't.
Thats just bcz some communities adopt some sports and arts, just like the Japanese Okinawan Karate coach few years ago swore to end his life had Japan not win the world tournament lol.

Never happened

[LittleLucy]

Most of the best Soccer players in the world are white, or not black anyway, and plenty of predominantly black countries play it.

Colour aside, it would take about 20 years for Soccer in the USA to catch up other countries in terms of skill, training, knowledge etc..

I was in a team and we went to USA and played against some of the top colleges and also did a summer training camp for young players to go to and the ability and knowledge of the sport in USA so far behind. The average kid on the street in the UK, probably around 13-14 years old is way better than the college players we met in USA.

I do think things could change with more foreign players and coaches going into the MLS, it might spark something but in reality it's never going to have a chance at catching up to the other countries because there's many sports ahead of it there. Most of the players going there are going for a final payday and still do well here, even if they're finished everywhere else. The sport would need about 20 years work from grassroots level to catch up to other countries.

Pele?
wasn't he black?
Ronaldo (original one)
lol

[Metho_4u]

This theory of slave husbandry has been debunked.

Slave women were not brought to the new world until the tail-end.

E Europeans were enslaved longer than AA's...where are their fast twitch muscles??????????



The name slave comes from the word slav.

I'm talking about in general that black people more fast twitch muscle fibers

African Americans have been shown to have as much as 8% less slow-twitch, and 7% more fast-twitch muscle fibres, when sedentary untrained

https://fitnessgenes.com/blog/natural-athletic-ability-of-african-americans/

[Kigali]

I'm talking about in general that black people more fast twitch muscle fibers


https://fitnessgenes.com/blog/natura...can-americans/

We also have long legs and short bodies.

The only race to have that build.

[Daccan]

I'm talking about in general that black people more fast twitch muscle fibers


https://fitnessgenes.com/blog/natura...can-americans/

You know this kind of doesn't help the argument. Fast twitch muscle fibers are good for, uh, lifting maximum loads or sprinting as fast as possible, not for endurance running or endurance sports. Boxing is, last I checked, more like a marathon than a sprint.