Do tall/athletic NBA players have the most potential in boxing?

[Vasyl’s dad]

The yearly “amercians would dominate the hw division if it wasnt for this sport” thread again.

[Tom Cruise]

Basketball players and Am Football quarterbacks imo.

Quarterbacks have the perfect build and size for an intense cardio endurance and power based sport like boxing, and the right kind of brain to solve free flowing problems quickly that is very important in boxing.

They also have a the right touch of arrogance from what I have seen to make it in a boxing environment.

At the end of the day though, we speculate about this stuff all the time, but the best potential boxers are boxers themselves. We have Olympic boxing gold medalists who we aren’t sure if their ability would translate to a pro ring, but here we are talking about guys coming from completely different sports. Who knows if they would remain dedicated in a lone training environment. If they would push their bodies through intense pain and potentially life threatening injuries round after round to get the W. Impossible to say.

[BLASTER1]

If these huge American basketballers started boxing at a young age instead of playing b then yer they could be a threat but no-one without alot of time spent in the ring will ever get a title.
No matter how big they are.

[LetOutTheCage]

Joe Rogan really doesn't know what he's talking about most of the time. You could be massive, hit like a truck but still be awful (David Price as an example).

A large part of boxing is mental toughness.