How does such a small Island keep churning out champions!?

[Adam Cairns]

The UK is tiny in comparison to most other countries, yet we keep producing champions

[tko jack]

The UK is tiny in comparison to most other countries, yet we keep producing champions

Unsung ordinary people running boxing clubs right through the country. And our weather is **** so there’s nothing better to do 🤣

[Madison Boxing]

Our fighters arent protected and they take challenges early on in there career. A lot of the American fighters (not all) will fight weak opposition then suddenly have a huge step up in class and look like a rabbit in the headlights when they are getting hit by punches. A fight like joyce v dubois just wouldn't get made state side, even know they are saying davis v garcia needs to marinate. Wilder has fought 40 odd opponents and at least 38 were absolutely useless, he never got shown things he needed to work on and has been used to knocking out easy targets with one punch.

[RightJab]

Imo, the last 20-25 years in the UK, the numbers of people that live in poverty /low income have increased, more people from adverse backgrounds to choose from, hunger.

Then I think we just have our fair share of trainers at grassroots level that are very good at what they do.

Great Britain may of not been the most successful county (not sure of numbers) but they must be up there in regards of numbers of medals won in boxing the last 3/4 Olympics. So there's a solid amateur base proofs in the pudding.

So add them two paragraphs together and it's something along them lines is my take on it as a brit.

[£-4-£]

Imo, the last 20-25 years in the UK, the numbers of people that live in poverty /low income have increased, more people from adverse backgrounds to choose from, hunger.

Then I think we just have our fair share of trainers at grassroots level that are very good at what they do.

Great Britain may of not been the most successful county (not sure of numbers) but they must be up there in regards of numbers of medals won in boxing the last 3/4 Olympics. So there's a solid amateur base proofs in the pudding.

So add them two paragraphs together and it's something along them lines is my take on it as a brit.

Agreed. A lot of people struggling in UK so the working class kids that box are always gonna have a bit of that fire and hunger.

Wealthier lads that like sport would probably want to go in to Rugby, Cricket etc. Working class lads have football and boxing. In USA they have NFL & NBA taking away a lot of the bigger guys that would otherwise be 175lbs++ fighters.

[i_am_a_champ]

A conservative goverment

[RightJab]

Agreed. A lot of people struggling in UK so the working class kids that box are always gonna have a bit of that fire and hunger.

Wealthier lads that like sport would probably want to go in to Rugby, Cricket etc. Working class lads have football and boxing. In USA they have NFL & NBA taking away a lot of the bigger guys that would otherwise be 175lbs++ fighters.

Aye precisely, essentially, because of austerity (our country going down the drain over the last few decades) has naturally produced a generation with a higher percentile of rougher, hungry, f'd off young lads, they put that energy in the right place, with a solid, very solid amateur and grassroots coaching you've got a recipe the make some very good fighters, boxing and mma too.

Up north, almost every other lad has done some sort of fighting for a handful years plus, and I bet there's plenty tough spots down south too.

Hard times breed hard men,as long as they have support and given direction when young.

So thank you Conservative government for s.hitting all over us regular folk lol. But it's been gradual over the last 25-30 years.
Times a tough for all!

[Jerseyjoe981]

Nba, nfl, mlb. Most americans watch boxing 2 or 3 times a year when its a ppv and trendy. Plus pay is very low compared to other sports except for the few cash cows. Crawford makes less in a year than most mlb relief pitchers.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Boxing is a national past time, deeply ingrained in British & Irish Culture.

[£-4-£]

Aye precisely, essentially, because of austerity (our country going down the drain over the last few decades) has naturally produced a generation with a higher percentile of rougher, hungry, f'd off young lads, they put that energy in the right place, with a solid, very solid amateur and grassroots coaching you've got a recipe the make some very good fighters, boxing and mma too.

Up north, almost every other lad has done some sort of fighting for a handful years plus, and I bet there's plenty tough spots down south too.

Hard times breed hard men,as long as they have support and given direction when young.

So thank you Conservative government for s.hitting all over us regular folk lol. But it's been gradual over the last 25-30 years.
Times a tough for all!

Preach bro. Just hope once labour finally get back in the boxing doesn't suffer lol