Why are Eastern Europeans so good at boxing now a days

[MoneyKasha]

what makes them so good, they seem to be on a roll recently. it seems like they came out of nowhere and have been doing amazingly well

are their training programs better, are they simply touger then western boxers... What is it

They also seem to be conditioned much better as well

[Golden Boi 360]

Wasn't professional sports banned in the Soviet Union?

[MoneyKasha]

Wasn't professional sports banned in the Soviet Union?

thats the gist of what im trying to get at with this question

they were unknown in the 60s,70s,80s....and then the 90s you get this explosion of E. E fighters

[Thuglife Nelo]

Baranchyk just got murked. Postol lost. Devry lost. GGG fighting Szeremeta..

Povetkin an OG doe

[JakeTheBoxer]

Soviet Union was always one of the main forces in amateur boxing. But they were not allowed to participate in pro boxing before 1991.

[Pigeons]

Wasn't professional sports banned in the Soviet Union?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Top_League

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USSR_Premier_Basketball_League

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Championship_League

[GrandpaBernard]

They learned rhythm

[j.razor]

what makes them so good, they seem to be on a roll recently. it seems like they came out of nowhere and have been doing amazingly well

are their training programs better, are they simply touger then western boxers... What is it

They also seem to be conditioned much better as well

Yeah, okay paulie

[Lonelystoner]

Because they are on steroids of course

['b']

There are some great boxers for sure, but there are great boxers from all over the world. What makes them great is the same reason for what makes other nations/regions not so great = participation. No-one can tell me that Australians and Indians are genetically superior to other nationalities because they rule at cricket, they just happen to have a talent pool of millions to select the best from instead of 5 kids who play cricket on weekends in the USA.

For every eastern European to beat a non-eastern European there is a non-E Euro beating an E-Euro.