Why are Eastern Europeans so good at boxing now a days

[KillaCamNZ]

Discipline and focus. They want to be great fighters.

On the other hand, Americans just want to be a Kardashian.

[Eff Pandas]

They learned rhythm

Apollo Creed went there a couple decades back & made the kids chase chickens.

[ShoulderRoll]

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.

Mexicans seem to have their number.

Zepeda just knocked the Beast out cold. Salido beat Lomachenko. And so on.

[MoneyKasha]

living in the shadows of Chernobyl makes you a tough MF

[Squ□redCircle34]

Country’s application to boxing towards their youth and the investing into the sport starting on a grassroots level!

In America they don’t have many boxing programs, with the contact sports leagues being exposed for hiding away CTE affects on players for so long an then it getting out to the public, people here have started to filter better ways to make money without getting brain damage!

Parents are no longer pushing their kids to high contact sport like they used to here, they’d rather them play video games an get paid for it or go into a trade school to develop a skill they can turn into a either a career or a business!

[Zaroku]

They are tough dudes. They fought for their country and lived on little money.

Now, they can throw blows and get paid in money and not vodka!

[Satir]

Kazakhs and Uzbeks are not europeans, calling Chechens or Dags europeans is also a little stretch

[MoneyKasha]

Slavs were born for combat, living in war torn areas..... child soldiers, talking real like Niko Bellic stuff

sorry they make the conditions of African Americans in a first world nation look like luxury if I'm to be real

[Punch on Tap]

Slavs were born for combat, living in war torn areas..... child soldiers, talking real like Niko Bellic stuff

sorry they make the conditions of African Americans in a first world nation look like luxury if I'm to be real

By that logic most of central Africa should be pumping out as many boxers and mma fighters too. It’s simple. Eastern Europe aka the old USSR developed strong programs for the youth to enter these sports at the Olympic level and professional.

It’s about what a country puts into these programs that make the difference. Not only the hardships they face.

[Earl-Hickey]

By that logic most of central Africa should be pumping out as many boxers and mma fighters too. It’s simple. Eastern Europe aka the old USSR developed strong programs for the youth to enter these sports at the Olympic level and professional.

It’s about what a country puts into these programs that make the difference. Not only the hardships they face.

Most fighters that come out of Central Africa are teak tough but just lack skill due to not having the coaching set ups

You rarely see a Ghanaian with a glass chin but loads of AA's are packing fragile glass.