"Potential Heavyweights are now 'Football Tight Ends' and 'NBA Forwards'

[rjj tszyu]

Yeah because several lines of evidence blow your opinion out of the water.

It's pretty obvious that if the world competed on equal footing in boxing as today throughout its history, many of your great American champs would never have even existed!

Everybody knows it.

That is a fact.

So much for your little opinion! LOL

OK so where are the American athletes in the heavyweight division these days then?

And also do you really believe that the likes of Ali and Foreman wouldn't wipe the floor with todays crop?

[Max Power]

Yeah because several lines of evidence blow your opinion out of the water.

It's pretty obvious that if the world competed on equal footing in boxing as today throughout its history, many of your great American champs would never have even existed!

Everybody knows it.

That is a fact.

So much for your little opinion! LOL

OK so where are the American athletes in the heavyweight division these days then?

And also do you really believe that the likes of Ali and Foreman wouldn't wipe the floor with todays crop?

Foreman would be an average plodder/puncher of no significance struggling to maintain a non-bummy record.

Muhammad Ali would be wasted by any ordinary heavyweight today and should he consider dropping to his natural division (cruiser) he would be utterly outclassed here as well.

The Americans are still there in the HW division, they have not gone anywhere.

Mike Perez, Deontay Wilder, Chris Arreola, Bryant Jennings, Carlos Takam these guys would have STEAMROLLED over past eras like the golden era beyond any doubt. And QUAOTE ME..

"They would have been heralded as a PROOF of US superiority were they have boxed back then!"

It's just that NOW days they have to contend with a new boxing superpower from a stronger background and far more disciplined.

These are the Klitschko's, Pulevs. Povetkins etc of the world.

Put it this way. The US will NEVER AGAIN dominate boxing. And you know it!

[Max Power]

The opposite is true.

If Russian nations suddenly became interested in pro basketball, US would be quickly dethroned.

If Russian nations suddenly became interested in pro gridiron, US would quickly be dethroned.

Stronger race of people, more serious and disciplined society. It's just how it is man!

[rjj tszyu]

I don't think I even need to continue this argument, you are clearly retarded!!

[Max Power]

I don't think I even need to continue this argument, you are clearly retarded!!

You don't have to... Just remember, ONLY in America haha =P

[rjj tszyu]

I don't think I even need to continue this argument, you are clearly retarded!!

You don't have to... Just remember, ONLY in America haha =P

Hmmmmmm. You do realise I'm British??

[SlimTrae]

Roy Jones has commented a few times that alot of potential fighters are lured away to basketball & football for the million dollar contracts- so many of them make million dollar contract, but not alot of boxers make millions. In fact very few.

Look at the Super Six showcase done by Showtime- they got the best SMW's around, yet few peope know Andre Ward who won it.

Add on hip-hop culture that glorifies basketball & an American telivision industry ABC, CBS, NBC that doesnt show fights like they did in 70's Brent Mussberger to Howard Cosell to football legend Dan Dierdorff.

The fighters who make millions, do it by PPV and people dont have the money for it...especially handpicked fights that dont live up to expectations..meanwhile MMA bouts sellout across America.

If you dont have cable, boxing is hard to see, but the public networks showcase baseball, b-ball & Football.

End it out with amatuer programs that have been eliminated- boys clubs throughout America doesnt have the funding to produce like they did pre 1990's.
Eliminate the Hopkins & Qawi's who learned in prison- today they dont do it,
Add on the various nations across the globe that have taken to boxing.. so its kinda like we got hit from all directions.