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

[ykdadamaja]

btw: Who says a HW has to be over 6'4 and 240 lbs plus? You guys are just scared of the Klits, but no one ever talks about how skilful they are. Has nothing to do as much with height, it has to do with their skill.

I like Amir Mansour's style- he is hard to hit and has sneaky hand speed and tremendous power and he knows how to corner guys.

There are benefits in staying low!

[El Kabong]

I don't buy this argument, I think the "next potential heavyweights" are getting too late a start in boxing AND the US Amateur boxing scene is just crap at developing proper fighters at the moment because of their rules and regulations.

Late starts in boxing....this happens for a few reasons but A#1 is head injuries, everyone is big on them these days but soccer and football have head injury issues as well however they are not as stigmatized as boxing for example "Punch drunk" or "Pugilistic Dementia" ...those things aren't JUST boxing related anymore as we continue to find head injury problems in other sports.

The US Amateur boxing scene is devoid of good trainers as those professional trainers aren't allowed to train amateur fighters for some reason....hopefully something can be done or some benefactor can go in and really train up our youth to be better boxers and not just sluggers or dependent on their own natural skills