Are all the best American Boxers in the NFL and NBA?

[Taeth]

Paralysis hardly ever happens, it does occur, but still way lower stats than boxing has for permanent brain damage. ALso if you've sparred a day in YOUR life, you would know that people don't always take it easy sparring, especially if you've ever gotten ready for a competition, sure you are wearing 16oz. gloves, but you still feel it, if the person has any technique or power whatsoever. But you probably shadowbox with gloves on, or you've obviously never done inter-gym sparring sessions or real sparring.

i've been boxing since i was 8 yrs old, plenty of sparring and no way do you hit as hard in sparring as you do in an actual fight, even if an Amateur fight, i didn't pursue boxing as a career or anything but did have my share of Am fights, don't think i can say the same about you though, and for the record, here in PR we basically start out with pro-style training, obviously you start with the fundamentals but we're basically taught a style to move on to pros, that's why PR isn't really huge on the amateur circuit

I don't know who you were fighitng with, I know people are tough in PR, but if you sparred with anybody half decent, and they feel like going hard, then you definitely have wars, and the difference is that they don't last 3-4 rounds like an amateur fight, and they aren't 2-3 minute rounds, I've had times where we've gone 8-10 hard rounds with guys. Its obviously different htan a real fight because you don't have the adrenaline going the same, way and you know the fighter and so you feel more comfortable, but we still hit go hard.

[Rantcatrat]

To get back to the point of the post, it may be true for the heavyweights and to a lesser extent the cruiser weights, but not true for any weight class below. There are very few players in the NFL who weigh less than 190 pounds. No one fighting at welterweight, middleweight, or super middleweight would have been big enough to play in the NFL or the NBA.

[Hunter]

Boxing gyms are hard to come by these days in the states, with the other sports they are shoved down your throat in High School. Unless boxing runs in your family like Mayweather, Roy Jones, Berto you are very unlikely to take the sport up seriously.

[ono]

Judging by the brawl between Indiana and Detroit i'd say no.