Khan vs Prescott II

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lets not also forget that the stoppage was slighlty controversial and there are strong cases to agrue it was slightly premature with Khan able to continue.

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No way he was flopping around at nine, he got up but fell backwards. It was a legit stoppage. Did I just fall for it or you serious?

Khan did well to ever get up from that punch, seeing as it "could have dropped an elephant"

To be fair that's where Colombians get their power from. Urango, Torres and Prescott all punch elephants. All the time.

Haha that's funny, and seriously just made me think; I don't ever recall seeing a Colombian fighter who didn't have at least respectable punching power, if nothing else. A lot of them obviously hit like trucks. Weird little piece of genetics there, the archetypal Colombian fighter is seemingly this lanky heavy handed potential spoiler type of guy. Lots of little upsets here and there where one will stop a touted young guy, but I can't think of any who've really stuck around and made noise? Or had any decent fundamentals to speak of? A solid resume? Makes you wonder if a more prosperous amatuer program in Colombia etc. would even matter, strikes me they are just by and large these freaky glass cannons

It must be to do with the progression/amatuer system over there. I can think of similar examples which occur in other sports, where nationality seems to shape an athletes strengths and weaknesses.

For example, football in England...

Generally speaking, English footballers tend to be technically inferior to a lot of other European players. When i say 'English footballers' i generally mean the players who have made it as professional players. Technical ability in England isn't as easy to notice when you consider the playing conditions in junior and amateur football. Other factors become more important, such as strength and speed.

I know it's unrelated to boxing and i'm not even sure myself where i'm going with this point.

But yeah i agree with your assessment of generic Colombian fighters. I guess if they weren't boxers they'd be drug dealers anyway