Look at that little kids stance and movement, he didn’t really want to be in there
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Look at that little kids stance and movement, he didn’t really want to be in there
The axe murderer
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He lookin to his coach or pop to save himLook at that little kids stance and movement, he didn’t really want to be in there
many athletes that would have taken to boxing took to football due to the higher reward on avg.
Look at heavyweights now and the past. Dudes now dont look like athletes at all on avg
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Just because they weigh 200+ pounds to play football don't mean they gonna fight at heavyweight. Take Russell Wilson for instance, highly doubt if he was boxing he gonna be trying to fight heavyweights.
The axe murderer
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He 5'11 and 215 on a 4800 calorie diet and a sport with no where near the Cardio. Yeah I aint seeing heavyweight for him. Which makes me wonder what high profile one at hw? Cam?
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Talent pool smaller and boxing in general declined. People at that size and with athleticism are already scarce
Then you got brits and euros with the size and more importantly skills so they eatin
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Cam could probably make heavyweight out the QBs. A whole bunch of nikkas on the line and linebackers could fight at heavy too. Most QBs, DBs, and WRs though forget about it. Cruiser would be the max for them. More than likely they would boil down to 160-175.
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Talent pool smaller and boxing in general declined. People at that size and with athleticism are already scarce
Then you got brits and euros with the size and more importantly skills so they eatin
Yup Euros do have the basic fundamentals of boxing down pat I won't take that away from them, they just lack athleticism. Most of our heavyweights are failed football players who start boxing at like 17 and shyt which means they have a huge skill gap that at the top level athleticism alone won't cover the gap.
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Well most heavyweights nowadays severely lack athleticism.....though wlad was pretty damn athletic for his size tbh. That right hand was lightning
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Wlad had a little athleticism yeah, guys like Joshua and Fury don't though.
i just want to chime in not every GOAT American heavyweight was athletic like that...Joe Frazier was not an athletic guy at all which only adds on to his greatness
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You don't have to be athletic to be succesful in boxing, but it definitely helps. It's crazy to me how there are a ton of nikkas with Roy Jones athleticism in the NFL and NBA right now, and boxing only gets these level of athletes really sub 160 from the States.
but athleticism only takes you so far...even for heavyweights...you can say that heavyweight boxing needs more athleticism on the forefront to sell the division but they still need to develop their skill behind it
in the heavyweight division today prolly the most athletic noted heavy whose skill level is also high is andy ruiz and he has conditioning issues