Why are there no good Eastern European fighters below heavyweight?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by MichiganWarrior, Oct 23, 2011.


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  1. Slider75

    Slider75 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They are tall in east europe, actually i think they are even bigger than scandinavians today compared to the population. But other sports like football might also be an answer. Much bigger sport than boxing
     
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  2. lzolnier

    lzolnier Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Keep laughing at the obvious. America has lost its way in boxing and that is so painfully clear to most US fighters and promoters too. It is a very rapid decline, while Eastern Europe is actually experiencing the fastest growth in boxing, probably out of any region. Whether you see it or not, your OP betrays a sense of being threatened.
     
    lzolnier, Oct 24, 2011
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  3. superman1692

    superman1692 Active Member Full Member

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    Eastern Europeans are doing very well, fair play to them. I think the reason why they're not receiving the praise they otherwise should be getting, is because they tend to be a little bit robotic in their style of fighting, and not very exciting. Usually (especially with the heavyweights) there tends to be just the usual 1-2 combos and not much else. On the other hand mainland european fighters, such as those from UK and Ireland have a lot more variety in their arsenals.
     
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  4. Cael

    Cael Claudia Cardinale Full Member

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    they're all playing football and rugby
     
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  5. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    The vast majority of the top tens below heavyweight with the exception of middleweight are filled with north American based fighters. Few if any are of eastern European stock. When the best names people are coming up with are kotelnik and pirog that says it all. Posting vids of amateurs does nothing to disprove my point. Outside heavyweight east euro fighters are weak.

    I've seen more promising talent from the uk then all of east Europe. Intact it seems I'm fighters feast on east euro fighters to build their records early on
     
    MichiganWarrior, Oct 24, 2011
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  6. Vysotsky

    Vysotsky Boxing Junkie banned

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    All rated in Top 15 by at least 1 ABC

    CW
    Lebedev
    Huck
    Wlodarczyk
    Frenkel
    Masternak
    Kolodziej
    Licina
    Janik
    Chakhkiev
    Kotlobay
    Hutkowski

    LHW
    Erdei
    Shumenov
    Kostecki
    Sukhotsky
    Diaconu
    Uzelkov
    Gutkenecht
    Fonfara
    Simcic
    Sillakh
    Rusal
    Kovalev
    Glazewski

    SMW
    Bute
    Steiglitz (Russian)
    Sartison
    Kashtanov
    Balzsay
    Abraham
    Sjekloka
    Wilczewski
    Kaspersky

    MW
    Pirog
    Golovkin
    Proksa
    Sturm
    Bursak
    Khurtsidze
    Majewski
    Korobov
    Martirosyan
    Karmazin

    JMW
    Dzinziruk
    Baysangurov
    Konecny
    Martirosyan
    Wolak
    Spyrko
    Stevanovic
    Rabchenko
     
    Vysotsky, Oct 24, 2011
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  7. nahkis

    nahkis Robbed Full Member

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    Bone, for your SNVshops i respect for you but you should know who Lomachenko is. Would love to see him turn pro.

    But yes, like i have said in a few other threads, boxing really isnt the most popular or most tempting sport in any country in Europe either. I would have never been as a boxer worth anything, but i stopped boxing at 15 to focus more on football/soccer and to have some free time. Many other kids stopped boxing but continued with their ice hockey or soccer for the same reason. It's not an solely American phenomenon, people not being overly anxious to get punched in the face.
     
    nahkis, Oct 24, 2011
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  8. Ivo

    Ivo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There are alot of people of Russian descent in Kazahstan. I guess half of population. Golovkin is obviously of Russian descent. Shumenov looks Asian.
     
    Ivo, Oct 24, 2011
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  9. MasterStyle

    MasterStyle Member Full Member

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    not only look , but Kazakhstan is geographically part of Asia
     
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