why have U.S. boxers always had slicker styles than the rest of the world?

Because we're scared to bang.

 

There are many more guys on here who know more about boxing history, K. I only talk about what I've seen from ringside.

 

There not all athletic. Have you seen Obama throw a baseball?? If not look it up on youtube you will laugh your ass of.

 

Emulating past greats, many of which were american

america is a big country and a melting pot of people and cultures

people identify with things they like or things that their hero did

Eastern Europeans seemed to come from a farm system where they were all universally trained in the same style and it worked and the trainers and proteges kept the tradition alive

look at Cubans a lot of them fight the same defensive counter punch and move amateur like style

america unlike those countries didnt have one universal system didnt have one coach one style there were west coast east coast philly new york detroit chicago LA etc etc

america i think just has a diverse background in boxing

 

American trainers have generally been superior to European ones.

Why that is, I don't really know?

 

Without taking that as gospel, MrM, I'd say that it's 'cos the US is the home of pro boxing, the US trainers know about the fighting styles that work (and sell) in the US. The ams have great trainers around the world, but the US trainers give international fighters that pro 'charm school' polish.

 

Props JG, your stories help to make the site special. Didn't wanna put you on the spot.

 

yer im trying to tread lightly on the issue but the ones i knew just seemed to "have it"...

 

Not as slick as French boxers

 

atsch

 

and both our post counts go up without mentioning anything worthy of reading. look forward to working with you in the future atsch

 

why did america create soul music? jazz? hip hop? boxing is no different.

people don't want to admit that race plays a huge part...but it does.

as for the guy that wondered about the influence in the future etc...i think we've already seen a merge of styles when u see guys like pirog. he clearly does not fight in a eastern european style. there is a lot of american influence there. i think we're going to see a lot more of that in the future due to social media and things like youtube.

 

yep. James J Corbett was a pioneer of that style. moving and hitting. way before Ali's time. it's been honed and honed again that gives us the fighters today like Mayweather.

 

the Yanks do have the slicker styles of hit and don't get hit, but a lot of them are boring. other countries seem to produce the more fan friendly styles.

 

In the USSR, boxing was not allowed to develop normally for 70 years. However, possibly the best Soviet amateur, Viktor Ageev, had a slick style.