Has anyone every noticed the parents of heavyweight champions seem to be rather ordinary looking people. The father is usually far smaller than his famous son.
Tough question Mendoza... Most of the folks are well into their 40's- early 50's by the time their 'sprogs' reach top level... Especially the 'old guys'.. Dempsey father looked quite frail.. In a different catagory, Les darcy's old man appeared fragile.
Carnera towered over his parents. The Klitschko's tower over their parents. Ali's father was an average sized man. Never saw Lewis or Louis father. But my point is the parents for the most part look like an unlikely pair to produce a heavyweight champion.
I can't disagree, nor was I. Makes you wonder how big the local 'milk man' was in the community. :yep
Marciano said that he got his inner strength from his physically frail father Pete, and his physical strength from his mother, a very robust woman.
It would be even stranger if say....Wlad/Vitali's Dad was bigger than them. For example, I doubt Valuev's Dad is/was taller than him! I'm shorter than my Dad, but my best mate towers over both his Mum and Dad, he's about 6'1 and his Dad is about 5'5! Strange things happen in genetics.
i think i remember reading nikolay valuev father was average sized but his grandfather was very large!
Sometimes those things do skip generations. God, I wonder what Valuev looked like as a kid growing up.
Don't think Lennox Lewis' dad was a big guy. There was a story & photo of him in the tabloids years ago.