Would the Soviet sports machine have taken over boxing had they allowed their Boxers to turn pro?

And? The Soviet Union isn't just Russia

 

Fighters from former Soviet republics represent 3 of the top 5 in the current Ring Pound for Pound rankings.

But thanks for playing.

 

I don't know about take over but achieve a lot more yes the evidence seems to show that.

 

Ukraine and Kazakhstan, are not part of either Russia ,or the Soviet Union.

 

Bro what..... Both were part of the Soviet Union and many Russians still live in both

 

Why dont you ask
Lomachenko
Golovkin
Usyk
The Klits
What nationality they are?

 

If they wanted to they could have. With the large population they had access to, combined with their ability to just implement whatever government plan they wanted, they'd have such an advantage.

Make boxing a mandatory phys ed course in 5th-6th grade. The instructors look for kids who seem like they may have actual talent, send their names in. Those kids are offered after school lessons at the local gym. The instructors at each gym look for kids among those who seem like they may have actual talent, send their names in. Get what I'm saying? At each stage, look for the best, pass their names on, offer them opportunities. When you're screening your entire male population, you're going to identify talent. You're not going to have your potential Ivan Dragos ending up working in a factory, because they're going to be identified and offered opportunity.

 

You're pivoting, they were all born in the Soviet Union and are a product of the Soviet school of boxing to deny that is denying objective reality

 

I think Cuba would have fared better.

 

They've been a massive, dominant force since they've been able to turn pro

Undoubtedly they've have been a massive force had they turned pro sooner

The greatest amateurs ever list is flooded with Great soviet union fighters. Not all of them would have made great pros, but some of them definitely would have.

Maybe not 'taken over' but a huge force without a shadow of a doubt, possibly the strongest force. Great fighters from the past would have been split between Soviet and American fighters, and Cuban fighters to a lesser extent because they don't adapt to the pros as well as soviets,

 

You are correct. Especially in the 70's,80's and 90's the USA amateur program was very strong and outperformed the Cubans and Soviets. Around the 2000's is when the US program started to falter and we started seeing former Soviet countries like the Ukrane start to really flourish.

 

Correct! Ukraine in particular always were the meat and potatoes of the Soviet program. Kazakhstan produced s9me badasses as well with 96's gold medalist Vassily Jirov coming to mind. Jirov and Tzysu were pretty much the last products from the old Soviet system. Jirov was in that program until Kazakhstan became independent.

 

Were there even any dominant Soviet amateurs back then? If they, who were essentially pros in an amateur format as @mcvey pointed out, couldn't dominate american amateurs, who were just that and rarely older than their late teens/early 20's, why would they dominate pro ones?