Can the USA get a great HW again???

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by bierjunge, Oct 13, 2010.


  1. bierjunge

    bierjunge Member Full Member

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    I thought for a long time that the american HW´s are boring as hell. That they have no personality, no charisma and dont take their job serious.
    Well I am very surprised how funny and great shannon briggs acts over here. The newspapers write more than the usual hype stuff and even write positive stuff about one of Klitschkos opponents. (This usually doesnt happen)

    I thought about a scenario where an american boxer can make lots of money and become world champ again.

    Many guys from eastern europe come to the wealthier west (for example germany) and learn the language and start boxing for one of the gyms here. Within 2 years they can (if the talent is okay) easily go 8-0 and make some noise over here. If an American would do this it would even be bigger. Americans still often have a "special" status among Germans. If Shannon Briggs had come here 4 years ago he would be the biggest thing right after the K bros. He would have made decent money, and would have grown personally by learning a new culture and stuff. I wonder why no american would do that. I mean Vit lives in the USA for a big part of his life but still is seen as almost a German by the public. So the American can spent half time at home and half time here and make more money and much more noise than at home. What are your thoughts? Am i too romantic, are americans to lazy or am I just plain stupid?
     
  2. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    American fighters need the protection of the US. so they can handpick their fights,
    US. fighters would get killed in Germany.
     
  3. TheBling

    TheBling Active Member Full Member

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    The US will always have the potential of producing a great athlete in pretty much every sport, minus soccer :p

    So yes, of course it will happen, just a matter of when. It's just that boxing isn't as popular as it used to be, especially in the heavyweight ranks, so the talent pool and competition are significantly less. Eventually an American will storm the HW division (hopefully within the next five years.)
     
  4. Taylex

    Taylex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    There are a few good American fighters outside of the HW that are very talented and successful but have zero personality and therefore no one cares about them or can be bothered to pay $50 to watch them live unless their opponent is someone interesting.

    Bradley, Dawson, P.Williams, A.Ward, S.Cunningham, T.Cloud, Z.Judah and others. These guys are struggling to get 10k people in to an arena.
     
  5. Taylex

    Taylex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Why does the states have potential to produce a great athlete in potentially any sport? Why more say than Brazil?
     
  6. Irländsk

    Irländsk Boxing Addict banned

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    Probably not, now that more countries from around the world are allowed to participate in professional boxing, the hoax of the superior American fighter has been exposed. The country will never recover from that kind of humiliation.
     
  7. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yes. When the Klitchko'a retire. It will be open season for the Heavyweight championship. The Klitchko's are dominating the heavyweight division not the Europans.
     
  8. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ok,:think name one Amercian that has beaten Chagaev or Povetkin???
     
  9. Taylex

    Taylex Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Didn't a superior black American beat them in the amateurs?
     
  10. Peppermint

    Peppermint Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah but every year that goes by it becomes more unlikey. Every generation that comes up in the US gets more and more of a sense of entitlement, and their work ethic is declining and as been. The hunger isnt there as much, because the respect isnt there. If Mike Tyson was was a kid in 2010, he would have never become champion. He may have not respected many people, but his environment commanded respect and he recognized that. Thats my opinion.
     
  11. Vladimir23

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    All of the best American heavyweights have been destroyed by Eastern Europeans. The same thing is happening in other weight classes too.

    Soviets weren't allowed to turn pro until the 1990s because of the cold war.

    Now Soviets are allowed to turn pro and we're already taking over boxing.

    This is just the beginning of the Eastern European domination.

    The NFL/NBA excuse is weak.

    There are tons of potential Eastern European Heavyweight Boxers who are doing Combat Sambo, MMA, Kickboxing, Hockey, Olympic Wrestling, Olympic Weightlifting, Powerlifting, Worlds Strongest Man Competitions, etc.

    America isn't the only country on the planet that has other sports.

    Eastern European fighters are superior.
     
  12. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I don't think so, Chagaev and Povetkin's amateur careers didn't overlape..:think
     
  13. Lisa

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    That's the truth bro!

    :happy
     
  14. Bubby

    Bubby Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It dose look like the Eastern European's are the best fighters,
     
  15. Auracle21

    Auracle21 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    lol @ eastern europeans thinking they run boxing. LOL LOL