Greatest caucasian fighter last 30 years WW or below?

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  1. jpab19

    jpab19 Exploding Muffin Dad Full Member

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    Nope, he's been arguing the opposite. He also said Cotto's resume is comparable to Marquez in the other thread, not that he was an ATG.

    Your making an idiot of yourself.
     
  2. spud1

    spud1 HAWK TIME!!!! Full Member

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  3. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Here's a quote from me regarding Marquez and ATG status.

     
  4. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    I was just curious how many of Buchanan's fights you had actually seen, Spud. Go watch his fights with Laguna. You might be pleasantly surprised. No shame in losing to a 135lbs Roberto Duran. I haven't seen much of Kenny either, which is why I tend to duck any threads related to him.
     
  5. Relentless

    Relentless VIP Member banned

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    addie seriously quit embarrassing yourself, arguing with a ****** makes you look stupid.

    for **** sakes his name is spud.
     
  6. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  7. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    A LOT of it has to do with diet though. Japanese people born before 1960 almost never grew above 5'6". Now the average height for a male under 40 is about 5'10". Why? Mostly because of change in diet. Introduction of red meat and milk means bigger people. It also means more fat people though. Obesity was relatively unheard of in Japan until the last 30 years as well.
     
  8. AGM

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    They're all playing Football around the world.
     
  9. bkamins

    bkamins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Race really is a social construct, especially when you're talking about causasians and hispanics. Because many hispanics have European, mostly Spanish ancestory, it's almost impossible to call a guy white or hispanic when he is equal parts of both. And that's why it's a social construct. At that point, people generally just look at a guy and decided whether he's white or hispanic based on his skin and features. It's really not a science and is open to individual interpretation.
     
  10. bkamins

    bkamins Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Right. It's all about protein. One of the most obvious differences between English royalty and their subject, besides the money of course, was their height. The averge aristocrat was six inches taller than the poor folk. Why? Well, because the aristocrat could afford fresh meat, while his subjects had to eat potatoes and grain and foods that are high in carbs.
     
  11. herbzg

    herbzg Euro-Level Athlete Full Member

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    Serafim Todorov
    Artur Gevorgyan

    These are not just the greatest caucasian fighters of the last two fighters, but the greatest FIGHTERS of the last 30 years.
     
  12. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race[/ame]

    In short caucasian is not necessarily white.

    I would go with the two boxers in my avatar. Benny Leonard and Barney Ross.
     
  13. Larryboys

    Larryboys Well-Known Member Full Member

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    They haven't always been. A little over a hundred years ago the minimum height requirement for the British army was 5 foot 3. In times of desperation they lowered it to 5 foot. That's ****ing midget size today. There's less poverty in Britain today, and people are now alot bigger. I'd agree whites (and blacks) have the genetic propensity to be bigger than others, noticeably asians, when in the same conditions, I am about average size and tower over most asians living in the UK who have it no worse than me, but still the move of whites, and people living in "western" countries generally out of the lowest weight divisions where you'll scarecely find an American, Brit etc these days has something to do with improved nutrition. Also look at the massive rise of obesity in the same countries these days. You don't think living in a ghetto with a family of 10 and eating 2 meals of potatos a day lead to guys being small? They'll just be naturally massive?
     
  14. Rock0052

    Rock0052 Loyal Member Full Member

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    Exactly. Good post.
     
  15. Grillinnap

    Grillinnap Flomos are morons Full Member

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