Mayweather aside.... Europeans continue to dominate

Highest possible standard? My post said nothing about a theoretical standard assuming everyone on the planet played football. It addressed the fact that Americans who pursue athletics as a profession gravitate toward football and basketball, and boxers are an outlier. Football is football, and whether other nations play it or not is irrelevant.

 

im from england and i appologise for this ****

 

Hockey and Ice Hockey are 2 different games.

Hockey is the original and comes from a variant over 4000 ago and is played in Asia Europe Africa and Australia on a large scale

Ice Hockey isnt anywhere near in terms of number of participants or fans.

 

so you feel 60 million to 300 million is a fair comparison. 1/5th population

but 300 million americans to 720 million Euros - just over 2/5ths the population isnt a fair comparison?

 

Sorry my little British Chav. The UK population wise is not the size of Oregon, its about 30 times bigger.

PR is the closes you can be to the USA without being a state. Infact its voted on almost every couple of years and gets turned down by a very small percentage, will most likely be a state one day.

But considering again, that Europe and the USA are about tied in world titlest, and considering that most Europeans hold paper belts, its quite clear the OP was wrong in saying that Europe is dominating boxing. Infact given your size, you are doing all to well.

 

When Haye unifies the HW, Hatton dominates mayweather in the rematch and froch unifies super middle with amir kahn beating pac at lightweight the uk will rule the world!!!

 

ok. fair enough. but football (soccer) has reached a higher standard because of diversification. same with cricket same with rugby same with golf etc etc....

 

which paper belts are these.

So lets say you count PR......We are even then. Yet you get nearly all your fixtures on home soil! Home refs, and home judges!

The UK has the same population as Cali, lets compare all your Cali boxers to our boxers, who comes out on top?

 

Formula 1 vs Nascar, another example of pathetic yanks who cant win on the world stage so they make up thier own little competition

 

Wrong again Chav. Josh Childress is earning 30 million dollars playing in Greece for Olympiakos. If you are playing in Greece, Italy, Spain or Russia and play for a fairly large team, you are most likely making big bucks.

 

Yes, no doubt. In terms of gameplans I definitely agree with that, although in terms of sheer athleticism it's hard to imagine human beings achieving more explosiveness without tearing limbs out of their sockets. Gridiron players are really astonishing specimens.

What's key is how many world-class athletes (raw athletes) a given nation pumps out, and where those athletes are distributed. Rated by sheer physical performance, the US provides a disproportionate amount of talent. It's all a matter of where they go.

 

i guess you didnt read what i said i said its a fair comparison i was saying you complain that we count puerto rico but pr to us is like north ireland or scotland to the british

 

But you also mentioned pl;aces like Lithunia! And he signed a $20 mil contract not $30, little exaggeration their! Just found some figures that state the average European Lageue basketball earns $25k! That says it all.

 

The usa has to pay a shot david beckham trillions to fumble around in thier league to give them credibilaity

 

Wrong for the 100th time again Chav. Cali does not have the same population as the UK. The UK's population is 60 mil, Cali's is 30 mil.

Fighters born in California i can name off the top of my head. Mosley, De La Hoya, Margarito, Bradley. California wins.