The next great American heavyweight!!!!

We are? Let's look at top Americans in the Top 10 Ring rankings at welter and below.

147:
2. Williams (good fighter, win over the current #1, big potential, I give you that)
4. Mosley (HOF fighter, truly great)
7. Judah (Good career, but great? Undisputed for one defense, hitting PBF in the nuts, and getting starched by Tszyu is his legacy)

Potential Hall of Famers: 1


140:
1. Malignaggi (good beltholder, but P4P? Dominated by Cotto)
2. Bradley (solid win over Witter, but P4P material?)
6. Holt (solid win over Torres and KO over David Diaz, but that's it)

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


135:
1. Campbell ("Grandpa" is a very good fighter who decisively beat Juan Diaz, but so far that's his whole legacy)
3. Juan Diaz (see above)
4. David Diaz (Olympian who was KO'd brutally by Pac)
5. Julio Diaz (beaten by both the #3 guy and Castillo)

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


130:
10. Juarez (the official gatekeeper of the division, former Silver medalist)

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


126:
NO FIGHTERS RANKED

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


122:
NO FIGHTERS RANKED

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


118:
NO FIGHTERS RANKED

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


115:
7. Navarro (former Olympian, dominated by Mijares)

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


112:
NO FIGHTERS RANKED

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


108:
NO FIGHTERS RANKED

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


105:
NO FIGHTERS RANKED

Potential Hall of Famers: 0


*NOTE that none of them are even Ring champs.

You're telling me America can't do better than that, with the size of our population and our love for sports? The scouting and coaching at the amateur level, especially for the lower weights, is the problem.

Your "midget" comment doesn't make any sense (on second thought it's ignorant), because you're saying that in America, there are no men 140 pounds and under within the age range of 16-35 who are capable of being athletes, even though they aren't being tested in other sports to prove their inathleticism.

The title of the thread is the next GREAT American heavyweight. I define great as someone who has longevity in the P4P lists. Great means dominant. Good means competitive. Good would be almost all of the fighters above, which only makes 12 Top 10 fighters in a total of 11 weight classes. Good doesn't mean great. In fact, I would say our showing in these classes is horrendous.

 

Some of you guys are ****ing idiots.

You guys act like boxing is some kind of special sport that ONLY select guys can do... that's bull****.

The truth is, with so many options for athletes these days, a very very small % of people ever take up boxing. There's many reasons for this, one major being it's not school sponsored (high school or college).. it's not as easy for people to get into, you have to search out a gym, and not everyone has good access to a boxing gym, especially one with decent trainers.

Could LeBron James take a punch? Who knows, my money is on yes though, at least we KNOW the kid has got heart, and a fighting spirit.. he channels it through basketball, and anyone who has watched the kid play can see it.. to think that wouldn't of translated into a boxing ring is being either stupid or naive.

If you are big and athletic it doesn't mean you'd be a great boxer, but **** if it doesn't give you a better shot than a guy who isn't athletic... I mean seriously.. the talent pool across the entire heavyweight division is pretty **** poor.. the guys on top having boxing their entire lives for the most part, and to think that if you took some of the top NFL, NBA, or even MLB players and transported them back to when they were 8 years old and trained them for boxing like they probably trained for other sports they'd be just as good, or IMHO probably better than the current crop of guys.

To dismiss all Pro Athletes as chinless, heartless, wonders is naive.

 

Exactly.

 

You are on a pedastool without following the thread.

My response was to the comment that LeBron would be an amazing swimmer. Swimming, at that level, is scientific and LeBron does not have the correct body to be an effective, high level swimmer.

 

It wasn't just in response to you, but keep thinking you are important.