US #1 Heavyweight hope turns pro

Americans are sometimes a bit shallow, maybe it comes from watching too much WWE?
He might turn out to be really good? He might not be as overtrained and ripped as a Michael Grant or a Jeff Lacy was, and it might be an advantage.

Ironic that one of the most obese nations in the world wants all their athletes to be in super shape and pumped!

 

Is it too much to ask for an elite professional boxer to be in shape? We're not even talking about ripped, just "not fat" would be an upgrade for most of the American prospects. Fat people tend to have less speed and stamina, which are somewhat important in boxing.

 

I agree that it dosent help you to be fat, but you dont get speed and stamina from looking like a bodybuilder. I think that you have to find a balance.

 

Joe Frazier, George Foreman (in the 70's at least), Ali, Norton, Shavers, Liston...

Those guys were in excellent shape and did not have bodybuilder bodies. Nobody's asking for bodybuilder bodies, we just want heavyweights that are in shape. Do Chambers, Arreola, or this new fat kid look anything like those guys? If this is the "balance" you're talking about, then my god has the heavyweight division turned into the biggest joke in sports.

 

This.

 

He looks like that Butterbean fellow.

 

He does, but he's got some skills to go with it. How's Sweet Bean sounding for a potential nickname? :think

 

he took it jim! He took it! He took it flush!

 

Right. Nobody wants monsters, we want them to be at least capable of fighting 12 hard rounds without an oxygen mask.

 

Wilder was knocked out by the Russian Evgeny Romanov a few months before the Olympics.

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The most inportant thing that i would ask if he on shape or at least is a motivated Heavy.

 

Wow, I seriously believed that this was a joke. You all are serious.

Dear god, this is honestly the best we can do? Im ****ing ashamed.

and all this talk of "boxers are not bodybuilders" SHUT THE **** UP

Boxers are PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

They are supposed to be in shape. End of ****ing story

 

It looks to me as this Frankie Gomez (16 years) is the next hope !!!

http://www.boxing-scoop.com/show_boxer.php?boxer_ID=1206

 

He should not beat eating Kirk Johnson's doughnuts.

 

thats bollox that this guy is the best ye have, out of 300 million people thats the best prospect?? **** off