What is it about these Colombians and their punch?

Many of the Colombian fighters who get brought over to fight get the opportunity because of their KO record. KO's always impress.

It is said many of these Colombian fighters are known for being fed inferior competition (to say the least) back at home, to build a impressive record, which includes nothing but KO's. Which then gives them better opportunities to get bigger fights abroad, etc.

Who knows or has knowledge how strong the amateur programs are back in Colombia? Maybe it is weak and that is why the boxers that prevail, or at least the ones we get to see more of, are their most impressive KO type, yet sometimes limited, boxers.

 

And Meicans do the same and look at the diffent's so dont start saying that.

 

Tell Cotto and Casa that. :hey

 

Yeah, but it also has to do with culture. Boxing is big to Mexican culture, not so much for Colombians.

 

This is not to say those punchers/boxers mentioned don't punch hard. They clearly do. The difference is many of them dont seem to have the amateur background to use their skill set more effectively when they fight higher tier competition. They tend to be more wreck less and results in them getting hit more and loosing more, in some case KO'd more. But like I said, if what brings them these opportunities is their KO ability, KO and power is likely that is what they train and shoot for. In a way, like home run hitting. You got a guy (with natural power) who all he does is practice is for home runs, he will get good at it, yet will likely sacrifice some other areas of the game. Obviously, the guy hitting home runs will have to have some natural ability (i.e. crude power).

 

I made a thread about this a while ago, comparing the traits of boxers from different geographic regions.

It isnt just the Colombians, a lot of Venezuelas, Ecuadorians and Brazilians have this style and those attributes.

Then look at some of the Argentinians, Chileans and Uruguayans. They a lot of the time have different traits. A lot arent as athletically impressive but are often teak tough, cagey and resourceful.

I think the culture of fighting and boxing in those countries has a lot do with it aswell.

 

Zuniga, Torres, Miranda and Prescott all have similar qualities and attributes

 

A war torn attitude plus strong soccer legs plus strong machete shoulders minus good boxing trainers equals a large proportion of hard hitters:think

 

probably they lack good trainers in Columbia, therefore the fighters who make it to the world scene are the big punchers.