Why are the higher weight divisions more populated with Eastern Euros at the top?

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  1. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    And Mayweather has SAID he's never taken steroids (and he has never failed a test) so you believe him, right?
     
  2. slender4

    slender4 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Aaron Pryor?

    OK, we're getting to a point of total ridiculousness, but I'll school you with one more little peice of information. In order to cause extra height, growth hormones must be taken while the growth plates are STILL OPEN, which means before 20 for most men.

    The world's most famous athlete, for instance, was 4'2 when he started taking HGH.

    [url]http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1492546-lionel-messi-and-hgh-the-truth-about-the-best-footballer-in-the-world[/url]
     
  3. RememberingC.S.

    RememberingC.S. Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It's probably genetics. Cold climates inhabitant have the highest average height and size between all populations.

    Apparently because a bigger body holds better the heat, or also because it's known in places like Latvia or Ukraine people have starved for generations and generations, and still worked hard to death in 60 degrees farehneit.
     
  4. slender4

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    What I think doesn't equal a milk bucket under a bull. He signed a contract with a team that stipulated that they spend $900 a month on his growth hormone treatments, because his family couldn't afford it. otherwise they say he might not have made 5'0. This is fact not my opinion
     
  5. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Lol, he has been taking growth hormones his whole life. That's no secret.
     
  6. zetsui

    zetsui Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Come to think about it. This is actually amazing. Considering communism and the lack of basic nutrients/foodstuffs. IT is definitely suprising they are so tall there
     
  7. mirkofilipovic

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    Genetics. Eastern Europeans suffer from malnutrition,poverty, high levels of stress etc, and still can be incredibly tall. Imagine if there were no negative environmental stimulants, they would be much taller and stronger.
     
  8. mirkofilipovic

    mirkofilipovic ESB Management Full Member

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    That is not really cheating though, as long as it is done to improve the lives of someone, taking growth hormones should not be a problem.
     
  9. lewis gassed

    lewis gassed The Bronze Dosser Full Member

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    Americans are too busy playing Disneyland or NBA, I always forget which one :think
     
  10. tinman

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    Eastern Euro's tend to be the tallest. But they also tend to have thicker skeletal frames.

    My grandfather is a full blooded Lithuanian. He was never fat or never muscular. But always thick framed. His wrists, ankles and waist were just thick.

    It's diluted now for me. Just 1/4. I've inherited a more fragile skeleton. So boxing probably wouldn't be my thing.
     
  11. The Smoking Man

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    No he took them when he was young to prevent him becoming a dwarf . That's like saying a cancer patient who uses chemo is a peds cheat becuase chemo isn't natural
     
  12. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's better than playing footsies or soccer or whatever they call it these days :D
     
  13. conraddobler

    conraddobler Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    what a lot of nonsense in this this thread.

    review the numbers:

    [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height[/url]
     
  14. chacal

    chacal F*** the new normal Full Member

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    Lol, was it a life or death issue that he wasnt tall? He's a chemical product, hadnt he used growth hormones FOR YEARS AND YEARS, he wouldnt be not even the half he is now. That's not cheating? ok, that's fine, i dont feel like arguing.
     
  15. BlizzyBlizz

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    Who are these fighters that you're talking about?:huh