Would the Soviet sports machine have taken over boxing had they allowed their Boxers to turn pro?

Probably not.

The Soviet amateurs were basically professionals and still lost a lot to the best U.S. Amateurs.

 

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They were fully funded by the communist govt and had jobs given by th govt but were basically full time boxers.

Usually they were older and more experienced than their American and European opponents.

 

And? The Soviet Union isn't just Russia

 

Fighters from former Soviet republics represent 3 of the top 5 in the current Ring Pound for Pound rankings.

But thanks for playing.

 

I don't know about take over but achieve a lot more yes the evidence seems to show that.

 

Ukraine and Kazakhstan, are not part of either Russia ,or the Soviet Union.

 

Bro what..... Both were part of the Soviet Union and many Russians still live in both

 

Why dont you ask
Lomachenko
Golovkin
Usyk
The Klits
What nationality they are?

 

If they wanted to they could have. With the large population they had access to, combined with their ability to just implement whatever government plan they wanted, they'd have such an advantage.

Make boxing a mandatory phys ed course in 5th-6th grade. The instructors look for kids who seem like they may have actual talent, send their names in. Those kids are offered after school lessons at the local gym. The instructors at each gym look for kids among those who seem like they may have actual talent, send their names in. Get what I'm saying? At each stage, look for the best, pass their names on, offer them opportunities. When you're screening your entire male population, you're going to identify talent. You're not going to have your potential Ivan Dragos ending up working in a factory, because they're going to be identified and offered opportunity.

 

You're pivoting, they were all born in the Soviet Union and are a product of the Soviet school of boxing to deny that is denying objective reality

 

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I think Cuba would have fared better.

 

They've been a massive, dominant force since they've been able to turn pro

Undoubtedly they've have been a massive force had they turned pro sooner

The greatest amateurs ever list is flooded with Great soviet union fighters. Not all of them would have made great pros, but some of them definitely would have.

Maybe not 'taken over' but a huge force without a shadow of a doubt, possibly the strongest force. Great fighters from the past would have been split between Soviet and American fighters, and Cuban fighters to a lesser extent because they don't adapt to the pros as well as soviets,