Now that white Eastern Europeans have stepped up and taken control of the heavyweight division (they won't last long), I'm amused at the bleating from certain idiots about how great they are and how american boxing is on the decline.
The irony is that these boxers would never have gotten to that point if they had not incorporated American training methods into their regimen.
In the lower weight classes, good fighters like Joe Calzhage, Edison Miranda (a real monster) and Ricky Hatton are making a name for themselves, and the way some people talk, one would think that American boxing is finished.
Not so. America is, always has been, and always will be the proving ground for any fighter worth his (or her) mettle. They have to make a name for themselves here; we have the best competition, the best promotions, the best networks, the best everything.
And that's what people can't stand, the fact that America has the best of everything, so, in that sense, I understand the jealousy.
2006-12-27
07:40:10
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