It's only Mexican Americans who are Heavyweights for instance. You don't see any straight up Mexican Heavyweights, and all the Mexican American Heavyweights tend to be blubbery.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 19:57 the mex americans seem a bit softer than the full mexicans, maybe that's the american in them![]()
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your taking things literal though , like i said my brother said to me as kid you have to prove more when your born outside the country of your heritage , like i think there was more irish world champions born outside ireland than in irelandgilgamesh wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 19:59It's only Mexican Americans who are Heavyweights for instance. You don't see any straight up Mexican Heavyweights, and all the Mexican American Heavyweights tend to be blubbery.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 19:57 the mex americans seem a bit softer than the full mexicans, maybe that's the american in them![]()
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I don't know if you remember Yung Kil Chung? The welterweight Lloyd Honeyghan belted around for four and a half rounds before Chung quit claiming a low blow - he was rolling around the canvas for ten minutes
Saying that, they do as a people have this never-say-die attitude to things... hwaiting! (fighting!)
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i started a thread before, asking if there was a korean boxer whose style wasnt face first brawler/slugger, the koreans did like their tear ups
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Yeah I've never seen it either. Korean Boxers are all face first sluggers who's entire strategy is to outfight you, and wear you down.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 22:36i started a thread before, asking if there was a korean boxer whose style wasnt face first brawler/slugger, the koreans did like their tear ups![]()
I'll bet going to a Card in Korea is awesome fun. Slugfest after Slugfest.
I always enjoy Korean boxers that are able to make a splash over here, but it usually never lasts long because they're just too one dimensional.
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A little before my time, but I'll check that one out - thanks!Fray Bentos wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 21:54I don't know if you remember Yung Kil Chung? The welterweight Lloyd Honeyghan belted around for four and a half rounds before Chung quit claiming a low blow - he was rolling around the canvas for ten minutes![]()
Saying that, they do as a people have this never-say-die attitude to things... hwaiting! (fighting!)
Yes, it's all about 화이팅, being a 고집쟁이, etc. The gyms I trained at in Korea taught me plenty of basic footwork and practically fack-all else about defence. First place I went to, the coach's nose put Ricky Hatton's to shame, practically flush with the rest of his face
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high tower 1
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Thai’s are generally a hardy little bunch.
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forcefraser
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Has to be Japs. Gotta kill a jap where you got him as no way on earth is he gonna quit
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The Ghurkas take some beating.......................making Nepal the hardest fighting country lb for lb
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'If a man says he is afraid of dying, he is either lying or he is a gurkha'dr_devious wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 17:44 The Ghurkas take some beating.......................making Nepal the hardest fighting country lb for lb
There were some pretty brutal episodes between the Gurkhas and the Japanese during the Burma campaign in the second world war.
The Gurkha's also took loyalty very seriously, British officers had to keep them as far a way from any INA prisoners as possible as the Gurkhas saw them as traitors and would likely draw their Khukuri if left alone with any.
Though, I'm not aware of any Nepalese boxers so not sure any of that is relevant.
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are the mujahedeen mentally super hard too? they almost invite death
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There was a time when Filipino southpaws and black Colombians were men to avoid. Not sure if that's still true. Not even sure if I can say 'black'.
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Polish fighters generally seem tough....often quite slow but take a lot of punches
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Adam Smith has destroyed the notion of Africans being teak tough!
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Wee Tommy
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My papa commanded a company of Ghukas in WW2. They’d go out at night and sneak into enemy camps and cut throats and take the ears off the dead. He’d get up in the morning and they’d be strung up outside his tent, just so he knew how many they killed. Hardest, deadliest guys he’s ever known he said. His own back was blue from shrapnel but I never heard a groan from him even when he died.
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Yep the Afghans are the best guerilla fighers on the planet. The British Empire, the Soviet Union and the US Alliance haven't been able to properly subdue them over the last 150 or so years.margaret thatcher wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 19:35 are the mujahedeen mentally super hard too? they almost invite death
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The ROK army was highly feared in Vietnam. They were vehemently anti communist and would go the extra mile all the time.
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He was a kick boxer in reality, if I remember correctly. Doesn't count.Shhhh wrote: ↑02 Jan 2021, 12:00The Koreans just seem to be face first. They don't often seem to fight any differently. Japanese? Again prob myths based on ww2 stories and too much martial arts films. Wasn't it a so called tough as nails Japanese who cried when Mayweather beat him?margaret thatcher wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 19:34why do you say tthat?
i've seen them give it everything so often and can hardly remember many if any weak hearted showings
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high tower 1
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The japs/ Koreans are all about not losing face. Hence why they’ll never quit.
I found Pacific Islanders/ Maori a hardy bunch when I lived in oz. they’re massive and fat as fornicate but are surprisingly nimble and love a punch up.
I found Pacific Islanders/ Maori a hardy bunch when I lived in oz. they’re massive and fat as fornicate but are surprisingly nimble and love a punch up.
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high tower 1
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Someone mentioned Australians on here but personally I found them full of it and all front.
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margaret thatcher
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well mentally hard and good strategists dont have to be related tbfShhhh wrote: ↑02 Jan 2021, 12:00The Koreans just seem to be face first. They don't often seem to fight any differently. Japanese? Again prob myths based on ww2 stories and too much martial arts films. Wasn't it a so called tough as nails Japanese who cried when Mayweather beat him?margaret thatcher wrote: ↑01 Jan 2021, 19:34why do you say tthat?
i've seen them give it everything so often and can hardly remember many if any weak hearted showings
ive seen tons of jap fighters and they always go hard and ive never seen one quit, i dont know anything about them in the wars
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its strange reading through the thread and no one says there own people,