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the mexicans and japanese always stand out....japanese especially. how many japanese quitters have you seen? these types just give it everything

how do you rank the nations by their mental hardness

The Japanese can't do other way. Either you take everything in the ring until the end or you will have to commit seppuku.

Germans and Israelis

The Vietnamese and the Afgans put up a great fight against adversity, used their terrain well too.

Gurkhas!

Coco wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 09:30 The Vietnamese and the Afgans put up a great fight against adversity, used their terrain well too.

As Dogg the Bounty Hunter would always say 'Never fight a cur in its own backyard'

Fray Bentos wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 09:33

Coco wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 09:30 The Vietnamese and the Afgans put up a great fight against adversity, used their terrain well too.

As Dogg the Bounty Hunter would always say 'Never fight a cur in its own backyard'

Bout right!!

Coco wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 09:34

Fray Bentos wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 09:33

Coco wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 09:30 The Vietnamese and the Afgans put up a great fight against adversity, used their terrain well too.

As Dogg the Bounty Hunter would always say 'Never fight a cur in its own backyard'

Bout right!!

You think about it though, there's loads - the Sikhs - the Japanese were scared to death of them in the jungles of Burma in World War II and if you think of all the native peoples of the world defending their land - the Maori, the Ashanti, the Mapuche of Chile fought the Spanish for 300 years and then... took on the newly independent Chilean government...



Gets cold down there...

Koreans. I have yet to see a pro Korean boxer whose gameplan didn't consist of being harder / more insane than their opponent

Japs have that Samurai spirit.

Eubank also had it. So he says.

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 10:06 Japs have that Samurai spirit.

Eubank also had it. So he says.

Is there anything cant be turned to a discussion about your lover boy?

Ghana, they're teak tough as well.

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 12:11

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 10:06 Japs have that Samurai spirit.

Eubank also had it. So he says.

Is there anything cant be turned to a discussion about your lover boy?

He can dabble here, there and everywhere.

All roads lead to Eubank.

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 12:37

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 12:11

coghaugen11 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 10:06 Japs have that Samurai spirit.

Eubank also had it. So he says.

Is there anything cant be turned to a discussion about your lover boy?

He can dabble here, there and everywhere.

All roads lead to Eubank.

It appears that way.

Turks. No one wants to fight a turk.

I think pretty much every nation on earth is hard when needed to be.

the British showed great resolve during the blitz, despite the fact that at the time, the prospects of defeating the nazi's seemed very remote - though ironically switching attention from bombing airfields and factories producing planes, with a view to subduing the british public through civilian bombings, turned out to be the big mistake which began the roots of defeat.

Them Russkis seem to be a mentally strong lot.

smiling assassin wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 14:05 Them Russkis seem to be a mentally strong lot.

They lost my vote after Afghanistan.

By and large true nationalism is dead. We live in a world of individuals. You get a full spectrum of soft to hard in every country.

The Japanese were one of the last to keep their national pride but even they have slipped.

Jimmy2020 wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 14:07 By and large true nationalism is dead. We live in a world of individuals. You get a full spectrum of soft to hard in every country.

The Japanese were one of the last to keep their national pride but even they have slipped.

Not easy to keep it up when nearly one-third of your population is too old to work

jamesmcdonnell wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 13:50 I think pretty much every nation on earth is hard when needed to be.

the British showed great resolve during the blitz, despite the fact that at the time, the prospects of defeating the nazi's seemed very remote - though ironically switching attention from bombing airfields and factories producing planes, with a view to subduing the british public through civilian bombings, turned out to be the big mistake which began the roots of defeat.

Surely you can't include the French in that statement and neither the Italians.

Australians are a tough lot.

bigjack wrote: ↑31 Dec 2020, 14:45 Australians are a tough lot.

Most Australian boxers are very tough, but limited.

i grew up in london to irish scottish parents, when i was a kid my dad drilled it into me that the irish are toughest ,then my older brother did the same, and also the irish that werent born in ireland had something more to prove so they were harder, thats why steve collins is my favourite fighter as when he beat eubank benn i give it to my jamican mates and it built on the myth , the truth is england wales the scots and irish have had some of the most truly proudest hardest fighters . i will say mexican and far east europe russia and the stan countries , its funny because if you say italian you dont make a big deal but if he is italian american from new york now he is a tough guy,the same with ireland oh micky ward irish american instantly means he is tough , funny though as mexicans see it as he is soft, mexican american ahhhh not as tough as the real mexicans like Oscar De La Hoya compared to erik morales. i think you get tough people from everywhere

the mex americans seem a bit softer than the full mexicans, maybe that's the american in them