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[Mister Apoc]

This will be a provocative question of sorts, but i noticed that among the white population of the world.. the best white fighters and athletes tend to be Slavic compared to Western Europeans or White Americans

basketball you have Luka and Jokic. boxing the best white fighters tend to be from E. European or Ex-Soviet countries, you have a few Western European elite fighters like Fury and Josh Taylor but its rare

sorry, its just something I have noticed

this might not be true, but I think its true for at least combat sports

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Have you considered getting a hobby?

 

[AJUMP23]

No western guilt.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Poorest population groups. At different time periods the Irish, Jewish, and Italians dominated boxing.

 

[Tschumi]

...

I mean all we need to do is name one Olympic combat sport not swept by Slavs and it's done.

So.. judo.

 

[Blade2.0]

Like rocky Balboa said. They've got the hunger.

Edit: this is survivorship bias at its finest though. You're only seeing the people that succeeded and not the bodies piled along the way.

 

[MaestroMike]

 

[Burning Blade]

It’s the tracksuits no?

 

[BadBurger]

I look at the NFL, major league baseball, golf, the UFC as a whole, and hockey, and I am not seeing it.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

America doesn't produce that many great white NBA players. Everyone's from Europe for some reason. Might have something to do with AAU ball?

That being said, this kid is currently the no. 1 ranked high school player...

 

[Soodanim]

It’s the fast twitch muscle fibres. Wait, no…

 

[M1chl]

Slavic or just people from Eastern European countries which are quite poor? For example I too am Slav and our country is nowhere near the poverty of Ukraine or Russia. And actually we have a lot of foreign football players in our teams for example.



People in those countries really want to make it. We are quite good at hockey, and I believe our only contribution to USA teams were Hašek and Jágr.

 

[GymWolf]

Jake fucking paul?!

 

[GymWolf]

America doesn't produce that many great white NBA players. Everyone's from Europe for some reason. Might have something to do with AAU ball?

That being said, this kid is currently the no. 1 ranked high school player...

Did they really forced players wearing a mask during a match?!

 

[Relativ9]

Hard lives make hard people. Also as someone who comes from the northwest of Europe (Norway) and moved to the east (Romania) I can tell you that the culture here is a lot more oldschool when it comes to training; you either push yourself to the max, or you are a worthless piece of trash, a sissy, and a little girl. There is no thought given to hurt emotions or bruised egos.

 

[INC]

Juicing

 

[Lupingosei]

There is a reason



If you survive this, you are ready for anything

 

[Toots]

My guess is nurture more than nature...

Let's take Khabib Nurmagomedov as an exemple.
He's crazy strong and wrestling savy.
Is it slavic genetics?
Or the fact that Dagestan is basically a dry as fuck mountain with russian helicopters circling 24/7, and the only r&r is wrestling bear cubs?

 

[MaestroMike]

Jake fucking paul?!

hes 4-0 and defeated two former mma champions he's the golden boy heck I should've included logan paul as well who went the distance with the goat floyd mayweather nevertheless the paul brothers most definitely neutralizes the OPs argument

 

[Doczu]

/closed

 

[GymWolf]

hes 4-0 and defeated two former mma champions he's the golden boy heck I should've included logan paul as well who went the distance with the goat floyd mayweather nevertheless the paul brothers most definitely neutralizes the OPs argument

Yeah but we are talking about best athletes in the world and the opponents for paul were kinda pathetic except 40 years woodley coming from 4 consecutive defeats, and he was almost getting knocked out against him...

There are like thousands if not milions of better boxer than jake paul...

 

[Prison Mike]

Jake Paul..........Jesus christ I've seen it all now.

 

[RJMacready73]

ireland has entered the chat

 

[MDSLKTR]

And then they leave the chat immediately

 

[MaestroMike]

Yeah but we are talking about best athletes in the world and the opponents for paul were kinda pathetic except 40 years woodley coming from 4 consecutive defeats, and he was almost getting knocked out against him...

There are like thousands if not milions of better boxer than jake paul...

Lol im just joking on his twitter account his bio says face of the fight game I think he's getting people paid at least

 

[Gp1]

 

[Doczu]

You know what. Yes, the three stripes are a meme at this point, but fuck it - tracksuits are so comfy i'm wearing my three stripes with pride almost daily. Working from home alows me to be the real me.
Doesn't help i (realy) love hardbass so i might be taken for a gopnik when i'm driving

 

[Romulus]

Theres different types.

I actually prefer more explosive athletes.

Mac Mclung, dude is only 6'1 in reality with short arms. He has a top 10 vertical leap in nba history, #1 at the 2021 combine, and fastest player ever at the nba combine.

Unfortunately for him, he's not a great basketball player, lazy defense, below average shooter and passer. But just an incredible genetic freak thats short by nba standards.

This is high school mix from a few years back.

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

Same goes for thai. Fight to live.

 

[Nobody_Important]

Putting Jake Paul in with that group should be a bannable offense.

 

[Kraz]

White people from those other nations go into sports with a higher economic threshold for entry?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Bless their oily hides!

 

[EverydayBeast]

There’s a lot of white Star athletes that are quarterbacks, baseball, wrestlers etc. the one that the world loves the most:

 

[Wizz-Art]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[Ballthyrm]

Remember that the best player ever of the most popular sport in the world is a 5′ 7″ white man from Argentina.

As for combat sports, It usually Nature, they almost all have similar background.
Hard childhood, distant or abusive father, no economic prospects, abused or bullied in school.
They got hard because they had to.

 

[Relativ9]

If we're bringing up other contenders, it highly depends on the sports type...for example take a look at the 2018 winter Olympics medal haul...now keep in mind that Norway is a country of only 5 million people.