Actually, most domestic football leagues have 4 divisions of around 20 teams each, so you are really looking at 80 teams of around 20 players each per country. That's more in the region of 1600 players per league. Multiply that by only 100 countries and you have 160,000 players with a job. In tennis, if you are not amongst the best 200 on the planet, you are struggling to make a living, plus you get no team mates to help cover your screw-ups.
oh man..sorry I thought you meant FEDERER...my msitake..LOL.
Fedor is a fighter not a boxer, he will never be, dont get confused..thats like saying a badminton or squash player could beat Federer if they trained for it
I don't see why not. Obviously, they are tennis players now, but in a parallel universe where they had an interest in and trained to become fighters, what exactly is the glaring flaw in their physical make up?well you get my point about soccer
but NON of the players you mention would have been great fighters, you can probably find a few ranked low that could be and perhaps just doesnt posses the same talent for tennis as the higher ranked players. but the ones you mention could never have made it as fighters no way..
LOL..an internet tough guy.
Who mentioned Azerbaijan?
Why not post it here so it can be debated?
His competition includes Daly, Michelson, Waldorf, Stadler. Not exactly well toned athletes.
Okay sure. We will. Why exactly are you even debating with tennis fans anyways, if you are such a huge ambassdor for MMA/Boxing? You should go stick to your sport filled with athletes that have single digit IQs due to brain damage from punches. :lol:
This is part of the challenge of boxing, it's not simply about brutality. There is less recourse in getting your opponent to submit; you cannot kick them, knee them, elbow them, wrestle with them, strangle them, restrain them etc. On top of that, you have to solely subdue them with 'cushion gloves', which is probably going to require a lot more stamina, strategy and speed at the highest level. In a bar brawl, Fedor will probably come out tops, but in a boxing ring, where there are rules, it's not so clear. Remember, we are talking about sports here, not who has a greater capacity for violence (dispensing and receiving). Look what Ali did to Foreman in 'The Rumble in the Jungle'. In a bar brawl you would expect Foreman to win, as the more imposing looking figure, and many at the time already penciled Foreman in as the winner, but they forgot Ali was an artist in the ring and very skilled in the art of boxing. I think you need a more nuanced approach than simply inferring Fedor would destroy all the boxers because he destroys all the MMA fighters. Totally different game with nothing but 'cushion gloves' for weapons. That ESPN analysis seems to think boxing is the tougher sport, with martial arts positioned just one spot above tennis at No.6. Not that that particular study is gospel, but clearly it is not at all outlandish to surmise Fedor would have significantly less success as a boxer.
Boxing is a totally different sport. It's like saying "boxers are horrible athletes, they would get slaughtered in a submission wrestling tournament!"
Do these kids work with a coach every day? Do they go to academies where their whole day revolves around systematically turning them into soccer machines? I know IMG has some soccer players there. Pretty sure anyways. But I always thought of soccer as being more like basketball, where kids play in parks, then start playing organized basketball, but don't necessarily have a private coach or move across the country to train with the best soccer/basketball players.
rag racers, mlb hitters, goalies, tennis players.Well, MMA is supposed to be a mixture of martial arts. Wrestling also gets in there at No.5, so there seems to be some consistency in their assessment of combat sports. Also, given most martial arts are full-contact sports, particularly the most popular one's, I think it's safe to say they do mean and/or include full-contact disciplines.
