Why Mexican Boxers Fumble At The Olympics

Hey there guys, back with another video. For this one I wanted to examine why Mexico has a fairly terrible track record in the Olympic boxing circuit. They've only won 8 medals in total, and yet their professional fighters such as Julio Cesar Chavez, Canelo, and Salvador Sanchez have amassed over 150 championships. That's the second most any country has achieved! Anyways, I hope you are all keeping up with the Paris 2024 Olympic boxing competition. It seems the Uzbekistan fighters are likely to clean up again.

[rigo.acosta]

Great video bro, as an amateur boxer living in Mexico you're totally right about corruption, the best never represent our country, only the ones who have money and connections .

[whitehurstcomic]

As an old guy I’ve always enjoyed watching Mexican fighters. The aggression and left hooks to the liver seemed to be a trait they all shared. Win or lose you can count on them being right in your face as long as it last.
I still have a signed photo of Pipino Cuevas in my den.

[mightybadgerd]

Mexican boxing trains for professional boxing completely different from amateur boxing

[mateuszolszewski]

What's the reason for Mexicans to go there? . I think they fight for money rather than gold in olympics. They have thousands champions in whole history

[angelfuentes]

A lot of Mexican Americans got medal for the states as well, but Mexico fighters turn pro at 15. They are poor and don’t have the luxuries to have the time and resources to go to Olympics

[JB]

While the sports director buys a new car, the athletes collect money to participate.

[tonyfon]

Kids want to jump to the pros right away, they don’t care about amateur boxing. Mexican kids turn pros at 15

[JamesPeach]

If people saw that by winning gold medals in the Olympics that translated to having a successful career in boxing then Mexican boxers would take the Olympics seriously, however that's not the case. Why go compete in something that really isn't even boxing just to get robbed anyways when you can just go into boxing and earn good money?

If anything I think it's more likely that boxers think that if they do good in the Olympics they'll do bad in boxing.

[MDawg]

It probably means on the richer Mexican fighters actually attend the games (who often aren't as skilled)!

[alext]

That's cuz they go pro at 15 like canelo

[JARG]

Also if you don’t pay the money you can’t be in the Olympic team, I know some boxers that qualify to enter the team but then the next day they were rejected because someone with more money, but worse at boxing buy the same place

[u.smarines]

You are absolutely right! I've noticed that the Mexican boxers Mexico sends do not show the same skills, aggressiveness and the discipline that Mexican fighters are famous for ..

[balajonn]

Great Video! I believe your second last point is the most important of all though, mexican gyms and boxing culture prioritize hard sparring. Someone with a point fighting style likely won't be pushed to the top.

[EliasRoy]

The only exception was De La Hoya but he was an American citizen

[RavageEffex]

Props to Mexico for winning silver in judo it will be cool to start seeing judo gyms and boxing gym combos pop up now in Mexico a lot of Mexican fighter turn pro at 15 also so idk if that takes into affect with there Olympic eligibility

[ericktellez]

The most talented ones become professional at a young age, the amateur events like the Olympics are more of a “I went to the Olympics” bragging tell the rich elite athletes get to have so the ones elected are not talented but are the ones with the best connections. Still boxing itself is the second most popular sport in the country, a poor amateur league is just not a problem when the professional sport is alive and well.

[BigFactz]

Mexican fighters train for Pro style fighting from day 1. Pro Boxers also don't represent their countries in the olympics the same way pro basketball players do. Because of the point system. Instead of a standard 10-round fight, Olympic matches are only 3 rounds, which gives much less time for athletes to turn the bout in their favor. There are also five judges in the Olympics instead of the professional three.

[ATLASASU]

Spot on with your assessment. Like several have pointed out in the comments, the ones with money and connections get to represent in the olympics. The Pros do not care about money or connections and talent wins out. A few posted about soccer as well. Same circumstances in that the connected or privelaged get to go to the academies and not the most talented. Its not like boxing where anyone can turn Pro and has a chance. In Soccer you have a system you have to participate in and it cost money. It is also the reason United States soccer is as bad or worse than than Mexico. Who are the American soccer stars, upper middle class suburban kids that couldnt make the football, basketball or track team. In Europe youth soccer is subsidized, every young athlete has a chance to elevate no matter how poor they are. In the United States, Football, Track and Basketball are basically subsidised. Just show up on teams and play, talent wins out no matter the social status. For soccer it cost up to $10 Grand a season or more to be in a good youth league. Who can afford to join you ask, suburban kids whose parents were never athletes but are wealthy and somehow think they can buy their kids athletisicm.

[georgerodrigues]

Hello Alex nice video I happen to be a coach for Mexican boxing Olympic federation . There is a few reasons why Mexico does poorly in Olympic games the first one is that they don't allow you to box for the Olympic federation in Mexico until you turn 11 years old when in the United States and other countries you can start from 8 years so that means boxers in other countries have more competition experience at a younger age . Another reason is the style most gyms in Mexico teaching pro-style and that happens to be a style meant for a long fight when Olympic style boxing is for a short four 2 minute round fights . Another reason is there is other boxing committees that are not part of the Olympic federation an all boxers who compete in said committees are banned from competing for the Olympic federation and sadly a lot of boxers compete in these other boxing committees normally those are the boxes that turn pro at an early age . Theres alot More to say but ill leave you with that for now cheers and keep up the. Good work

[LeadLeftLeon]

Mexican genetics and style is tailor made for pro boxing. They do not get tired which lends itself well to the longer grueling pro matches. Bodyshots often go ignored in amateur scoring, but they pay dividends in the pros. As natural brawlers the jab is often neglected