Majority of Irish people are featherweights/lightweights ?

[Your Account]

Could that be true ,no HW Irish contenders because of that ?
Conor Mcgregor, Joe Duffy , James Galagher .. all Featherweights.

 

[Jack Move]

Mal nourishment and alcoholism will do that to you.

 

[Reach4theSky]

Ireland is the home of the leprechaun for a reason..

 

[Shadowthrone]

flyweight cans

 

[BigMuffler]

The majority of most ethnicities are FWLW except...

the majority of Samoans are HW

the majority of African-Americans are LHW

the majority of Thais are AW

 

[MCS]

Average height 5 ft 10, so yep. Other sports don't draft as much there as US major sports, so the bigger guys are more available, but there just haven't been many. Just Pendred comes to mind. If you look at SBG it's easier to spar when you're close to the same size. Prospects notice that when looking for a gym.

 

[Joohnmatrix]

Average height in Ireland for a male is 5ft10.

 

[Bogeyman]

The majority of all nationalities is around that weight.

 

[EvilRyu]

Ireland is the home of the leprechaun for a reason..

tell them that while they are towering over you

 

[Wariowokecancel]

Could that be true ,no HW Irish contenders because of that ?
Conor Mcgregor, Joe Duffy , James Galagher .. all Featherweights.

Majority of people are below lightweight after a weight cut, period. Samoans and Dutch people aren't.

 

[NHBfilipino222]

Clones Colossus will tell you otherwise.

 

[OneManGang]

A nation of manlets with manlet like global influence.

 

[notsojollyroger]

They just aren't grossly overweight.

 

[FleximusPrime]

You might want to take a look at the Irish rugby team just to debunk this nonsense.

 

[UPAZWITTS]

 

[blewgums]

The majority of Irish people are drunk.

 

[DaWrassler007]

They just aren't grossly overweight.

That's not fat, I'd blame those big bones....

 

[dim_]

Its largely historic, if you look at Irish combat sports over the last 100 years they always excelled at the lower weight classes. Barry mcGuigan, Wayne McCullough, MCAuley, Dempsey, all fought at lower weights. Steve Collins really about the only successful big fighter.

For the smaller athletes in ireland, combat sports has always been an avenue, the bigger lads go into hurling, shinty, rugby. If you are anything above middleweight you go into hurling or rugby