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Originally Posted by Locke
I'm not a face-punching enthusiast but the USSR was notorious for weird crap, is there any info on this? I'm not aware of it.
They were breeding boxers?
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They weren't officially breeding anyone. However, their sports programs were so isolated and intense that many of their current top level athletes are the product of unions between athletes who grew up in, otherwise isolating, sports programs. The constant propaganda added to this atmosphere.
So there may not have been an official program, but there was definitely active encouragement for USSR's athletes to produce offspring with each other. The number of current Russian top level boxers and tennis players who have two parents who were former olympians is pretty striking.