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I'm always fascinated by the intersection of sports and demography (or should I say "class"?). I wasn't aware, but am certainly not surprised, that boxing used to be a significantly jewish sport. It's the same thing with basketball. Both are primarily lower class urban sports, and the jews used be overwhelmingly urban and lower class. As their social position changed, other minorities replaced them in the athletic arena.
All of which kind of makes one rethink their feelings about the athletic abilities we ascribe to the different races, doesn't it?