Best boxers from...?

[Welsh Jon]

Who was the best boxer from:

Argentina
Cuba
England
France
Italy
Mexico
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Scotland
Wales?

Discuss.

[ßringer]

For me?

Argentina - Carlos Monzon.
Cuba - Kid Gavilan.
England - Bob Fitzsimmons.
France - Marcel Cerdan.
Italy - Nino Benvenuti.
Mexico - Ricardo Lopez.
Philippines - Manny Pacquiao.
Puerto Rico - Wilfred Benitez.
Scotland - Ken Buchanan.
Wales - Joe Calzaghe.

[BattlingNelson]

Argentina: Monzon
Cuba: Gavilan
England: Lewis (if you can count him as english)
France: Carpentier
Italy: Loi
Mexico: JC Chavez
Philippines: It'll be Pacquiao already.
Puerto Rico: Ortiz
Scotland: Buchanan
Wales: Wilde

[Welsh Jon]

For me?

Argentina - Carlos Monzon.
Cuba - Kid Gavilan.
England - Bob Fitzsimmons.
France - Marcel Cerdan.
Italy - Nino Benvenuti.
Mexico - Ricardo Lopez.
Philippines - Manny Pacquiao.
Puerto Rico - Wilfred Benitez.
Scotland - Ken Buchanan.
Wales - Joe Calzaghe.

Joe better than Jimmy Wilde or Freddie Welsh? Not in my book.

[ßringer]

I can't really comment on Wilde's career, as I've not seen a ton of it, and I limit myself to talking about topics which I have an understanding of.

I have no problem with people picking Wilde over Calzaghe, though. I just can't, because I've not seen enough of it to do any sort of accurate comparison.

[SBleeder]

Argentina Carlos Monzon

Cuba Jose Napoles

England Bob Fitzsimmons

France Marcel Cerdan

Italy Young Corbett III

Mexico Ricardo Lopez

Philippines Manny Pacquiao

Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gomez

Scotland Ken Buchanan

Wales Jimmy Wilde

[NChristo]

Argentina - Carlos Monzon
Cuba - Jose Napoles
England - Bob Fitzsimmons
France - Marcel Cerdan
Italy- Duilio Loi
Mexico - JC Chavez
Philippines - Manny Pacquaio
Puerto Rico - Carlos Ortiz
Scotland - Benny Lynch
Wales - Freddie Welsh

[IronDanHamza]

Argentina - Carlos Monzon
Cuba - Kid Gavilan
England - Bob Fitzsimmons
France - Marcel Cerdan
Italy- Young Corbett 3
Mexico - Ruben Olivares
Philippines - Manny Pacquaio
Puerto Rico - Carlos Ortiz
Scotland - Benny Lynch
Wales - Freddie Welsh

[BattlingNelson]

I see a lot of you are picking Fitzsimmons as Englands representative. He's obviously worthy, but I always thought of him as a New Zealander. I'm by no means an expert on his life so can somebody educate me?

[IronDanHamza]

I see a lot of you are picking Fitzsimmons as Englands representative. He's obviously worthy, but I always thought of him as a New Zealander. I'm by no means an expert on his life so can somebody educate me?

He was born in the UK.