What country produces the best boxers?

I dont want everybody to get all insanely nationalistic on this one, but I was curious what country people thought the best fighters came out. Here are some of the bigger countries and the highlights of ACTIVE FIGHTERS who come from there. United States of America: Chris Byrd, Monte Barrett, John Ruiz, Lamon Brewster, O'Neill Bell, Antonio Tarver, Roy Jones, Jeff Lacy, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor, Winky Wright, Shane Mosley, Oscar De La Hoya, Zab Judah, Cory Spinks, Arturo Gatti, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Diego Corrales, Mark Johnson. United States of Mexico: Antonio Margarito, Cosme Rivera, Joes Luis Castillo, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Jesus Chavez, Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar Larios, Israel Vazquez, Rafeal Marquez, Martin Castillo, Ivan Hernandez, Jorge Arce. Puerto Rico Felix Trinidad, Miguel Cotto, Kermit Cintron, Fres Oquendo, Daniel Santos, Ivan Calderon, Nelson Dieppa, Manny Siaca, United Kingdom: Johnny Nelson, Clinton Woods, Robin Reid, Howard Eastman, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Junior Witter, Carl Thompson, Michael Brodie. Australia: Hussein Hussein, Kostya Tszyu, Paul Briggs, Anthony Mundine, Danny Green, Sam Soliman, Lovermore Ndou, Robbie Peden. Germany: Felix Sturm, Oktay Urkal, Markus Beyer, Aurthur Abraham. Nicaragua: Ricardo Mayorga, Luis Perez. Ukraine: The brothers Klitschko And a whole bunch of others that are equally deserving to be listed but I tire of such things. So lets hear it, what do you think. I am of the opinion that it really depends on what weight classes we are talking about, or even general sizes-- but I will wait with my opinions until I hear some of yours. PS- Sorry for everybody I excluded but I had some trouble choosing where to put guys who were born one place and grew up another, or may or may not be all that great, or just got missed.

Comments (20)

BrownBomber

Usa Has 4 Of The Top Ten On Ring Magazines P4p List At one point and time there was 5 Mexicans on the P4P list. In the lower weight classes Mexico is pretty dominant but in heavier th U.S takes it by far.

21y ago

_El_Jefe

No country comes close to USA, not even Mexico in lighter weights. I would put Mexico at #2 for quantily, and Puerto Rico at #3 for quailty. ok first of all even thoug it kills me i agree with you. and second i want to give you props for not being biasided and putting mexico over PR. Iwatch this is very classy of you

21y ago

Shaolin_Bushido

Mexico! Puerto Rico!

21y ago

hitman7hearns7

thank god sum ne corrected the brodie and reid thing it was killing me reading this thread seeing no one had correct it then i got to da last page and ma boy martinwbc did the honours I HAVE TO SAY MEXICO HAS GOT IT WRAPPED UP ALONG WITH THE US puerto ricas vote no as to becomeing a part of america????? then what the hell they all doing living there (JOKE PPL)

21y ago

onetwopunch

USA produces the best fighters period.

21y ago

Nautilus

The U.S got bigga fightas at higher divisions becuz they rich as fuck. They feed boxers in America wit everythin.Fuckin pork, fuckin beef. They get big becuz they eat. LOL. Poor countries have smalla fightas. You are very observant. Thank you very much for the enlightment.

21y ago

Manny_P

21y ago

SacTown1

The United States does historically but these days fighters from other countries are starting to take over. Right on brother, thanks for getting with the program....and I agree with your assessment also :)

21y ago

NiGe2011

The United States emphasis is really on things that are big and bad and blah blah blah. So you see alot of our fighters dominating at middleweight and above. I would say in those bigger weight classes there is still a pretty dramatic United States presence. Where as everything below Jr. Welterweight is pretty much dominated by Mexico. Every thing from 140-160 strikes me as being basically a mixed bag with no one country have a real advantage.

21y ago

The_Troll

The question of the thread, for the 4th time now: WHAT COUNTRY PRODUCES THE BEST BOXERS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (your pills are in your sock drawer, right next to the grey pair with a blue stripe on the toe) The United States does historically but these days fighters from other countries are starting to take over.

21y ago

NiGe2011

Australia is really a sleeper, they have alot of good fighters coming from out there, although wasnt Kostya Tzsyu actually born in Russia? Either way, there are a number of big Australian fighters, and alot of them (Kostya being an exception) are pretty young, makes you wonder if maybe there is going to be a swelling of young Australian professionals sweeping into the rankings in coming years.

21y ago

SacTown1

He listed Ukraine. There is not any good fighters from Russia except for Valuev and Jirov (who is actually born in Kazakstan), and Tua is from New Zealand, he is probably the one fighter of note from New Zeland they only got a population of like 3 million people. The question of the thread, for the 4th time now: WHAT COUNTRY PRODUCES THE BEST BOXERS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (your pills are in your sock drawer, right next to the grey pair with a blue stripe on the toe)

21y ago

Nautilus

Cuba, Former USSR, Mexico, and USA all have produced numerous boxers of an exceptional quality.

21y ago

The_Troll

what about africa, oceania countries: David Tua, Maselino Masoe..., Cuba , eastern Europe ( Russia and surrounding countries).???? and polar bears in artic? He listed Ukraine. There is not any good fighters from Russia except for Valuev and Jirov (who is actually born in Kazakstan) Abdulaev is from Uzbekistan part of USSR., And Tua is from New Zealand, he is probably the one fighter of note from New Zeland they only got a population of like 3 million people.

21y ago

NiGe2011

Cuba has some good fighters, but alot of them just stay as amatuers which really dilludes their professional ranks. Casamayor would be a pretty glaring exception to this of course. Brazil has PoPo, theat is pretty solid.

21y ago

SacTown1

I am aware of all this, but my point is that they still could be included with one another. It was a weak analogy but hardly the driving point of that post let alone the thread. Lets try to focus on the task at hand here. Colombia and Argentina actually have their fair-share of decent fighters but they are not countries that you typically think about when you are listing the big boxing countries. Just an interesting little aside there. Does anybody know of any prominant fighters from the Dominican Republic aside from Little Tyson? Victoriano Sosa, cousin of Sammy, is from the D.R., he's the only other that I know of

21y ago

Hunna

what about africa, oceania countries: David Tua, Maselino Masoe..., Cuba , eastern Europe ( Russia and surrounding countries).???? and polar bears in artic?

21y ago

SacTown1

The difference between Peurto Rico and the United States is not the same as the difference between England and Northern Ireland. I dont think Peurto Ricans carry American passports and are considered part of part of the nationality of American. Peurto Rico is technically a commonwealth of the United States. There is no Peurto Represenatives for instance in the United States Legistlator. They are two different countries. And apparently Puerto Ricans want it to remain that way. Peurto Rico has voted to become a state in the United States before and they always vote NO. The difference is more like Scotland is Illinois and England is California and Wales is Massachusets and Northern Ireland is Minnesota. They are different states part of the same country. Peurto Rico is not a state as part of the United States. Alrighty then, somebody didn't take their ADD pills this morning....this isn't a geography class, it's a boxing thread, let's stick to the actual question....here it is, for the 3rd time: SO MCKAY, WHICH COUNTRY PRODUCES THE BEST BOXERS?!?!?!?!

21y ago

NiGe2011

The difference between Peurto Rico and the United States is not the same as the difference between England and Northern Ireland. I dont think Peurto Ricans carry American passports and are considered part of part of the nationality of American. Peurto Rico is technically a commonwealth of the United States. There is no Peurto Represenatives for instance in the United States Legistlator. They are two different countries. I am aware of all this, but my point is that they still could be included with one another. It was a weak analogy but hardly the driving point of that post let alone the thread. Lets try to focus on the task at hand here. Colombia and Argentina actually have their fair-share of decent fighters but they are not countries that you typically think about when you are listing the big boxing countries. Just an interesting little aside there. Does anybody know of any prominant fighters from the Dominican Republic aside from Little Tyson?

21y ago

The_Troll

I realize that they are all part of the UK, I just wanted to be a little more specific with it, I mean technically Puerto Rico is part of the US, but putting them together would not be in the spirit of the thread. Thus, why I did not put Harrison under England, I realized he was from Scotland, thus not England, which was part of the UK. At the time, what I wanted to do was highlight England though. Upon learning that Calzaghe was actually from Wales though I changed it to the UK, so as to continue in the spirit of the question. So allow me to make this clear-- geographically I was correct, I just thought was unclear on where Calzaghe was from. OK, back to the actual flow of the thread. The difference between Peurto Rico and the United States is not the same as the difference between England and Northern Ireland. I dont think Peurto Ricans carry American passports and are considered part of part of the nationality of American. Peurto Rico is technically a commonwealth of the United States. There is no Peurto Rican Represenatives for instance in the United States Legistlator. They are two different countries. And apparently Puerto Ricans want it to remain that way. Peurto Rico has voted to become a state in the United States before and they always vote NO. The difference is more like Scotland is Illinois and England is California and Wales is Massachusets and Northern Ireland is Minnesota. They are different states part of the same country. Peurto Rico is not a state as part of the United States.

21y ago