What country has the richest Boxing history?

Well If it's a sport and it's any fun to watch - we invented it.

Football is a global sport. Yanks play most sports amoungst themselves. Think about it. This is true. Then they call the winner the "World" champions. In uniquely American sports like football I guess... baseball? Nope, getting owned as usual by Asians and Latinos now... Basketball? Still on top but the Europeans and teams like Argentina and Brazil are top notch and on any given day can win as well... Soccer? LOL...

somebody give me green k for defending mexico i'm not even mexican. i had to hold it down for my sport (boxing) just be glad americans dont play futbol, all you limeys out there our premium athletes would run your euro soccer leagues out of town with only a few years training. the only sport you dominate is the only sport great american athletes DONT go into think about it. Football is a global sport. Yanks play most sports amoungst themselves. Think about it.

Ya, sure thing pal and your buddy mathew hatton is going to smash "that red headed mexican" and win a world title right? i dont like to **** on boxing across the pond but i'll make an exception in this case since you apparently dont have any respect for the ballsiest fighters on the planet (the mexican ones, for the most part) NOBODY CARES about the commonwealth or european titles all they usually amount to is some clown making a trip across the atlantic to get his head caved in by a superior boxer on "the world level" there have been a few great exceptions and i respect them but your mathew hatton is a boy compared to a 20 year old canelo and those mexicans you **** on have a sturdy little red headed bull they're gonna sick on your limey hype job hatton will leave that ring in the care of his handlers badly hurt war canelo viva mexico Ouch im really hurting now Because, like all Brits, I have my hopes and life savings pinned on Matthew Hatton.

somebody give me green k for defending mexico i'm not even mexican. i had to hold it down for my sport (boxing) just be glad americans dont play futbol, all you limeys out there our premium athletes would run your euro soccer leagues out of town with only a few years training. the only sport you dominate is the only sport great american athletes DONT go into think about it.

What country has the richest Boxing history? Well the Brits have righteous claim on giving birth to boxing as we know it, but in terms of quantity of superior professional boxers produced, it's obviously the United States of America. Next question.

USA got all the top names.

I believe the country with the richest boxing history would be England. Back in the late 1700s and and early 1800s the towns people would gather together in a field outside of town pound 4 poles into the ground and tie rope around the poles making a square. The fighters in that time would fight bear knuckle for up to 8 hours until a winner was detirmined most often they fought to the death. 4 ounch gloves weren't introduced to the sport until the 1880s. Some of the longer bear knuckle fights would last for 60 or more rounds. If the police showed up most of the time they would break the fights up when that would happen the fight would be declared a draw. One of the longer fights I've read about lasted 22 hours ending in a 188 round draw in central England in the mid 1850s. don't confuse boxing with bare knuckle boxing (fighting; as far as history is concerned), which is was called bare knuckle boxing to us, but it really was called "fencing", fencing with fists..... i have many books about bare knuckle fights and the history, but the sport of prize fighting, aka boxing, really exploded over here in the US to gain the major momentum of the sport worldwide. there is a rich history with pugilism, way back to egyptian days and even before. i think it's the best sport for one to participate in for ones entire life, mentally and physically, boxing really lets one know his place amongst those with skills and will.......

in the world of professional and amateur boxing, the USA is probably the most successful country. Cuba comes in a close second in the amateur field with Mexico in the contestable 2nd in professional field from the Junior Welterweight down, and Europe-combine from the Welterweight up. If statistics is to be followed that will answer the question, if history is asked based on content, Britain has the richest in this history, even if it was in Greece that boxing as a sport came to be. try wiki if this doesn't suit your reasoning http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/BoxChamps.png Yeah because the rest of the world competed from that time and there were lots of heavyweights. hhahahahha

Brits since, like with most things, we invented it and allowed you all to enjoy it. then, like most things, we got better at it.

in the world of professional and amateur boxing, the USA is probably the most successful country. Cuba comes in a close second in the amateur field with Mexico in the contestable 2nd in professional field from the Junior Welterweight down, and Europe-combine from the Welterweight up. If statistics is to be followed that will answer the question, if history is asked based on content, Britain has the richest in this history, even if it was in Greece that boxing as a sport came to be. try wiki if this doesn't suit your reasoning http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/BoxChamps.png

USA of course,followed by britain

USA overall recently its Mexico though

Mexicans suck at life overall. Ya, sure thing pal and your buddy mathew hatton is going to smash "that red headed mexican" and win a world title right? i dont like to **** on boxing across the pond but i'll make an exception in this case since you apparently dont have any respect for the ballsiest fighters on the planet (the mexican ones, for the most part) NOBODY CARES about the commonwealth or european titles all they usually amount to is some clown making a trip across the atlantic to get his head caved in by a superior boxer on "the world level" there have been a few great exceptions and i respect them but your mathew hatton is a boy compared to a 20 year old canelo and those mexicans you **** on have a sturdy little red headed bull they're gonna sick on your limey hype job hatton will leave that ring in the care of his handlers badly hurt war canelo viva mexico

The question to the thread is not which country is the best or who has the most champions. It's which country has the richest history which is a totally different question. In this case, I beleive it was Greece that was the 1st evidence to boxing. But in terms of richest history I think it has got to be England, which began with bareknuckle fighting, then the Queensberry rules that have created and evolved into the sport we all love and watch. One of the first recoreded prize fighters was an englishman who I think was Figg who was a bear baiter and a swordsman, but had a very short reign..

The states and nobody comes close. mexico gets an honorable mention the mexican tradition of boxing is generally one of my favorites to watch (no clinching, head movement, body punching) but if you look down the lists of the greatest boxers of all time you'll find it to be predominantly americans w/ ethnic backgrounds and hard upbringings PS: ali, robinson, greb, pep, leonard, armstrong, louis, tunney, saddler. nuff said perhaps, but the list goes on

hercules existed ? Nah I was being sarcastic, we've had one decent boxer in Anton Christoforidis and that's it :dead:.

what about Babi Arizmendi? featherweight champ who beat Henry Armstrong. Zurita wasnt bad either. also kid azteca and raton macias.

The question is history not how many Champs. The top 2 is USA and Britain. Followed by the Irish, Italians etc.... The Mexicans did not make a dent in boxing until the 1940's/50's. Keeping it real. what about Babi Arizmendi? featherweight champ who beat Henry Armstrong. Zurita wasnt bad either.

Greece and Britain, since the Greeks first made boxing a competition and Britain created the modern day rules. **** yeah !, Greece finally getting some recognition, bout time. We produced one of the greatest in Hercules yet he gets 0 cred these days.