America's still the best

[Left Hook Tua]

Haha yeah.

Plus you know the Chinamen got that hand speed from all the martial arts.

All they need to do is get a Bruce Lee-type and throw him in a boxing gym for a year.

and don't forget henry cooper beat cassius clay , arguably the greatest american heavyweight champion of all time.

[1g5a22]

I've seen some posters talk about their respective countries being a "powerhouse" of boxing well lets use the consensus rankings to see who really is still the best breeding ground for fighters.

Heavyweight - Wlad Klitschko - Ukrainian
Cruiserweight - Steve Cunningham - American
Lt Heavy - Joe Calzaghe - British
Super middle - Mikkel Kessler - Danish
Middleweight - Kelly Pavlik - American
Jr middle - Vernon Forrest - American
Welter - Antonio Margarito - born in California
Jr Welter - Ricky Hatton - British (Might be the American Malignaggi soon)
Lightweight - Nate Campbell - American
Super feather - Edwin Valero - Venezualan
Feather - Chris John - Indonesian
Jr Feather - Israel Vasquez - Mexican
Bantam - Hozumi Hasegawa - Japanese
Jr Bantam - Cristian Mijares - Mexican
Flyweight - Nonito Donaire - Phillipino
Jr fly - Ivan Calderon - Puerto Rican (the 51st state? lol)
Straw - Roman Gonzalez - Argintine

So there you have it gentlemen America still has 5 American born fighters at the top of their divisions and if Paulie wins it will be 6. But I'd say 5/17 isn't bad considering the closest country to that is mexico with 2 or 3 if you include the American born Margs who fights for that country. And before you argue about Margs I made it clear he is an American born fighter that fights out of mexico. Who's the best?

what a waste of time