List of the Countries with the most Current Pro Boxers

[Zaroku]

I get beat up by wy wife.
then she order Indian green curry

im eating a tack bell bean burrito.

so India has a lot of great fighter punjab

[LG Motel 22]

India! Would love to see an Indian world champ

[rwyatt05]

Some crazy things that stick out: There are roughly 24,000 active male pro boxers on the planet currently. Several decades ago there were more than that just in the United States. When I was a kid there were more like 10,000 in the U.S. Now there are around 3,300 (average of 66 per state). There are not even close to 200 active male pro boxers in Canada. That’s insane to me.

[rwyatt05]

Crazy, random stat for you: In 1975 Nevada hosted 62 pro boxing events. In 1985 Nevada hosted 45 pro boxing events. In 1995 Nevada hosted 54 pro boxing events. In 2005 Nevada hosted 41 pro boxing events. In 2015 Nevada hosted 26 pro boxing events. In 2023 Nevada hosted 13 pro boxing events.

New York state hosted 49 pro boxing events in 2015. In 2023 they hosted 16. Kind of a quiet story in boxing that, my guess is, few are noticing. On the positive side, there has never been a time that I can recall where boxing events are at least streaming in some form or fashion. The reduction on regular television, though, is the lowest that I’ve ever seen it.

[HisExcellency]

Lol it's so easy to debunk this post...boxing is still a relatively new sport in India and the huge rise in professional boxer's must be correlated to the launch of the Super Boxing League in 2017 (FIRST professional boxing league in India - co-founded by Amir Khan). However, after doing some more research, it appears that the Indian Professional Boxing Association (IPBA) was only formed in 2015 itself following a 65 year hiatus from the sport. See below...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian...ng_Association

"In India, boxing does not have a large fan base, which is often attributed to the lack of discernible international exposure. However, despite Indian limited success in global championships events, athletes have regularly won medals at the Asian and Commonwealth Games. Since the first national boxing championship in 1950, India has not until 2015 established any platform for professional boxers. After a long wait of 65 Years, India is stepping into Professional Boxing."

Therefore, reeling off the fact that India has the 11th most professional boxer's globally is totally MEANINGLESS given that professional boxing has only been established within the last decade in the country following a 65 year break. After all, you can't expect immediate results. Still, as an Indian, I'm proud that we're currently ranked #4 in the IBA's official rankings given that we were #44 just a few years ago. Therefore, it's just a matter of time before the amateur results start trickling through to the professional scene and we produce a world champion and from there the floodgates will open (just like Prince Naseem becoming world champion paved the way for future Yemeni world champions Kid Galahad, Kal Yafai & Sadam Ali or Amir Khan opening the doors for Pakistani's Adam Azim, Hamzah Sheeraz & Shabaz Masoud).

[Dr. Z]

it's saying 546 today. And They've had 50 pro shows this year, that's an average of like one a week.


India have more current pro boxers than Russia,, they have over double the amount of current pro boxers that Ukraine has


and more current pro boxers than Ukraine, Cuba, Ireland ,Kazakhstan and Belarus COMBINED!


and more current pro boxers than Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan COMBINED!

In Russia most of the men are at war, or deserting the country. The same goes for Ukraine. Boxing is losing a lot of talent from 201-160 LBS.

[Marchegiano]

Y'all talking like all pro boxers are on the international or world level.

Most of them are domestic fighters and that alone should explain the numbers vs global accomplishments.

[Eff Pandas]

Crazy, random stat for you: In 1975 Nevada hosted 62 pro boxing events. In 1985 Nevada hosted 45 pro boxing events. In 1995 Nevada hosted 54 pro boxing events. In 2005 Nevada hosted 41 pro boxing events. In 2015 Nevada hosted 26 pro boxing events. In 2023 Nevada hosted 13 pro boxing events.

New York state hosted 49 pro boxing events in 2015. In 2023 they hosted 16. Kind of a quiet story in boxing that, my guess is, few are noticing. On the positive side, there has never been a time that I can recall where boxing events are at least streaming in some form or fashion. The reduction on regular television, though, is the lowest that I’ve ever seen it.

I had to look this up as a person in NV cuz it didn't feel correct, but damn yea. Looks like its been under 15 events the last 3 yrs. The lack of club shows & covid really fooked things up.