What are the Top Greatest Fighters from the Caribbean Islands?

[Feroz]

Now that Cuba and the Dominican Republic have been producing more professional fighters as of late, I got curious who had produced the best champions in the past. I wonder if Puerto Rico is that far ahead in producing a lot more iconic fighters considering it's history.



Puerto Rico has:
Carlos Ortiz
Miguel Cotto
Edwin Rosario
Wilfredo Vazquez
Hector Camacho
Felix Trinidad
Wilfredo Benitez
Wilfredo Gomez

Dominican Republic has:
Joan Guzman
Vilomar Fernandez
Leonardo Cruz
Carlos Teo Cruz

Couldn't really find more as I am not informed well enough, there is however top modern fighters like Hector Garcia, Alberto Puello, Michel Rivera and Carlos Adames.

Cuba has:
Kid Chocolate
Jose Legra
Kid Gavilan
Joel Casamayor
Florentino Fernandez
Sugar Ramos
Jose Napoles
Luis Rodriguez
Benny Paret
Kid Tunero

Jamaica has:
Mike McCallum
Simon Brown
Glen Johnson
Trevor Berbick
Dillian Whyte
Donovan Ruddock
Nicholas Walters
O'Neil Bell
Gary Mason

Haiti has:
Adonis Stevenson
Jean Pascal
Joachim Alcine
Bermane Stiverne

[Regge]

Puerto Rico dominates not even close.

[Marchegiano]

Barbados has some good ones ... I think, actually I'll be back with an edit.

Edit:

Yeah man Barbados Joe and Panama Gans both Barbados.

I just noticed you only have the greater antilles. The lesser antilles not consider caribbean? I do not mean that as smart-ass as it might seem, nations can't agree on how many nations or continents there are so I wouldn't be surprised if to some people the lessers are not considered carribean.

[Willow The Wisp]

Great thread. Good lists.
Lots and lots.

Emilie Griffith!!

Cuban amateurs, ***etabaoudit.

Old timers primer list:

Peter Felix
Peter Jackson
Joe Walcott

I'll weigh in later when I have a minute.

[paulf]

Felix Savon from Cuba
3x Olympic Champion
6x Amateur World Champion
362–21 with every loss avenged except two guys he only fought once.
Pedophile. Unfortunately.

[garfios]

Puerto Rico dominates not even close.

Not even close? McCallum, Napoles (Ortiz moved up and down just to avoid Mantequilla) they all good fighters, some all time greats like Gomez, Napoles, Gavilan, and Kid Chocolate.

[The Big Dunn]

I think PR if we are limited to just pros. IMO it’s got to be Cuba. They have quality boxers that never were allowed to fight outside of Cuba.

[CubanGuyNYC]

Puerto Rico heads the list, but it must be remembered that Cuban athletes have been restricted for over 60 years. That is a long, long time. And of the boxers that managed to gain freedom, a great many spent way too much time in the amateur system. I’ve often wondered why Dominicans haven’t had much success. I imagine it’s because boxing isn’t as ingrained in their culture. The island produces an inordinate number of great baseball players.

[HeadShots]

They too busy dicking down white women


ain’t got time to fight.

[El_Maldito_Rey]

Cuban commie amateurs shouldn’t be included, especially because how long they stayed in the amateur system, bunch of seasoned vets fighting novices, it was akin to trannies fighting women, complete mismatches.