The state of Michigan Vs Europe

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Which region has created the most elite athletes?

Europe: Ted Lewis, Jimmy Wilde, Jimmy McLarnin, and Marcel Cerdan

Michigan: Thomas Hearns, Floyd Joy Mayweather, Joe Louis, Stanley Ketchel, Sugar Ray Robinson, and James Toney

[puga]

god damn, do you really have to put floyd's b1tchass in there...its like adding salt to coffee!

[The Gambler1981]

Roger Mayweather was a pretty damn good fighter also.

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that europe list sure looks exhaustive and well researched

[paulsinghnl]

Lennox Lewis, Laszlo Papp, Joe Calzaghe, Naseem Hamed, Ricky Hatton, Randy Turpin, Don ****ell.

just a little to help you along the way. i do give it to Michigan though.

[street bully]

michigan is greater than Europe man. Sad when you think of it.

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that europe list sure looks exhaustive and well researched

I just went with the very best, like fighters that people would consider top 50-75 fighters of all time. This post is more of a praise of how great Michigan is or was in boxing history than a knock on Europe. New York may have a better history than Michigan but it also has about 2 times the population just in New York City(Michigan's peak population has never topped 10 million to my knowledge).

michigan is greater than Europe man. Sad when you think of it.

It's pretty crazy to think of the amount of all time greats from Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York.

[El Fenomeno]

Lennox, Naz, Calzaghe, Klit brothers, Benn, Eubank and Hatton?

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Michigan owns Europe. I wonder what is in the water in that state that makes for such great boxers.

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Lennox, Naz, Calzaghe, Klit brothers, Benn, Eubank and Hatton?

Those are all talented fighters but would you put any of them in the top 75 or so of all time? I was more going for quality over quantity(top 75 or so). I do think Toney is top 75 so I should of put Lennox in there because he is probably right there as well. The rest of the bunch are talented but I wouldn't put them that high.