Is the UK 'p4p' the best...

[1g5a22]

Boxing nation?

Without fail the UK provides 2/3 great fighters every few years.. Most recently Froch & Khan, then Calzaghe & Hatton & prior to that Lewis & Naz etc not only that they consistently provide fighters right through out the weight classes (other great boxing nations like Mexico & Puerto Rico tend to produce great fighters but mainly in the smaller divisions) I don't think any other nation can lay claim to producing consistent quality throughout the divisions other than the states which dwarf's the UK in terms of size...

Just look @ the current crop of UK fighters, aswell as current champions such as Frampton, Quigg, Brook, McDonnell, Selby & Degale (Froch & Khan not title holders currently) there are numerous prospects like Joshua, Smith, Saunders, Campbell & men about to get a shot at a title like Groves & Fury too!

Even men who have just fallen short @ world level like Kevin Mitchell & Martin Murray gained huge respect (in terms of performance) doing so & both gave world class performances (in fact many thought Murray was stiffed out of the lineal MW title) & proved there metal! (No shame in losing to the best..

In terms of number of boxing champions per nation list I'm sure the UK is right up there! It must be close to 70 or so.. Mexico & Japan may have slightly more I'm not sure.

What say you?

[NEETzsche]

puerto rico, i think. and you also have cuba, ireland and, if we split the uk into smaller chunks, wales seems to do disproportionately well

don't forget that while the uk may be small in size, it is one of the most populous european nations. the uk has 65m people while puerto rico only has like 4m

[HEND]

I think it's more sensible to count by "chapions/number of professional boxers".

In that relation I think Cuba is the P4P first but UK is probably in the top 3-5 as well.

[1g5a22]

I think it's more sensible to count by "chapions/number of professional boxers".

In that relation I think Cuba is the P4P first but UK is probably in the top 3-5 as well.

So do u know where I can find the list of: 'Number of pro boxers per nation'?!

[Dirk Diggler UK]

puerto rico, i think. and you also have cuba, ireland and, if we split the uk into smaller chunks, wales seems to do disproportionately well

don't forget that while the uk may be small in size, it is one of the most populous european nations. the uk has 65m people while puerto rico only has like 4m

How big is boxing in Puerto Rico and what other world sports do they excel at?

[HEND]

So do u know where I can find the list of: 'Number of pro boxers per nation'?!

Boxrec is the closest thing you've got for a list like that. I think. Maybe it's not very precise but it gives you datas you can count with.

[dan_cov]

So do u know where I can find the list of: 'Number of pro boxers per nation'?!

http://boxrec.com/ratings.php?countr...IT=Go&pageID=4

Go through every weight tallying up the totals.

[dan_cov]

The UK has 892 active boxers if my calculations are correct.

[HEND]

http://boxrec.com/ratings.php?countr...IT=Go&pageID=4

Go through every weight tallying up the totals.

Oh I just see here that they don't count it over 100. Lames...
Leave it then OP...

[RED REP]

Two men striking each other with only their bare hands in competition can be traced back to Ancient Greece and the Olympics of BC688 but Prizefighing as we know it (kind of) was largely happening in Great Britain from the 16th century through to the 18th century and it's here where you'll find the true foundations and originators of Boxing. Humans have being engaging in hand to hand combat since the dawn of time but boxing today certainly grew from the prizefighting that happened here in Britain over 200 years ago and with that in mind it doesn't surprise me that we are in the top tier of countries on the planet with great history of boxing.

Pound for pound I'd say we are up there.