HAIL JAPAN! 10 Champions

[asgarth]

Edit 30.01.2018

USA 12 Wilder, Benavidez, Truax, Charlo, Hurd, Ali, Thurman (2x), Spence Jr., Garcia, Easter Jr., Russel Jr., Magdaleno.
Japan 9 Ogawa (PEDs?), Iwasa, Inoue, Higa, Kimura, Taguchi (2x), Shiro, Kyoguchi, Yamanaka
Russland 6 Lebedev, Gassiev, Bivol, Beterbiev, Kovalev, Lipinets
Mexiko 6 Ramirez, Berchelt, Santa Cruz, Valdez, Vargas, Nery
United Kingdom 6 Joshua (2x), Groves, Saunders, Selby, Burnett (2x), Yafai
Thailand 3 Rungvisai, Freshmart, Menyanothin
Philippinen 2 Ancajas, Nietes
Ukraine 2 Usyk (2x), Lomachenko
Puerto Rico 2 Machado, Acosta
Kazachstan 1 Golovkin (3x)
Venezuela 1 Linares
Neuseeland 1 Parker
Australien 1 Horn
Cuba 1 Lara
Südafrika 1 Tete
Canada 1 Stevenson

Unified Titles 7
Vacant Titles 6

Not counted are the WBA regular champions:

Charr, Dorticos, Zeuge, Murata, Castano, Matthysse, Mares, Dogboe (WBO)

and the WBA interim champs:

Dirrell, Rojas, Flores.

EDIT: missed the supermiddleweight division. Adding Truax and Benavidez, USA actually has the most champions (12).

japan has currently 10 champions and shares with the USA the #1 spot for the country with the most champions.

ogawa, iwasa, inoue, higa, kimura, taguchi (unified), shiro, tanaka, kyoguchi, yamanaka.

USA also has 10, actually 11 if we still count crawford as a champ.

wilder, charlo, hurd, ali, thurman (unified), spence, garcia, easter jr., russel jr., magdaleno, (crawford).

Russia has 6, UK is down to 5, Mexiko 5, Thailand 3, philippines 2, ukraine 2.

Also kazachstan, venezuela, Latvia, new zealand, australia, cuba, puerto rico and south africa each have one champion. In tota 17 different countries.

6 titles are vacant right now.

[A.K]

Bunch of violent lil men

[jmrf4435]

Mexico has taken a drop.

I wonder if it has anything to do with how globalized the sport is now

[asgarth]

Mexico has taken a drop.

I wonder if it has anything to do with how globalized the sport is now

Not exactly sure, but i think one factor is that Japans boxing comission allowed their fighter to challenge for the WBO and IBF title.
At one point, they were only allowed to fight for the WBC and WBA.

Now japanese fighters have more opportunity to fight for word titles and they are often in direct competition to mexican fighters, because both countries have many good fighters in those lower divisions.

I just checked my excelsheet, I forgot about the supermiddleweight division.

[Boxing42]

Where my U.K. Boxing fans at

[Pigeons]

EDIT: missed the supermiddleweight division. Adding Truax and Benavidez, USA actually has the most champions (12).

japan has currently 10 champions and shares with the USA the #1 spot for the country with the most champions.

ogawa, iwasa, inoue, higa, kimura, taguchi (unified), shiro, tanaka, kyoguchi, yamanaka.

USA also has 10, actually 11 if we still count crawford as a champ.

wilder, charlo, hurd, ali, thurman (unified), spence, garcia, easter jr., russel jr., magdaleno, (crawford).

Russia has 6, UK is down to 5, Mexiko 5, Thailand 3, philippines 2, ukraine 2.

Also kazachstan, venezuela, Latvia, new zealand, australia, cuba, puerto rico and south africa each have one champion. In tota 17 different countries.

6 titles are vacant right now.

UK has 8: Joshua WBA S, IBF; Fury RING; Groves WBA S; BJS WBO; Selby IBF; Burnett WBA S; McDonnell WBA R; Yafai WBA

[boliodogs]

Japan has always had more than their share of boxing champions. They love fighting and they are good at it.

[techliam]

Japan has always had more than their share of boxing champions. They love fighting and they are good at it.

They have always been a big presence in the lower weights

Marketable fighters in Japan

[Chrismart]

[SugarRayCurtain]

I literally have no idea who any of them are
Japanese guys arent that small, no reason why they shouldnt compete 130lbs and over.