RANKING EACH COUNTRY BY NUMBER OF WORLD CHAMPIONS It HAS!!

[QueensburyRules]

- -U no know arithmetic?

Champs/National Population = ????

Yeah!!!

[kafkod]

I call bulls**t. The U.K. and Mexico numbers are extremely skewed due to having about 80% of their boxers that are “bums” that just fight to lose as a side job for extra money.

The active boxers of other countries are literally the best they have to offer.

The U.S. and Mexico are always number 1 and 2 in boxing, deal with it.

Not always, it changes from year to year. In 2016 the UK had more world champions than the US and Mexico.

[USMCer]

USA (excld CA) = 13
MEXICO = 9
CALIFORNIA = 5 (Andy Ruiz, José Ramírez, Devin Haney, Andrew Cancio, Andrew Cancio)
JAPAN = 5
ENGLAND = 4
...etc...

[ShoulderRoll]

Not always, it changes from year to year. In 2016 the UK had more world champions than the US and Mexico.

Talk about a one-time fluke.

[Marchegiano]

USMCer Super interesting breakdowns! thanks for that bud.





The South:

Alabama -- Joe Louis , Evander Holyfield

Arkansas -- Sonny Liston, Jermain Taylor

DC -- Winky Wright', Keith Holmes, William Joppy'

Florida -- Roy Jones Jr, Antonio Tarver', Holman Williams

Georgia -- Sugar Ray Robinson , Ezzard Charles , Larry Holmes , Ike Williams , Jimmy Bivins , Beau Jack, Vernon Forrest

Kentucky -- Muhammad Ali, Davey Moore', Marvin Hart

Louisiana -- Harry Wills, Tony Canzoneri, Joe Old Bones Brown, Pete Herman

Maryland -- Joe Gans, Dwight Muhammad Qawi

Mississippi -- Archie Moore, Henry Armstrong , Eddie Perkins'

North Carolina -- Sugar Ray Leonard , Floyd Patterson

South Carolina -- Joe Frazier, Jimmy Carter , Bob Montgomery, Diego Corrales

Tennessee -- Thomas Hearns , Memphis Pal Moore

Texas -- Jack Johnson, Terry Norris, Bob Foster', Sam McVey , George Foreman, Curtis Cokes, Donald Curry

Virginia -- Pernell Whitaker


Goatland!




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I think population is a can of worms. Once you do that, seems like to be fair you have to include population density and poverty rate, once you do that then it's only fair to bring in trade ties and international intellectual property laws.


Doesn't really matter because....well....look at that bunch of names from the south. That's GD impressive, I don't care what y'all tell yerselves, that **** is impressive. I'd hold my scrap-o-land's championship history up against anyone's under any conditions. The South is where kings are born.

[Marchegiano]

USA (excld CA) = 13
MEXICO = 9
CALIFORNIA = 5 (Andy Ruiz, José Ramírez, Devin Haney, Andrew Cancio, Andrew Cancio)
JAPAN = 5
ENGLAND = 4
...etc...

Big respect to Cali!

[EdWins]

and keep in mind all the Us champs are of Mexican heritage or black......

[ShoulderRoll]

and keep in mind all the Us champs are of Mexican heritage or black......

Caleb Plant is white.

[USMCer]

Country	Pop(mil)	#Boxers	Titlists	Titles	Titlists/boxer	Titles/boxer	Titlists/pop	Boxers/Pop
USA	330	3150	18	25	0.0057	0.0079	0.0545	9.5
Mexico	128	2750	9	9	0.0033	0.0033	0.0703	21.5
Japan	127	1250	5	6	0.004	0.0048	0.0394	9.8
UnitedKingdom	68	1000	5	6	0.005	0.006	0.0735	14.7
Phillipines	108	780	3	3	0.0038	0.0038	0.0278	7.2
Russia	146	430	2	3	0.0047	0.007	0.0137	2.9
France	65	490	2	2	0.0041	0.0041	0.0308	7.5
Ukraine	44	260	2	3	0.0077	0.0115	0.0455	5.9
South Africa	59	450	2	2	0.0044	0.0044	0.0339	7.6
Thailand	70	400	2	2	0.005	0.005	0.0286	5.7
Cuba	11	50	1	1	0.02	0.02	0.0909	4.5
Latvia	2	90	1	1	0.0111	0.0111	0.5	45
Kazakhstan	19	80	1	1	0.0125	0.0125	0.0526	4.2
Ghana	30	170	1	1	0.0059	0.0059	0.0333	5.7
Nicaragua	7	220	1	1	0.0045	0.0045	0.1429	31.4

Here ya go !WAR MEXICO!. Interesting figures in the final column - pro boxers/million population. Mexico and surprisingly UK have a lot of boxers per capita. Unsurprisingly the former Soviet countries (and Cuba) have relatively few, with their success mainly coming through a few elite amateurs turning pro.

-- !WAR CALIFORNIA!


Latvia -- 2 million -- 1 Champions -- 0.5000 Champs/Pop
Nicaragua -- 7 million -- 1 Champions -- 0.1429 Champs/Pop
California -- 39 million -- 5 Champions -- 0.1282 Champs/Pop
Cuba -- 11 million -- 1 Champions -- 0.0909 Champs/Pop
U.K. -- 68 million -- 5 Champions -- 0.0735 Champs/Pop
Mexico -- 128 million -- 9 Champions -- 0.0703 Champs/Pop
...
USA excluding CA -- 291 million -- 13 Champions -- 0.0446 Champs/Pop

[Citizen Koba]

USMCer Super interesting breakdowns! thanks for that bud.





The South:

Alabama -- Joe Louis , Evander Holyfield

Arkansas -- Sonny Liston, Jermain Taylor

DC -- Winky Wright', Keith Holmes, William Joppy'

Florida -- Roy Jones Jr, Antonio Tarver', Holman Williams

Georgia -- Sugar Ray Robinson , Ezzard Charles , Larry Holmes , Ike Williams , Jimmy Bivins , Beau Jack, Vernon Forrest

Kentucky -- Muhammad Ali, Davey Moore', Marvin Hart

Louisiana -- Harry Wills, Tony Canzoneri, Joe Old Bones Brown, Pete Herman

Maryland -- Joe Gans, Dwight Muhammad Qawi

Mississippi -- Archie Moore, Henry Armstrong , Eddie Perkins'

North Carolina -- Sugar Ray Leonard , Floyd Patterson

South Carolina -- Joe Frazier, Jimmy Carter , Bob Montgomery, Diego Corrales

Tennessee -- Thomas Hearns , Memphis Pal Moore

Texas -- Jack Johnson, Terry Norris, Bob Foster', Sam McVey , George Foreman, Curtis Cokes, Donald Curry

Virginia -- Pernell Whitaker


Goatland!




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I think population is a can of worms. Once you do that, seems like to be fair you have to include population density and poverty rate, once you do that then it's only fair to bring in trade ties and international intellectual property laws.


Doesn't really matter because....well....look at that bunch of names from the south. That's GD impressive, I don't care what y'all tell yerselves, that **** is impressive. I'd hold my scrap-o-land's championship history up against anyone's under any conditions. The South is where kings are born.

For sure bout the population and #s of pro fighters... you could definitely look for any number of correlations there... I mean I've included a pro boxers / mil population ratio on my table which I'd definitely imagine relates to poverty and reward.

I'm just providing the figures not trying to push one country or another as intrinsically better, I just do that shit... well, cos my mind just works that way. Curiosity, see.

Undoubtedly the US and Mexico are the dominant forces in the sport, but when you adjust for the numbers involved it evens out a great deal, what's more interesting to me though, is the other observations you can make with the numbers.