Too 10 boxers from your country

[True That]

Lennox Lewis
Froch
Calazaghe
Hamed - would have been higher if he didn't retire so young after his first loss
Hatton
Mcguigan
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Following would have been higher if they fought Toney when he called them out.
Eubank
Benn

England has a good history of great boxers.

And right now, England is a hotbed in boxing!

[MeiXiang]

We don't really have a top 10 but maybe a top 3...

1. Rex Tso
2. Jun Long Zhang
3. Zhang Zhilei
4. Taishan Dong
5. Zhou Shiming

Pretty pathetic list if I say so myself. Only one worth mentioning is Rex Tso who is fringe contender and he's not even from China but Hong Kong, my home city.

Big up Hong Kong - proud of you Rex

[Josh knight]

We don't really have a top 10 but maybe a top 3...

1. Rex Tso
2. Jun Long Zhang
3. Zhang Zhilei
4. Taishan Dong
5. Zhou Shiming

Pretty pathetic list if I say so myself. Only one worth mentioning is Rex Tso who is fringe contender and he's not even from China but Hong Kong, my home city.

Big up Hong Kong - proud of you Rex

I cant quite understand China. It's population should produce a plethora of athletes but they always seem to struggle. There was a period where China produces some great swimmers but it's seemed to die down. It's kinda like India who are cricket crazy and although they are good. Australia beat them more often then not. Australia also have 4 other major sports codes. Australia also beat China a lot when it comes to football. Gotta remember India and China's population is 1 billion. Where Australia is only 20 million.

[just the facts]

I personally think he is a bit overrated. Why do you think he should be 3rd?

Because he accomplished more and was straight up a better fighter than all of them except Fenech and Tzysu.

[MeiXiang]

I cant quite understand China. It's population should produce a plethora of athletes but they always seem to struggle. There was a period where China produces some great swimmers but it's seemed to die down. It's kinda like India who are cricket crazy and although they are good. Australia beat them more often then not. Australia also have 4 other major sports codes. Australia also beat China a lot when it comes to football. Gotta remember India and China's population is 1 billion. Where Australia is only 20 million.

I think it's really about how much the sports are funded and how much of an idol the people really have.

I mean, Badminton, Table Tennis and Tennis, Snooker have their own super heroes in Lin Dan, Ma Long, Li Na and Ding Junhui. They are phenomenal in the professional circuit but there aren't many other Chinese professionals elsewhere excluding Olympics.

Shiming was great as amateur but he's no way near a boxing superstar since his professional losses so I don't see him as the Messiah for the Chinese people. There will be someone else but it's only a matter of time.

[Josh knight]

Because he accomplished more and was straight up a better fighter than all of them except Fenech and Tzysu.

Even Les Darcy?

[Brandon121]

10 boxer n Name:
Robert Guerrero
Devon Alexander
Austin Trout
Adrien Broner
Danny Garcia
Mikey Garcia
Timothy Bradley
Bernard Hopkins
Andre Ward
Floyd Mayweather


Thnx..

[soul_survivor]

I'm not going to make an all time UK top 10 as that is too long a process but I will make a list of the top British fighters in my lifetime.

1. Lennox Lewis
2. Joe Calzaghe
3. Naseem Hamed
4. Chris Eubank
5. Ricky Hatton
6. Nigel Benn
7. David Haye
8. Amir Khan
9. Tyson Fury
10. Johnny Nelson

Kinda difficult to plave Fury on that list as he only has one stand out win, a great opponent no doubt but in ab oring, ugly, non boxing fight. But hey, he was at one stage THE heavyweight and that means something. I guess quite a few of those names could be in a different position.

It's surprising that a country with nowhere near as many boxing gyms and facilities as the US or Mexico can produce so many guys who were either top or near top of their divisions.

[soul_survivor]

I think it's really about how much the sports are funded and how much of an idol the people really have.

I mean, Badminton, Table Tennis and Tennis, Snooker have their own super heroes in Lin Dan, Ma Long, Li Na and Ding Junhui. They are phenomenal in the professional circuit but there aren't many other Chinese professionals elsewhere excluding Olympics.

Shiming was great as amateur but he's no way near a boxing superstar since his professional losses so I don't see him as the Messiah for the Chinese people. There will be someone else but it's only a matter of time.

I agree, funding is a major part of it. I think if China can have a better funded boxing programme, maybe on the level of the US, with big tv deals then 20 or so years down the line they could have a number of professional stand outs, especially in the lower divisions.