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At this moment, there's 4 powerhouses in pro boxing
1) America - a fading power, but you can't expect a country where's the most boxing money is located and which fighters got more advantages to be completely out of the picture, of course, a big country with 350 millions of population and the biggest economy supposed to produce amazing talents and have his own style of boxing. American fighters are usually the best at dictating the pace of the fight and controlling the distance
2) ex-USSR/CIS bloc - they're oftenly called "eastern europeans" which is wrong, because that style represents Soviet school of boxing, which doesn't even exist in most of European countries, and Kazakhstan or most of Russia's territory is in Asia. They're physically stronger and bigger, that's why they have more influence in heavy divisions (LHW/CW/HW) and usually they have very developed amateur backgrounds before they turn pro, even though they always have to adapt their styles to pro boxing. Their biggest flaw is that they turn pro at late age, when they don't have too much time to develop into stars, a language barrier, and unlike other groups, they don't have a fanbase consisting of ppv buyers so these fighters have it the hardest
3) UK - it would be surprising if a birthplace of boxing wasn't the force to be reckoned with in pro boxing. A loyal fanbase, profitable fights and it seems like UK boxing is having some kind of renaissance right now
4) Latin countries - mostly it's Mexico and Cuba. Exciting "toe-to-toe" kind of fights and the most loyal fanbase in boxing right now, their fans would always support their own. If you want to be a boxing star and gain a popularity in States - you have to go after Latin boxers and their fanbase and put #mexico in your hashtags in twitter and instagram. Traditionally, they're stronger in light divisions. Cuban school of boxing is standout and Cuban fighters are different compared to other Latin boxers. It was heavily influenced by Soviet school of boxin back in the days, but since then they transformed into their own unique style.
Honorable mention - Africa - they're probably not an elite and far from being the big force in boxing but they'd give any elite fighters the problems due to their awkward styles and the rhythm that is hard to adjust to, so how you can't respect that
Which style you like the most and why? Discuss
1) America - a fading power, but you can't expect a country where's the most boxing money is located and which fighters got more advantages to be completely out of the picture, of course, a big country with 350 millions of population and the biggest economy supposed to produce amazing talents and have his own style of boxing. American fighters are usually the best at dictating the pace of the fight and controlling the distance
2) ex-USSR/CIS bloc - they're oftenly called "eastern europeans" which is wrong, because that style represents Soviet school of boxing, which doesn't even exist in most of European countries, and Kazakhstan or most of Russia's territory is in Asia. They're physically stronger and bigger, that's why they have more influence in heavy divisions (LHW/CW/HW) and usually they have very developed amateur backgrounds before they turn pro, even though they always have to adapt their styles to pro boxing. Their biggest flaw is that they turn pro at late age, when they don't have too much time to develop into stars, a language barrier, and unlike other groups, they don't have a fanbase consisting of ppv buyers so these fighters have it the hardest
3) UK - it would be surprising if a birthplace of boxing wasn't the force to be reckoned with in pro boxing. A loyal fanbase, profitable fights and it seems like UK boxing is having some kind of renaissance right now
4) Latin countries - mostly it's Mexico and Cuba. Exciting "toe-to-toe" kind of fights and the most loyal fanbase in boxing right now, their fans would always support their own. If you want to be a boxing star and gain a popularity in States - you have to go after Latin boxers and their fanbase and put #mexico in your hashtags in twitter and instagram. Traditionally, they're stronger in light divisions. Cuban school of boxing is standout and Cuban fighters are different compared to other Latin boxers. It was heavily influenced by Soviet school of boxin back in the days, but since then they transformed into their own unique style.
Honorable mention - Africa - they're probably not an elite and far from being the big force in boxing but they'd give any elite fighters the problems due to their awkward styles and the rhythm that is hard to adjust to, so how you can't respect that
Which style you like the most and why? Discuss
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