Greatest professional boxers outside of...

...United States of America, Mexico, United Kingdom, Japan and Puerto Rico.

Names, lists, notable fights, etc

 

As much as I despise them, the Klits deserves a shout

Marcel Cerdan has to also rate among the top

 

Off the top of my head, and in no order Ive got:
Manny Pacquiáo
Roberto Durán
Carlos Monzón
Max Schmelling
Éder Jofre
Alexis Arguello
Azumah Nelson
Gennady Golovkin
Wladimir Klitschko

 

Dick Tiger
Nino Benvenuti
Nicolino Locche
Antonio Cervantes
Eusebio Pedroza


Kind of weird thread

 

True, but if you look at those 5 nations I listed....they have a total of 800 ´champions´ between them, with USA just over 1/2 that amount.
Just curious to know who is the best fighter from least successful nations.

 

Mike McCallum
FOUR division champ Legendary Leo Gamez

 

Pacquiao

 

Any one of a number of guys from Thailand, Australia, Russia, Central Asia, Africa, fuck.........loads of guys.

Azumah Nelson vs Jeff Fench

Khaosai Galaxy

Eder Jofre

Lupe Pintor got smashed by a guy called Smart Payakaroon who was himself KO'd by Fenech a few fights later.

 

Like JOM said, Marcel actually sprung to mind as soon as I read the title.

Then I realised fuck, some of the best fighters ever are from outside those countries, 3 of my favourites actually - Duran, Pacquiao, Golovkin.

 

Come on. Ggg is not even close to one of the best fighter ever

 

Laurent Dauthuile!!!

Henry Cooper!!

 

I knew someone would say that, but I think he absolutely is, 100%. He has now tiedHopkins' record of 20 title defenses, and also had an amateur career of 345-5, and he's bludgeoned almost everyone he has fought as a pro.

Pretty hard to deny he is one of the best fighters of all time.

 

Japan?? Lmao what in the fuck? Unless you talking about boxing ps4s..

 

yeah, except for the only two decent guys he ever faced (and I stress on decent, cause Jacob and Canelo are far far from great), whom he only barely outpointed

 

Fighting Harada was great

 

4th most successful nation in the world when it comes to fighters who have won a WBC / WBA / IBF belt.
USA 400
México 190
UK 85
Japan 75

 

ya but it's all in the kindergarten weigh classes. I'm not panchy. I don't follow little ones.

 

Japan should be replaced with the former Soviet Union countries as a whole.

 

This...

If Triple G's 1 of "The Best Fighters to Ever Live", What Does That Say for Daniel Jacobs and Canelo Alvarez???

Part of Being 1 of "The Best Fighters to Ever Live" is AMBITION, Which Triple G has LACKED in his Career...








REED

 

I enjoyed fighting him too

 

Japan.
4th.

 

why argue with some nitwit who would rather watch Artur Szpilka than Naoya Inoue

 

no surprise you support fellow tiny Asians

 

Actually Japan have had 87 champions from 100-160lb

 

i support boxers who can actually fight. not talentless bums who are only on television because they are over 200 lbs

 

Name 86...

 

In fact, when you look at Mexico, out of their 185 champions in the last 100 years, only three have been at 160lb.
So, basically, the same weight-classes as Japan.

So, BOSS, your argument about ´kindergarten´ weight classes is a bit pointless.

 

hatakeyama vs sakamoto was as good as gatti vs ward

 

Let´s post it for BOSS so the clod can learn something:

 

If Duran, Robinson, Ali, Floyd, Hagler, Hearns, Roy are some of the best fighters that ever lived, what does it say for the opponents they struggled with in their prime, largely unheralded opponents?

You know boxing REED, you've seen enough of it throughout the ages to know that great fighters struggling with good fighters or sometimes even averageish fighters is nothing new. Sometimes a bad day at the office, sometimes bad style matchup, whatever the case, it's nothing new.

At the end of the day, he beat both fighters in 8-4ish decisions too, I mean really. People are acting like he lost. He didn't come close to losing to either of them, he just didn't demolish them as we've become accustomed too, so underdog syndrome kicked in.

Golovkin's achievements and ability are phenomenal, it's really not a stretch to consider him one of the best fighters ever. Not sure how he's lacked ambition either. Because he's stayed at 160? Did Monzon and Hagler also lack ambition? Should they have their atg status revoked accordingly?