A running list of current boxing titleholders and a tally per country is something I've been doing in one of the popular boxing forums. Creating a blog for it is something I've been planning on doing for quite some time. So if you're reading this then that means I finally found the time to publish it.
There are 3 sports I follow religiously - pigskins (football), hoops (basketball) and the sweet science (boxing). I was pretty athletic when I was a lot younger but 20 years and 50 pounds later, I'm just glad to have myself a favorite couch with a cold one on one hand and the clicker on the other. Depending on my wallet's health, I try to catch a game or two. Tailgate on a Jets game or just right across the stadium is the Izod Arena to watch the Nets. I'm fortunate to reside within 10 miles of at least 6 sports stadiums.
Anyway, the main point of this blog is to have a running tally of the boxing titleholders and rank them by country. Sort of my way of determining the boxing powers of the world. Here are my baseline rules:
There are 3 sports I follow religiously - pigskins (football), hoops (basketball) and the sweet science (boxing). I was pretty athletic when I was a lot younger but 20 years and 50 pounds later, I'm just glad to have myself a favorite couch with a cold one on one hand and the clicker on the other. Depending on my wallet's health, I try to catch a game or two. Tailgate on a Jets game or just right across the stadium is the Izod Arena to watch the Nets. I'm fortunate to reside within 10 miles of at least 6 sports stadiums.
Anyway, the main point of this blog is to have a running tally of the boxing titleholders and rank them by country. Sort of my way of determining the boxing powers of the world. Here are my baseline rules:
- I only count Ring magazine champions and titleholders from the 4 major sanctioning bodies - WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO. I know it's a never ending debate on the validity of the alphabet organizations, nevertheless, they are the 4 that I consider legit or above others.
- I count the titles not the people. Therefore champs that hold multiple belts are counted by the number of belts. For example: American Kelly Pavlik is counted thrice because he holds the WBC, WBO and Ring Middleweight titles.
- I exclude interim champs and WBA's regular champs. WBA have this uncanny way of having another so-called "regular" title if the actual titleholder holds more than the WBA version. For example: Panama's Celestino Caballero holds both the WBA and IBF Super Bantamweight titles. He is therefore a unified champ so because of that the WBA will also have a regular title. That title is held by Japan's Nobuo Nashiro. I will only count the title for Panama and not for Japan.
- I determine the boxer's place of birth as their country. Jus soli not jus sanguinis.
So with those baseline rules in mind, here's the tally of current boxing titles by country.
As of Feb. 15, 2009
Rank | Country | No. of Titles | Title Holders |
1st | USA | 10 |
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2nd | Mexico | 9 |
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3rd | Ukraine | 5 |
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4th (4 are tied) | Armenia | 4 |
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4th (4 are tied) | Panama | 4 |
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4th (4 are tied) | Philippines | 4 |
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4th (4 are tied) | Puerto Rico | 4 |
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8th (2 are tied) | Japan | 3 |
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8th (2 are tied) | UK | 3 |
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10th (6 are tied) | Argentina | 2 |
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10th (6 are tied) | Ghana | 2 |
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10th (6 are tied) | Hungary | 2 |
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10th (6 are tied) | Poland | 2 |
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10th (6 are tied) | Romania | 2 |
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10th (6 are tied) | Thailand | 2 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Colombia | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Denmark | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | France | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Germany | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Indonesia | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Italy | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Namibia | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Nicaragua | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Russia | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | South Africa | 1 |
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16th (11 are tied) | Venezuela | 1 |
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good job, bro..! keep it up..
ReplyDeleteThanks doubleblade29. Try to check back for updates whenever you get the chance.
ReplyDeletehey pare it's pinoyflipboi from the philbox forum.
ReplyDeletegoing with a new look huh? yeah, it's probably easier for you this way.
but thanks for taking time out of your day to keep us posted on the standings.
one i'm waiting for is when Donnie Nietes defends the title against Erik Ramirez!! woo hoo!! 2 weeks away!!
hey pareng pinoyflipboi! good to see you here man. it really is my pleasure to keep the tally updated. i'm really hooked into it.
ReplyDeletei'm also looking forward to the nietes fight. still don't know where to watch 'em though (hopefully telefutura or azteca america covers). the 28th will be action-packed with jmm-jdiaz and a chris john sighting as well.
pare you're always welcome to comment. give me a couple of hours to post 'em though because i'm moderating to avoid malicious comments. 'til next time pare.