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Bread taking a biased view of the UK boxing scene. Again. He talks about the UK under performing per capita. The USA has (just under) 5 times the population of Britain but it doesn't have 5 times the number of world champions .
As of November 15th 2024 the US has 14 world champions (15 if you count puerto rico as part of the USA). and the UK has 4 at the moment. So per capita the UK is faring better than the USA. Obviously this fluctuates month to month. Tonight we may lose a champ in CBS.
And this is actually a thin patch for the UK compared to recent years when we had more champs - deserving or not - such as Leigh Wood, Fury, Warrington, Joe Cordina etc. and I'd say a purple patch for the US what with 3 champs at ww who refuse to fight each other and who in other eras would have unified.
The best boxing country per capita? Historically it's probably Cuba. THE USA has 30 times the population of Cuba. As of today Cuba has 2 world champions. To match this the uSA would need all the other champions in every weight class to be American which has never and will never happen.
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