When Exactly Did British Boxing Take Over The World?

[Noctilux]

What current fighters besides AJ have taken over?

Amir Khan, after beating the dude with the yogurt name!

 

[burningspear]

What current fighters besides AJ have taken over?

Well, Hearn is making millionaires out of contenders like Whyte and Bellew. These guys are out-earning the American champs, which is kinda comical.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

The money in the amateur ranks from lottery funding has made an enormous difference to the state of boxing over here. A big chunk of our top fighters, and up and comers have been in the GB team. Rob McCracken has also had a fair input in to our success as well

 

[Shoemaker]

From the four major titles, WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO, here's how many of those straps lie with which country's fighters:


USA: 14

UK: 9

Japan: 7

Mexico: 6

Russia: 5

Ukraine: 4

Kazakhstan: 3

Thailand: 3

Puerto Rico: 2

Countries with 1 strap: Australia, Belarus, Canada, Ghana, Nicaragua, Philippines, South Africa, Venezuela




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_world_boxing_champions

Might as well take Australia off and add it to USA. Horn's even going to deliver it to our shores, the nice fella.

 

[PUO3]

Well, Hearn is making millionaires out of contenders like Whyte and Bellew. These guys are out-earning the American champs, which is kinda comical.

Making millions does not equal taking over the sport.

 

[Dont Frye]

Well, Hearn is making millionaires out of contenders like Whyte and Bellew. These guys are out-earning the American champs, which is kinda comical.

Madison Square Garden - 20,000 seats lol

 

[PUO3]

Madison Square Garden - 20,000 seats lol

Ticket number or revenue more important....?