**Statistics on the Worlds top 10 fighters for each division**

OK...........It fooken took me a while to get everything together but here it is.
Statistics of Worlds Top 10 Fighters for each division..........


I tallied up only the top 10 fighters of each division from Minimumweight (105 lbs.) up to Heavyweight (201 lbs.)

First heres how many top 10 fighters each country has;

Mexico= 24, 12 hold a belt
USA=23, 8 hold a belt
Japan= 19, 3 hold a belt
Britain= 12, 4 hold a belt
Thailand= 9, 3 hold a belt
Germany= 7, 3 hold a belt
Argentina= 6, 2 hold a belt
Panama= 6, 2 hold a belt
Australia= 5, 0 hold a belt
France= 4, 0 hold a belt
Puerto Rico= 4, 2 hold a belt
Russia= 4, 2 hold a belt
Ukraine= 4, 2 hold a belt
Venezuela= 4, 1 holds a belt
Colombia= 3, 0 holds a belt
Indonesia= 3, 2 hold a belt
Nicaragua= 3, 2 hold a belt
Phillipines= 3, 0 hold a belt
Armenia= 2, 1 holds a belt
Brazil= 2, 1 holds a belt
Denmark= 2, 1 holds a belt
Guyana= 2, 0 hold a belt
Jamaica= 2, 1 holds a belt
Hungary= 2, 1 holds a belt
South Africa= 2, 0 hold a belt
Canada= 1, 0 hold a belt
Croatia= 1, 0 hold a belt
Cuba= 1, 0 hold a belt
Itlay= 1, 0 hold a belt
Ghana= 1, 0 hold a belt
Korea= 1, 0 hold a belt
Kazakhastan= 1, 0 hold a belt
Nigeria= 1, 0 hold a belt
North Korea= 1, 1 holds a belt
Poland= 1, 1 holds a belt
Uganda= 1, 0 hold a belt


*Out of Mexicos 24 top 10 fighters, the heavyest is Librado Andrade @ S. Midd.
*Out of USAs 23 top 10 fighters (6) are Heavyweights.
*Out of Japans 19 top 10 fighters, 11 of them hold positions in 40 available
spots raging from Minimumweight to Super Flyweight.
*Out of Britains 12 top 10 fighters, the lightest is Scott Harrison @ Feather.
*Out of Thailands 9 top 10 fighters, the heavyest is Sirimongklo S. @ Lightwht.
*Out of Germanys 7 top 10 fighters, the lightest is Oktay Urkal @ Welterwght.
*Out of Argentinas 6 top 10 fighters, the are only in 5 out the 17 divisions.
* Mexico is in 13 out of 17 divisions from Minimum to LghtMidd. & (1) S. Midd.
* USA is in 9 out of 17 divisions
* Japan is in 9 out of 17 divisions
* Britain is in 8 out of 17 divisions
* USA has 6 top 10 fighters ranked #1
* Mexico has 3 top 10 fighters ranked #1
* Britain has 2 top 10 fighter ranked #1
* Japan has 0 top 10 fighters ranked #1


(Belts counted for WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF this list is as of 3/21/06)
(Fighters are listed from place of birth not place they live & or fight out of)

Feed back and comments are appreciated...If you have any questions on anything let me know.

CutMeMick :)

Great list that must have taken a while. It's sure going to be a bummer whenever a title changes hands from now on and you have to update it.

It certainly came as no suprise at all to me to see that USA had the most heavyweight! ;D

Interesting that the Asians and Mexicans are so small, I know thats always been the case but I wander how much of it is due to genetics and how much to dietry factors?

Maybe you could research into that too?

Ha listen to me, you've probably spent hours on that and I'm already wanting you to go and get more information!

:coolclick: for the great report

Geeez... CC for the time and effort
I love stats so I appreciate this

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Canada= 1, 0 hold a belt

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Damn, Gatti's the only top10 canadian? :(

Interesting thanks , CC

CC to you, this is very informative thanks! ;)

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Thanks for putting that together so I wouldn't have to.

Your wrong about australia, vic darchinyan has the ibf and ibo belt ;)

CC mick,that must have taken alot of your time!!!!

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Your wrong about australia, vic darchinyan has the ibf and ibo belt ;)

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Vic was born in Armenia therefor was listed under Armenia ;)

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Great list that must have taken a while. It's sure going to be a bummer whenever a title changes hands from now on and you have to update it.

It certainly came as no suprise at all to me to see that USA had the most heavyweight! ;D

Interesting that the Asians and Mexicans are so small, I know thats always been the case but I wander how much of it is due to genetics and how much to dietry factors?

Maybe you could research into that too?

Ha listen to me, you've probably spent hours on that and I'm already wanting you to go and get more information!

:coolclick: for the great report

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Thanks for the cc!! Good to see you liked it.....Hey theres a thought if I have the time I'll look into the weight situation if it's genetics or dietry.... ;)

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Geeez... CC for the time and effort
I love stats so I appreciate this

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Canada= 1, 0 hold a belt

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Damn, Gatti's the only top10 canadian? :(

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Thanks for the cc!! Glad to hear you enjoyed it.....
Don't worry on 7-22-06 he'll be a top 10 fighter & a champ ;)

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Interesting thanks , CC

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Thanks for the cc!!

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CC to you, this is very informative thanks! ;)

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Thanks for the cc!! Good to hear yopu liked it...

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Thanks for putting that together so I wouldn't have to.

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;D anytime....
Thanks for the cc!!!

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CC mick,that must have taken alot of your time!!!!

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Yeah!! but it's worth seing the finihsed product and then reading replys that appreciate it is worth even more.

Thanks for the cc!!

:coolclick: to everyone whos replied so far!!!


:drunks: cheers!!!!

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Your wrong about australia, vic darchinyan has the ibf and ibo belt ;)

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Vic was born in Armenia therefor was listed under Armenia ;)

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Yes but is an australian citizen, ill accept the reason why you did it though but if kostya still had the belts he should be listed as an aussie as he has lived here for ages and he pro career started here!

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Your wrong about australia, vic darchinyan has the ibf and ibo belt ;)

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Vic was born in Armenia therefor was listed under Armenia ;)

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Yes but is an australian citizen, ill accept the reason why you did it though but if kostya still had the belts he should be listed as an aussie as he has lived here for ages and he pro career started here!

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I agree I'll edit my post & include that fighters are listed by place of birth not place they currently live and or fight out of!!! :)

:drunks: cheers!!!

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:coolclick: to everyone whos replied so far!!!


:drunks: cheers!!!!

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Hey Mick I've got a few more questions that your list has thrown up.

1. Why are Europeans so crap at boxing? Only Britain is any good, the rest are useless, why is that?

2. How can Comlumbia have 3 top ten fighters, I thought they weren't allowed to turn pro?

3. I've got an idea to make Britain the most succesful country in the world..... bare with me here,

Firstly, get rid of the flyweight division, it's crap 108lb men could be beaten up by you and me, plus then we get rid of all of Japans top fighters, Britain climbs 1 place.
Secondly ban the heavyweight division. Lets face it they are all so bad they need to be all retired. Result, six less top US fighters, Britain is gaining some more places.
Thirdly and most controversial, we make the lowest fight weight 154lbs. Ok it's difficut and a lot of good fighters would go, but Hatton is a porker so he could come up, Mayweather is heading there anyway and Corales really needs to put on some weight, the rest of them , well F*** em there has to be some casualties. Good news is though that now we've lost all the Mexicans!

Horray, Britain is the second most succesful boxing nation in the world, just behind US. All we need to do now is to wait another 10 years and the US will be so full of fatties that none of them will be able to make the 190lb max weight limit and Britain is number 1 fighting nation in the world.

Come on you know it makes sense, restoring some British Pride!! :P

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Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

:coolclick: to everyone whos replied so far!!!


:drunks: cheers!!!!

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Hey Mick I've got a few more questions that your list has thrown up.

1. Why are Europeans so crap at boxing? Only Britain is any good, the rest are useless, why is that?

2. How can Comlumbia have 3 top ten fighters, I thought they weren't allowed to turn pro?

3. I've got an idea to make Britain the most succesful country in the world..... bare with me here,

Firstly, get rid of the flyweight division, it's crap 108lb men could be beaten up by you and me, plus then we get rid of all of Japans top fighters, Britain climbs 1 place.
Secondly ban the heavyweight division. Lets face it they are all so bad they need to be all retired. Result, six less top US fighters, Britain is gaining some more places.
Thirdly and most controversial, we make the lowest fight weight 154lbs. Ok it's difficut and a lot of good fighters would go, but Hatton is a porker so he could come up, Mayweather is heading there anyway and Corales really needs to put on some weight, the rest of them , well F*** em there has to be some casualties. Good news is though that now we've lost all the Mexicans!

Horray, Britain is the second most succesful boxing nation in the world, just behind US. All we need to do now is to wait another 10 years and the US will be so full of fatties that none of them will be able to make the 190lb max weight limit and Britain is number 1 fighting nation in the world.

Come on you know it makes sense, restoring some British Pride!! :P

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bilbo Thanks for making me laugh!!! ;D

about your questions:

1. Not sure ??? (maybe footy has something to do with it)
2. uh!!! Not sure ??? (
3. Makes sense to me I'll start typing all the letters and mailing them out to all the Orginizations. ;)


On a serious note I think theres a lot of young prospects that look very promising for 2006-2007 so expect if all goes well to see those numbers rise for Britain.

:coolclick:, mick....interesting list...

britain is doing okay considering the humble little country we are :D

How about South Korea Miles? How many world champs they have and boxing big over there?

there was in jin chi before, but he lost last time out against some japanese guy. the name escapes me as do most japanese (or korean for that matter) names...

otherwise i dont really know of any up and coming korean boxers....

the koreans are more into their K1 and taekwondo.....not my cup of tea really...

i wish they showed more boxing instead of the relentless k1....i do get my boxing reruns though so i shouldnt complain too much...and sometimes, if im lucky, i even get to watch a fight live!!!! :D

Oh,I though Chi was from North!! He was bloody good,I loved his fight with Morales!

no, he's south korean....fought a lot up in seoul....

good fighter but went to japan and lost in the backyard....its like western boxers going to germany...its just not safe..

Britain has 5 world champs doesn't it? Scott Harrison, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Clinton Woods and Johnny Nelson. Thats from WBC, IBF, WBA and WBO.

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2. How can Comlumbia have 3 top ten fighters, I thought they weren't allowed to turn pro?

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I think you're thinking of Cuba?

cc for CMM for the stats. ;D

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Britain has 5 world champs doesn't it? Scott Harrison, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Clinton Woods and Johnny Nelson. Thats from WBC, IBF, WBA and WBO.

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Yes they do and also We have 2 that are ranked #1 in there divisions, not 1. (Hatton and Calzaghe!!!)

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Britain has 5 world champs doesn't it? Scott Harrison, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Clinton Woods and Johnny Nelson. Thats from WBC, IBF, WBA and WBO.

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Remember I'm only counting the top 10 fighters in each division. Johnny Nelson has slipped down to #12 for lack of activity.

Fought 2 times in 2002
Fought 1 time in 2003
Fought 1 time in 2004
Fought 1 time in 2005

Thats 5 fights in 4 years.... ??? Thats why theres on 4 Champs in the top 10 for Britain.

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Britain has 5 world champs doesn't it? Scott Harrison, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Clinton Woods and Johnny Nelson. Thats from WBC, IBF, WBA and WBO.

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Yes they do and also We have 2 that are ranked #1 in there divisions, not 1. (Hatton and Calzaghe!!!)

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You are correct and I fixed it now!!! ;)
Good eye, I made a mistake and did not include Hatton. :-[ oopppsss!!!

:coolclick: to both of you & remember this list is according to me!!!

Cheers!!! :drunks:

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2. How can Comlumbia have 3 top ten fighters, I thought they weren't allowed to turn pro?

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I think you're thinking of Cuba?

cc for CMM for the stats. ;D

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Ah maybe, whichever country it is that Mario Kindelan is from?

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First heres how many top 10 fighters each country has;

Mexico= 24, 12 hold a belt
USA=23, 8 hold a belt
Japan= 19, 3 hold a belt
Britain= 12, 4 hold a belt

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CC Mick

So what you are saying here is that proportionally - in relation to population BRITAIN IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BOXING NATION IN THE WORLD !!!! ;D

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First heres how many top 10 fighters each country has;

Mexico= 24, 12 hold a belt
USA=23, 8 hold a belt
Japan= 19, 3 hold a belt
Britain= 12, 4 hold a belt

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CC Mick

So what you are saying here is that proportionally - in relation to population BRITAIN IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BOXING NATION IN THE WORLD !!!! ;D

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As I said in the other reply to bilbo.....Britain is gathering some great prospects at this moment and can very well turn that 4 belt holders to about 8 belt holders theres so much talent.....

cc BIG H!!!

A good list - must have taken some research !!

The list indicates that the Mexicans are the best boxing nation on earth (and I doubt many Mexicans will disagree)

Personally, I think that the Cubans are, but they do not get a chance to officially go professional.

I wonder is anyone has done a similar list for amateur Olympians, World Champion mdallists etc. I reckon the Cubans would be winning the modern era hands down?

Interesting Thread though!

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:coolclick: to everyone whos replied so far!!!


:drunks: cheers!!!!

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Hey Mick I've got a few more questions that your list has thrown up.

1. Why are Europeans so crap at boxing? Only Britain is any good, the rest are useless, why is that?

2. How can Comlumbia have 3 top ten fighters, I thought they weren't allowed to turn pro?

3. I've got an idea to make Britain the most succesful country in the world..... bare with me here,

Firstly, get rid of the flyweight division, it's crap 108lb men could be beaten up by you and me, plus then we get rid of all of Japans top fighters, Britain climbs 1 place.
Secondly ban the heavyweight division. Lets face it they are all so bad they need to be all retired. Result, six less top US fighters, Britain is gaining some more places.
Thirdly and most controversial, we make the lowest fight weight 154lbs. Ok it's difficut and a lot of good fighters would go, but Hatton is a porker so he could come up, Mayweather is heading there anyway and Corales really needs to put on some weight, the rest of them , well F*** em there has to be some casualties. Good news is though that now we've lost all the Mexicans!

Horray, Britain is the second most succesful boxing nation in the world, just behind US. All we need to do now is to wait another 10 years and the US will be so full of fatties that none of them will be able to make the 190lb max weight limit and Britain is number 1 fighting nation in the world.

Come on you know it makes sense, restoring some British Pride!! :P

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CutMeMicK <---- :coolclick:


And now for the cute lil dancin guy :dance:

Mick, you gotta put the countrys population in there too... ;)

P4P (person for person... ;)) great britian is king! :D

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Mick, you gotta put the countrys population in there too... ;)

P4P (person for person... ;)) great britian is king! :D

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Sorry mate!!! I don't work for 'Census' ;)

Even then I don't think P4P you'd be at top.

Doesn't Armenia have two world champs in Arthur Abraham & Vic Darchinyan??

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Doesn't Armenia have two world champs in Arthur Abraham & Vic Darchinyan??

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As of today yes Armenia does have 2 top 10 Champs.....At the time I did this thread in March I didn't have Abraham in my top 10 of the Middleweight Div.

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:coolclick: to everyone whos replied so far!!!


:drunks: cheers!!!!

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Hey Mick I've got a few more questions that your list has thrown up.

1. Why are Europeans so crap at boxing? Only Britain is any good, the rest are useless, why is that?

2. How can Comlumbia have 3 top ten fighters, I thought they weren't allowed to turn pro?

3. I've got an idea to make Britain the most succesful country in the world..... bare with me here,

Firstly, get rid of the flyweight division, it's crap 108lb men could be beaten up by you and me, plus then we get rid of all of Japans top fighters, Britain climbs 1 place.
Secondly ban the heavyweight division. Lets face it they are all so bad they need to be all retired. Result, six less top US fighters, Britain is gaining some more places.
Thirdly and most controversial, we make the lowest fight weight 154lbs. Ok it's difficut and a lot of good fighters would go, but Hatton is a porker so he could come up, Mayweather is heading there anyway and Corales really needs to put on some weight, the rest of them , well F*** em there has to be some casualties. Good news is though that now we've lost all the Mexicans!

Horray, Britain is the second most succesful boxing nation in the world, just behind US. All we need to do now is to wait another 10 years and the US will be so full of fatties that none of them will be able to make the 190lb max weight limit and Britain is number 1 fighting nation in the world.

Come on you know it makes sense, restoring some British Pride!! :P

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;D That was funny man. Only thing that made sense was that Hatton IS indeed a porker. Also to my knowledge Colombians can turn pro, its the Cubans who are not allowed to. That's why Casamayor had to defect to the US to fight professionaly and make da big bucks.

Britian has alot more than 4 belt holders...

Johnny Nelson, Clinton woods, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton, Scott Harrison... then the likes of Micheal Jennings, Wayne Alexander etc all hold belts

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Originally Posted by CutMeMicK

OK...........It fooken took me a while to get everything together but here it is.
Statistics of Worlds Top 10 Fighters for each division..........


I tallied up only the top 10 fighters of each division from Minimumweight (105 lbs.) up to Heavyweight (201 lbs.)

First heres how many top 10 fighters each country has;

Mexico= 24, 12 hold a belt
USA=23, 8 hold a belt
Japan= 19, 3 hold a belt
Britain= 12, 4 hold a belt
Thailand= 9, 3 hold a belt
Germany= 7, 3 hold a belt
Argentina= 6, 2 hold a belt
Panama= 6, 2 hold a belt
Australia= 5, 0 hold a belt
France= 4, 0 hold a belt
Puerto Rico= 4, 2 hold a belt
Russia= 4, 2 hold a belt
Ukraine= 4, 2 hold a belt
Venezuela= 4, 1 holds a belt
Colombia= 3, 0 holds a belt
Indonesia= 3, 2 hold a belt
Nicaragua= 3, 2 hold a belt
Phillipines= 3, 0 hold a belt
Armenia= 2, 1 holds a belt
Brazil= 2, 1 holds a belt
Denmark= 2, 1 holds a belt
Guyana= 2, 0 hold a belt
Jamaica= 2, 1 holds a belt
Hungary= 2, 1 holds a belt
South Africa= 2, 0 hold a belt
Canada= 1, 0 hold a belt
Croatia= 1, 0 hold a belt
Cuba= 1, 0 hold a belt
Itlay= 1, 0 hold a belt
Ghana= 1, 0 hold a belt
Korea= 1, 0 hold a belt
Kazakhastan= 1, 0 hold a belt
Nigeria= 1, 0 hold a belt
North Korea= 1, 1 holds a belt
Poland= 1, 1 holds a belt
Uganda= 1, 0 hold a belt


*Out of Mexicos 24 top 10 fighters, the heavyest is Librado Andrade @ S. Midd.
*Out of USAs 23 top 10 fighters (6) are Heavyweights.
*Out of Japans 19 top 10 fighters, 11 of them hold positions in 40 available
spots raging from Minimumweight to Super Flyweight.
*Out of Britains 12 top 10 fighters, the lightest is Scott Harrison @ Feather.
*Out of Thailands 9 top 10 fighters, the heavyest is Sirimongklo S. @ Lightwht.
*Out of Germanys 7 top 10 fighters, the lightest is Oktay Urkal @ Welterwght.
*Out of Argentinas 6 top 10 fighters, the are only in 5 out the 17 divisions.
* Mexico is in 13 out of 17 divisions from Minimum to LghtMidd. & (1) S. Midd.
* USA is in 9 out of 17 divisions
* Japan is in 9 out of 17 divisions
* Britain is in 8 out of 17 divisions
* USA has 6 top 10 fighters ranked #1
* Mexico has 3 top 10 fighters ranked #1
* Britain has 2 top 10 fighter ranked #1
* Japan has 0 top 10 fighters ranked #1


(Belts counted for WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF this list is as of 3/21/06)
(Fighters are listed from place of birth not place they live & or fight out of)

Feed back and comments are appreciated...If you have any questions on anything let me know.

CutMeMick :)

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Great post!! I love statistics..... :coolclick: to you..