In which country is the sport of boxing best supported/most popular?

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  1. jawbreaker

    jawbreaker Active Member Full Member

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    Best supported has to be United States...This is where all the superfights happen.

    Most popular is more tricky..Are you going by percentage or just sheer number of viewers?
     
  2. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Mexico based on pure volume and numbers

    2. Puerto Rico on a per capita basis actually deserves to be number 1 but the sheer numbers and population of Mexico makes it hard to put a country with literally 40 times less people ahead of the boxing giant that is mexico.

    3. Cuba and if they were allowed to go pro they could be even higher
     
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    elchivito master betty Full Member

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    Nopporn Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    U.S.A. No doubt. Where did those big fights take place? Las Vegas, Atlantic city, and New York.
     
  5. BlueBottle

    BlueBottle Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It seems like Britain has alot of boxing programs and their interest is international and even amateurs Their fans also are club oriented and will travel a long way to support their fighters. If a British boxer fights on the road, rarely do you see no British flags and contingent showing the support.

    Mexicans also support their fighters, but they act similarly to Americans.
     
  6. strongarm

    strongarm Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mexico, no doubt. Very proud history and still relevant in a major way. Even female boxers are extremely popular in mexico. They headline televised events
     
  7. Tkbtown

    Tkbtown Quintuple champion Full Member

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    Every saturday nigth two big Mexican media, azteca and televisa transmit boxing on open tv ,the thing is every pro boxer in Mexico has signed contract with any of those two
    televisa is in association with GBP and azteca with top rank
     
  8. JoeCamelTow

    JoeCamelTow Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Everybody is guessing Mexico cause they've produced so many champions but I don't agree with that. I've been there enough times to get the impression boxing is not as big as it is among the Mexican population here in the US.

    Would like to hear from those who live there.
     
  9. Jr Middleweight

    Jr Middleweight Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Been there many times, and my Spanish is decent. I always find people to talk boxing and boxing is always on on the weekends when I've been there.

    The guys fighting are usually guys I don't know well, so you can tell they watch boxing regardless of big name.
     
  10. caneman

    caneman 100% AllNatural Xylocaine Full Member

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    The Philippines should be one of the options as boxing has historically been the #2 most watched sport over there behind basketball. Has good boxing history as well even before the birth of Pac and continues to be a good participant sport.
     
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  12. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's obviously the USA still. Where have the biggest fights been? In Las Vegas.
     
  13. markq

    markq Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  14. yeyo monster

    yeyo monster Boxing Addict Full Member

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    puerto rico!!! its the biggest sport on the island. the whole country stops when its fight night
     
  15. caneman

    caneman 100% AllNatural Xylocaine Full Member

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    Human Growth Hormone is used by doctors to make children with stunted growth grow taller all over the world.

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