This is my only chance to be patriotic: Canada is loaded at light heavy with Stevenson, Pascal, and Bute in the top 10.
Super Bantamweight- Mexico Bantamweight- Japan Junior Bantamweight- Mexico/Thailand Flyweight- Mexico Light Flyweight- Mexico Minimumweight- Japan/South Africa Most of the divisions have great diversity among the top fighters.
HW- eastern European with Ukraine and Russia CW- If you count Hernanez as German, then Germany LHW- Diverse SMW- Diverse MW- Diverse LMW- USA WW- USA JWW- USA LW- Diverse SFW- Japan FW- Diverse SBW- Diverse BW- Japan SFW- Japan FW- Japan LFW- Philippines SW- Japan
Why because Clev took a beating against Kov.. still wasn't has bad as the beating Froch put on Bute, now that was a beat down.
Bute's defence and counterpunching skill makes him a far superior boxer to Cleverly. Obviously Bute doesn't have a solid chin, but I'd still pick him to beat Cleverly decidedly. But don't think I care about defending Bute so much. I was being sarcastic about rooting for Canadian boxers. I think nationalism in sport is embarrassing.
Mexico is very well represented at 126: Mares, Gonzalez, Ponce. Although Macklin was recently murdered by GGG, he's still a dangerous contender. When you factor in that many feel Murray beat Sergio and Barker is now top 3 in the division, the Brits have a strong hold on the division, albeit only for as long as GGG is merciful.
Hvy: USSR 200: EU 175: USSR 168: USA 160: USSR 154: USA 147: USA 140: USA 135: USA 130: Japan 126: Indonesia 122: Mexico 118: Japan 115: Japan 112: Japan 108: Japan 105: Japan