Name a Boxer From Every Country!

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by George Crowcroft, Feb 14, 2025.


  1. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    1. LithuaniaEimantas Stanionis
    2. LuxembourgNicolas Pater
    3. MadagascarNo known professional boxers
    4. MalawiNo known professional boxers
    5. MalaysiaAzman “Azwad” Ismail
    6. MaltaNo known professional boxers
    7. MauritaniaNo known professional boxers
    8. MauritiusNo known professional boxers
    9. MexicoCanelo Álvarez
    10. MicronesiaNo known professional boxers
    11. MoldovaDorin Ailincăi
    12. MonacoNo known professional boxers
    13. MongoliaGennady Golovkin
    14. MontenegroNo known professional boxers
    15. MoroccoAhmed Boudlal
    16. MozambiqueNo known professional boxers
    17. MyanmarNo known professional boxers
    18. NamibiaNaftali Tembo
    19. NauruNo known professional boxers
    20. NepalNo known professional boxers
    21. NetherlandsMichael van Gerwen
    22. New ZealandJoseph Parker
    23. NicaraguaAlexis Argüello
    24. NigerNo known professional boxers
    25. NigeriaObi Eromosele
    26. North MacedoniaNo known professional boxers
    27. NorwayErik Skoglund
    28. OmanNo known professional boxers
    29. PakistanAamir Khan
    30. PalauNo known professional boxers
    31. PanamaRoberto Durán
    32. Papua New GuineaNo known professional boxers
    33. ParaguayCarlos "El Indio" Zarate
    34. PeruFelix Alvarez
    35. PhilippinesManny Pacquiao
    36. PolandTomasz Adamek
    37. PortugalPaulo Silva
    38. QatarNo known professional boxers
    39. RomaniaLucian Bute
    40. RussiaSergey Kovalev
    41. RwandaNo known professional boxers
    42. Saint Kitts and NevisNo known professional boxers
    43. Saint LuciaNo known professional boxers
    44. Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesNo known professional boxers
    45. SamoaDavid Tua
    46. San MarinoNo known professional boxers
    47. São Tomé and PríncipeNo known professional boxers
    48. Saudi ArabiaNo known professional boxers
    49. SenegalOmar Doumbia
    50. SerbiaNenad Zimonjić
    51. SeychellesNo known professional boxers
    52. Sierra LeoneNo known professional boxers
    53. SingaporeMuhammad Ridhwan
    54. SlovakiaMikuláš Kvačík
    55. SloveniaDejan Zavec
    56. Solomon IslandsNo known professional boxers
    57. SomaliaNo known professional boxers
    58. South AfricaSugarboy Malinga
    59. South SudanNo known professional boxers
    60. SpainSergio "Maravilla" Martínez
    61. Sri LankaNo known professional boxers
    62. SudanNo known professional boxers
    63. SurinameNo known professional boxers
    64. SwedenIngemar Johansson
    65. SwitzerlandRené Weller
    66. SyriaNo known professional boxers
    67. TaiwanNo known professional boxers
    68. TajikistanNo known professional boxers
    69. TanzaniaNo known professional boxers
    70. ThailandSomluck Kamsing
    71. Timor-LesteNo known professional boxers
    72. TogoNo known professional boxers
    73. TongaNo known professional boxers
    74. Trinidad and TobagoFloyd Mayweather Jr. (born in Trinidad)
    75. TunisiaNo known professional boxers
    76. TurkeySinan Şamil Sam
    77. TurkmenistanNo known professional boxers
    78. TuvaluNo known professional boxers
    79. UgandaNo known professional boxers
    80. UkraineVasiliy Lomachenko
    81. United Arab EmiratesNo known professional boxers
    82. United KingdomTyson Fury
    83. United StatesMuhammad Ali
    84. UruguayRodrigo Barrios
    85. UzbekistanShohjahon Ergashev
    86. VanuatuNo known professional boxers
    87. Vatican CityNo known professional boxers
    88. VenezuelaCarlos "The Lightning" Hernández
    89. VietnamNo known professional boxers
    90. YemenNo known professional boxers
    91. ZambiaNo known professional boxers
    92. ZimbabweNo known professional boxers
    That’s a full list from most countries around the world! Some countries may not have famous boxers or may not have produced any notable professional boxers at this time, but the ones that are listed are either historical or current fighters.
     
  2. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Choi Tseveenpurev?
     
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  3. USFBulls727

    USFBulls727 Active Member Full Member

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    There was a Heavyweight from Zambia in the 80s/90s by the name of Mike Simuwelu. He was 17-0-1 (16 KOs) before being blasted out in the 1st round by Dave Jaco of all people. More L's than W's from that point on for him...
     
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  4. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Cayman Islands: Charles Whittaker

    Tonga: Paea Wolfgramm

    Uruguay: Alfredo Evangelista

    West Germany: Markus Bott

    Soviet Union: Kostya Tszyu
     
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  5. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Korean (pre-WWII split): Ryushin Boku (won Japanese featherweight championship)
     
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  6. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins is from some far off, super advanced civilization in a nearby solar system... Does he count for them?
     
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  7. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr is listed from Pensacola, Florida, but he clearly has the X gene and is from Genosha in the Marvel Comics Universe.

    Clark Kent is from Krypton and fought Muhammad Ali in his brief ring career.
     
  8. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    East Germany: Henry Maske

    Turks and Caicos: Gary Lightbourne

    Zimbabwe: Captain Cleopus Marvel (I am not making this up)

    Dr Ella Gilbert has a PhD in climate change and has been a resident of Antarctica (her specialty is Antarctic climate change) and is a certified coach who boxed amateur. Alas, she is from the UK and never had a pro bout.
     
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  9. SixesAndSevens

    SixesAndSevens Gator Wrestler Extraordinaire Full Member

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    Wouldn't surprise me that an alien came to Florida, ain't that hard to fit in down here.

    And Ali WON, too. Remember that most super powered beings are basically just guys with natural guns... I doubt that Superman would beat many heavyweight champs.
     
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  10. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Bobo Olson was born in Territory of Hawaii before it became a state.
     
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  11. Dorrian_Grey

    Dorrian_Grey Just taking a break, folks Full Member

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    Close but no cigar, it was a guy called Tsendbaatar Erdenebat who I was thinking of, but I had to look it up to find out.