Latin countries & boxing

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by ElTrigueno, Mar 23, 2011.

  1. ElTrigueno

    ElTrigueno Guest

    Mexico- tons of boxers
    Colombia- decent amount of fighters
    Venezuela- decent amount
    Puerto Rico- plenty of boxers
    Cuba- many boxers
    Dominican Republic- not many

    Currently boxing from la Republica Dominicana, Victor Cayo, Joan Guzman, and Fernando Guerrero, Darling Jimenez, are all I know of...and the pana that just got KO'd by Barrera. Any idea on why boxing may not be as big in DR? I know baseball is huge there, but it's huge in Venezuela, and PR too.
     
  2. bck620

    bck620 Active Member Full Member

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    Because it compete with------ BASEBALL.

    All of the athletic kids get funneled towards baseball due to the long and deep connections with American scouts.
     
  3. cesare-borgia

    cesare-borgia Übermensch in fieri Full Member

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    I want to see some kick ass brazilian boxers, they are awesome at football so they have good footwork and there are millions of them out there havinga rough life = bring on great boxers with epic brazlian chicks to celebrate.
     
  4. garfios

    garfios Dark Lord Full Member

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    They all are in MMa, just bring on the chicks
     
  5. ElTrigueno

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    Anyone else besides Acelino Freitas come from Brazil?
     
  6. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    The legendary Eder Jofre, who is considered the greatest bantamweight of all time.

    That was waaay back in the day tho.
     
  7. BigBone

    BigBone Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Panama is the strongest South of Mexico. They have Guillermo Jones, a very good and underrated CW champ, Caballero a The Ring P4P-er before a loss outside of his division, Luis Concepcion and Anselmo Moreno, two very skilled current champs, there's Ricardo Cordoba plus a bunch of others, strong crop overall. You'll gonna hear a lot about Concepcion.
     
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    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Yep.

    Argentina is not that far behind neither.

    They do have the best Latino boxer today :good
     
  9. shinobi108

    shinobi108 *** Eritrea Pride *** Full Member

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    dominican guys are too busy drooling over the girls there to bother with boxing you seen how they look!!!!!!!!!!
     
  10. Atritionist

    Atritionist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nicaragua has given us some fighters, not as many as the other countries mentioned but Arguello ( rest in peace ) was a legend! The always entertaining Mayorga and El Chocolatito is a dominant reigning champ.
     
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    this country loves boxing
     
  12. bck620

    bck620 Active Member Full Member

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    x2 on more Brazilian chicks