Boxing statistics at the end of 2008 – champions, countries, divisions

Champions and world title fights:
At the end of 2008 there were 66 reigning world champions (WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, The Ring) 3,9/division.
In 2008, there were 140 world title fights 2,1/champion.


Dividing boxing to 3 categories:
From Strawweight to Super Bantamweight: 24 reigning champions (4/division), 58 world title fights (2,4/division), 3 P4P-ers (The Ring),
From Featherweight to Junior Middleweight: 25 champions (4,1/division), 48 world title fights (1,9/champ) 5 P4P-ers (The Ring)
From Middleweight to Heavyweight: 17 champions (3,4/division), 32 world title fights (2/champ), 2 P4P-ers (The Ring)


Countries with at least 2 P4P-ers (The Ring):
UK (inlc. Wales): 2
Puerto Rico: 2
Mexico: 4


Champions from a continent and world title fights staged in given continent (including countries with at least 3 champs at the end of the year and at least 5 world title fights staged during 2008 )
North America (inlc, Puerto Rico): 23 world champions (Mexico: 11, USA: 9, Puerto Rico: 3), 75 world title fights (46 in the US, 19 in Mexico, 7 in Canada)
Europe (inlc. former Soviet countries): 19 world champions (Ukraine: 5, UK: 3), 30 world title fights (Germany: 19, UK: 5)
Asia: 9 world champions (The Philippines: 3, Japan: 3), 17 world title fights (Japan: 13)
Middle & South America: 10 world champions (Panama: 4, Argentina: 3), 9 world title fights (Panama: 5)
Africa: 3 world champions, 2 world title fights
Australia & Oceania (Darchinyan being Armenian): 0 world champions, 2 world title fights


Countries with at least 3 world champions at the end of the year:
Puerto Rico, 3
UK, 3
Japan, 3
The Philippines, 3
Argentina: 3
Panama, 4
Ukraine, 5
USA, 9
Mexico, 11


Countries with at least 5 world title fights held:
UK: 5
Panama: 5
Canada: 7
Japan: 13
Mexico: 17
Germany: 19
USA: 46


Dominant continents in the 3 weight categories:
From SW to SBW: North America: 8 world champions (6 from Mexico), Asia: 7 world champions, South America: 7 world champions (Europe: 1)
From FW to LMW: North America: 12 champions (US: 7, Mexico: 5) (Asia: 1, Europe: 3)
From MW to HW: Europe: 13 world champions() (North America, US: 2, South America, 2)




Feel free to do what you want with the statistics.

 

Of course I counted Wales as part of the UK MARKET, nothing more. Make things easier when having a look at the whole boxing world and finding the most important regions of fighters and fights.