The UK Vs Mexico who has the better fighters?

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  1. Austinboxing

    Austinboxing British Boxing fan Full Member

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    Take the best UK fighter from every weight class and match them up against the best Mexican fighter from every weight class. Which country wins the most?
     
  2. UmarIFLUmar

    UmarIFLUmar Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mexico has better fighters but I feel like most of them are middleweight or lighter.

    So if you did a 1 fighter per division UK would win because we have midgets AND fatties.
     
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  3. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Huh, Mexicans are usually softer in the body than most fighters. Talking about fatties.
     
  4. dangerousity

    dangerousity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    UK washes Mexico from WW+.

    FlyW: Wilde vs Finito Lopez. I’d give it to Lopez.
    BW: Hamed - there’s about 10 Mexicans who beats Hamed at this weight.
    FW: Frampton/Mcquigan? Either way, we lose.
    LW: Ken Buchanan loses to a bunch of Mexicans.
    JWW: Hatton/Taylor/Khan - Chavez wrecks us.
    WW: Ted Lewis/Mclarnin/Brookes? We might have a chance against Chavez or JMM. If Mexico wants to claim ODLH though then we’re fked.

    JMW-SMW: I don’t recall any great JMW, but MW has Eubank, Benn, Fitzsimmons, Froch, Calzaghe all of whom would give Canelo hell, the only Mexican rep at that weight. Possible Canelo beats all of them except slappy.

    LHW: bellew, calzaghe, conteh
    CW: Haye
    HW: Lewis, Joshua, Fury.
     
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  5. Snails

    Snails Active Member Full Member

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    UK has some great talent coming up.
     
  6. panchman69

    panchman69 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Mexico and its not even close.
     
  7. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    The great Lloyd Honeyghan never lost to a Mexican fighter.
     
  8. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Id give Flyweight to Wilde. Agreed on everything else.
     
  9. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Jorge Vaca in the first fight
     
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  10. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Forgot about Vaca but don’t consider that a loss but he revenged in style knocking him with a beautiful right hand to the solar plexus.
     
  11. Goran_

    Goran_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Mexico has a population twice the size of the UK .. The average male it produces tends to be smaller than the UK too therefore they will naturally produce more lower weight fighters.. hence why they have more success at the lower weights, plus it is a much more impoverished & nation and will produce more hungrier fighters… but in terms of the bigger divisions the UK has had more success overall..
     
  12. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Mexico has produced many more great fighters throughout history. Parsing by division is just a way to level the playing field for the UK who just flat out has produced very few legitimately great fighters in comparison
     
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  13. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    I calculated it at 10-5-3.

    *Active boxers
     
  14. Scott Cork

    Scott Cork Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Id say the Uk has produced 4 atgs overall. Wilde,Fitzsimmons,Lewis and Calzaghe.
     
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  15. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    At present UK are leading the way in WC despite having the much smaller population.

    UK
    Fury
    Okolie
    Taylor
    Warrington
    Cordina
    Butler
    Edwards


    Mexican
    Canelo
    Santa Cruz
    Emanuel Navarrete
    Estrada
    JCM
     
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