Think of a country then name a weight division

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    When you think of a country and its association with boxing, what weight division is the first that springs to mind? I'm thinking of the strongest association you think of and the fighters as well.

    I'll start it off with a really easy and obvious one:
    Mexico - Bantamweight (too many fighters to mention)
     
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  2. Fergy

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    WBO super middle , Great Britain in the 1990 s ..
     
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  3. Odins beard

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    Heavyweight - USA (growing up)

    Super middleweight - UK

    featherweight to lightweight - Mexican
     
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  4. Jel

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    Yes - heavyweight and USA

    Yes - Super middleweight and Uk

    Mexico - featherweight to lightweight? which one?
     
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  5. Odins beard

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    Growing up I always associated (I should have said) super bantam to lightweight as Mexican dominated divisions, perhaps not wholey correct but just the association I had with those weights.
     
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  6. Jel

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    Sorry, I should've been clearer - I meant only one division per country, rather than a range.
     
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  7. Jel

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    Here's another one from me:
    Phillipines - Jnr lightweight (Flash Elorde, Ben Villaflor, Rolando Navarette, Manny Pacquiao)
     
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  8. Wass1985

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    USA - Super Heavyweight.
     
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  9. Jel

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    Super Heavyweight?
     
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  10. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jr. middleweight - Italy (Mazzinghi, Benvenuti, Bossi, Mattioli, Rosi)
     
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  11. Jel

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    Love it - exactly what I was thinking!
     
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  12. Jel

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    Argentina - Middleweight (Carlos Monzon, Hugo Corro, Juan Roldan, Jorge Castro, Sergio Martinez)
     
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  13. NoNeck

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    Cruiserweight--former USSR territories
    Straweight--Thailand
     
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  14. robert ungurean

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    LHW old Sovier Union...modern
     
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  15. PhillyPhan69

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    Panama-makes me think of light weight....Duran, Laguna, Luis Thompson
    But a stronger case could probably be made from jr Fly to super feather
     
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