USA vs the UK - Heavyweight Champions

WBOGUS was NOT respected when Hide had it, De la Homo, and Klits made the shitty title get respect.

 

Americans seem to forget the fact that non-americans wernt allowed the title for like a 20 year period when the mafia controlled the belt (apart from primo), they cant make money out of a belt taken back to england can they. lets not mention the fact usa boxers always get home advantage.

 

i did not know that. The same thing bugs me with Real Madrid and their 9 champs leagues. They were gifted the first 4 or 5 of them in a row as they founded the comp!

 

our big black men came to our country later than yours. that's the only reason. look through the history books. how many white Americans were heavy weight champ?

 

im guessing africa as a continet has produces the most heavyweight champs, nearly all have been african-americans, these guys are even african first according to thier 'african-american' tag

 

Up to 1993 we were

3 -18

Now since then we have reached the following record at heavyweight (Inc Brits against Brits)

27 wins against 29 losses and 1 draw

 

Oh well then Audley Harrison's WBF belt should be considered as well.

 

you're reaching. Pathetically so.

 

John L. Sullivan
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Jack Sharkey
Max Baer
James Braddock
Rocky Marciano
Tommy Morrison at a stretch
Does John Ruiz count,I know for some reason some people consider people of latin origin not white but John Ruiz is WHITE!

 

not that many then.

 

They are when it suits you.

 

Lewis is English, he was born in England....the olympics don't matter.

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See, he drinks tea. English.

 

i think its pathetic that black americans born in america get called 'african-americans' but thats just me.

 

One of the things that should be concidered in this case is that earlier the World Heavyweight Title was as much a "World" Championship as the "World Series".
The fights were mostly between 2 Americans and held in America.
On the off change the fight was held somewhere else in the world, it was in most cases 2 Americans anyway.
It's more global today, and history should be shown in that light.

Agreed, certainly because none of the former American Heavyweight champs were originally from that continent.
The whole racial differential in the US is laughable because nobody is indigenous to the continent except the "Native Americans" or "Indians" as they used to be called, because the European merchantmen thought they were in India.

 

But he doesn't agree with you at all. Review his remarks.

He's saying black Americans are really Africans. So Africa has the most champs.

(He must also believe Spain gets credit for Mexican champs, and so on.)