Which state produces the best boxers?

Michigan

 

Michigan, Pennsylvania, California and New York. A case can be made for pretty much any.

 

He started boxing when he lived in New York.

Robinson is about as much (actually, less) of a Michigan fighter as Joe Frazier is a South Carolina fighter, or Joe Louis an Alabama fighter.

 

Adding Bennie Briscoe to the list too.

 

Harold Johnson, Billy Conn, Harry Greb, Tim Witherspoon, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Jeff Chandler, and Charley Burley are all Pennsylvania fighters too.

 

On the question of what state produces the best, I'd go with Pennsylvania. Not just quality but quantitiy too.

 

I thought I put James Toney in there, since I'm adding Toney, might as well add Leo Nolan, Rydell Booker, Stanley Longstreet , Bernard Hayes, Micky Goodwin, Bronco McCart and Tony Tucker. Hilmer Kenty is from Cincy, but he moved to Detroit and still lives there.

 

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california, new york

 

Michigan, Missouri (STL where I'm from is a boxing city, you almost always know somebody who either trained or boxed before if you grew up there including myself) New York (where I live) and California.

 

Per capita Massachusetts has to be up there. Off the top of my head:

Rocky Marciano
Marvin Hagler
Sandy Saddler
Mickey Ward
Jose Antonio Rivera
John L Sullivan
Ray Oliviera
John Ruiz
Robbie Sims
Freddie Roach
Dana Rosenblatt
Sam Langford
Edwin Rodriguez


As far as what region has produced the best it's definitely the northeast, from Penn. to New England.

 

Add somewhere to the Michigan list: Chris Bird from Flint.

 

Alaska

everyone knows why...