why are champions 20 years ago considered world champions?

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  1. boxingbuff

    boxingbuff Active Member Full Member

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    shouldn't that be changed to united states champions?
     
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  2. boxingbuff

    boxingbuff Active Member Full Member

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    no disrespect intended


    just they were not competing with the whole world

    old soviet union,cuba etc.
     
    boxingbuff, Dec 19, 2012
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  4. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Guys like Duran, Cervantes, Locche, Ortiz, Benitez, Chavez were United States champion? Oh. Ok.



    **** off.
     
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  5. MichiganWarrior

    MichiganWarrior Still Slick! Still Black! Full Member

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    Uhh the majority of champions then as now were from North America, Asia and Latin America.
     
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  6. simon850

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    :rofl
     
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  7. Sugar Nick

    Sugar Nick He's A Good Boy Full Member

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    This has been brought up many times and is a myth.

    Many champions of the old days fought guys from other countries.

    It was mostly in the USA but do you really think there were many fighters from other countries that could really challenge the champions who went unrecognized?

    The guys who fought were the best. It's not even a matter of country.
    If you were good you were gonna get noticed unless your country was closed off.

    USSR for example.

    Look at Sugar Ray Robinson's record-he fought guys from 20 other countries & fought many times out of USA

    John L Sullivan-the first HW champ fought guys from Italy,New Zealand,England etc

    Sugar ray Leonard fought guys from 12 different countries etc

    Learn some history before you go trying to discredit great old champs and spouting anti American sentiments.
     
    Sugar Nick, Dec 19, 2012
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  8. Jan(DK)

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    The guy is absolutely right - when professionel boxing was set free world wide, the US fightes somehow became human................
     
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  9. BagsWithDust

    BagsWithDust Well-Known Member Full Member

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    fighters from different countries fought each other all the time. just the majority of the fights were in america because its where the mainstream and money are
     
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  10. DrMo

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    Since the Berlin Wall fell there have been 33 HW world champions, 8 of those have come from the former USSR. In the division they have had the most success ex-Soviet fighters have produced less than 25% of the titlists.

    In the transnational boxing rankings there are as many British fighters in the top10's as all the former USSR nations combined.
     
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  11. MichiganWarrior

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    Yeah a 26 year old Ward looked human when he throttled Kessler around the like a rag doll.
     
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  12. Arran

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    the americans all looked human when clazaghe was smashing them all on the way to 46-0
     
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  13. steviebruno

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    ... da **** is this ****?
     
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  14. RJD88

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    This ain't the WWE. Brother.
     
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  15. blagovech

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    **** off johnstown
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