why are champions 20 years ago considered world champions?

Ownage, end thread.

 

haha your nuts

 

46-0 fighting bin men and pensioners. :rofl

 

Marcel Cerdan- France
Dick Tiger- Nigeria
Pancho Villa- Philippines
Jimmy Wilde- Great Britain
Roberto Duran- Panama
Carlos Monzon- Argentina
Ayub Kalule- Uganda
Azumah Nelson- Ghana
Bob Fitzsimmons- Britain
Nino Benvenuti- Italy
Ingemar Johansson- Sweden
Max Schmeling- Germany
Carlos Ortiz- Puerto Rico
Nicolino Locche- Argentina
Gabriel Elorde- Philippines
Alexis Arguello- Nicaragua
Ruben Olivares- Mexico
Jose Napoles- Cuba
Vito Antuofermo- Italy
Eder Jofre- Brazil
Fighting Harada- Japan
Pone Kingpetch- Thailand
Julio Cesar Chavez- Mexico
Wilfredo Gomez- Puerto Rico
Young Griffo- Australia
Jeff Fenech- Australia
Johnny Famechon- Australia
George Dixon- Canada
Jimmy McLarnin- Canada
Antonio Cervantes- Columbia
Kid Chocolate- Cuba
Kid Gavilan- Cuba
Battling Nelson- Denmark
Georges Carpentier- France
Sumbu Kalambay- Italy
Salvador Sanchez- Mexico
And those are just some of the best that captured titles.

 

So you mean besides Bob Fitzsimmons (Britain), Ingemar Johansson (Sweden), and Max Schmeling (Germany) who were world champions, what foreign heavyweight boxers competed with Americans?

Well, there was Primo Carnera the Italian who fought Joe Louis. There was Karl Mildenberger from Germany in the 60s. Peter Jackson was a major heavyweight from Australia. Joe Bugner was born in Hungary but emigrated to the UK. Henry Cooper from the UK gave Ali a hard fight. George Chuvalo was Canadian. Gerrie Coetzee was South African. Oscar Bonavena was Argentine. Nino Valdez was Cuban. Luis Angel Firpo was Argentine. Paulino Uzcudun was Spanish. Tommy Burns was Canadian.

 

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HAHAHA . . . i knew the thread started is not really a fan of the sport just a fool that only watches the wretched heavies . . . lol. Open your eyes, there is a whole world out there son:yep

 

For the same reason there is baseball World Series and Superbowl is World Championship. It is an american tradition.

 

Did you read the thread you eurobum?

 

HHAHA! If the Soviet Union had good fighters back then,we would have heard about them.

European fights today are still generally years behind American fighters. Why do you think they all go to American trainers?

With the exception of a few,most European fighters are straight up stiff fighters who throw the standard 1-2 all day.

American fighters were always very stylized and years ahead.

Even Wladimir Klitschko's best time period was thanks to an American trainer.

 

What do you mean?

Boxing has always been world wide it just so happens that the best fighters were American. You think if the USSR had allowed fighters to compete that someone would have come along and beaten Ray Robinson or Cassius Clay? NO! Never would happen.

The best fighters were generally American/Latin American.
Still to this day.