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Who are the Greatest of All-Time Boxers by place of birth?

It's going to take some research, but let see if collectively we can fill the list...


Notes:
Name in red = the GOAT of that category/subcategory
r. = where they were raised, if different than where they were born
Multiple names per category = listed in order of GOAT-ness

***Work in progress - Using BoxRec ratings as default/preliminary order***

ASIA



Afghanistan --
Armenia -- Vic Darchinyan, Arthur Abraham
Azerbaijan --
Bahrain --
Bangladesh --
Bhutan --
Brunei --
Cambodia --
China --
Georgia --
India --
Indonesia -- Chris John
Iran --
Iraq --
Israel --
Japan -- Masahiko Harada, Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Jiro Watanabe, Shinsuke Yamanaka, Toshiaki Nishioka, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shoji Oguma, Hiroyuki Ebihara, Hiroyuki Ebihara, Masao Oba, Katsunari Takayama, Yoshio Shirai, Hozumi Hasegawa, Kuniaki Shibata, Masamori Tokuyama, Susumu Hanagata

Jordan --
Kazakhstan (Asia) -- Vassiliy Jirov
Kuwait --
Kyrgyzstan -- Orzubek Nazarov
Laos --
Lebanon --
Malaysia --
Maldives --
Mongolia --
Myanmar (Burma) --
Nepal --
North Korea --
Oman --
Pakistan --
Palestine --
Philippines -- Manny Pacquiao, Nonito Donaire Jr (r.California-U.S. at 11yo), Erbito Salavarria, Luisito Espinosa, Ben Villaflor, Gerry Penalosa, Donnie Nietes, Little Dado Eleuterio Zapanta, Rush Dalma Dalmacio De Luna, Little Pancho Eulogio Villaruel Tingson, Francisco Villaruel Guilledo, Ceferino Garcia

Qatar --
Russia (Asia) -- Kostya Tszyu, Yuri Arbachakov, Sergey Kovalev
Saudi Arabia --
Singapore --
South Korea -- Jung-Koo Chang, Sung Kil Moon, Yo Sam Choi
Sri Lanka --
Syria --
Taiwan --
Tajikistan --
Thailand -- Veeraphol Sahaprom, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Sot Chitalada, Pone Kingpetch, Gabriel Flash Elorde, Chartchai Chionoi, Venice Borkhorsor, Eagle Kyowa Den Junlaphan, Saman Sorjaturong, Kittipong Jaigrajang, Chayaphon Moonsri

Timor-Leste --
Turkey --
Turkmenistan --
United Arab Emirates --
Uzbekistan --
Vietnam --
Yemen --​


EUROPE



Albania --
Andorra --
Austria --
Belarus --
Belgium --
Bosnia and Herzegovina --
Bulgaria --
Croatia --
Cyprus --
Czech Republic -- Jack Root (r.IL at ?yo)
Denmark -- John Kid Williams Gutenko (r.Maryland-U.S. at 11yo)????...., Oscar Mathæus Nielsen, Mikkel Kessler, Johnny Bredahl
Estonia --
Finland --
France -- Ray Famechon, Marcel Thil, Jean Sneyers, Jean Sneyers (r.Belgium?), Fabrice Tiozzo, Maurice Sandeyron, Valentin Angelmann, Georges Carpentier, Theo Medina, Charles Humez, Émile Pladner, Eugene Criqui

Germany -- Max Schmeling, Felix Sturm, Eckhard Dagge, Gustav Scholz, Sven Ottke
Greece --
Hungary -- Charley Weinert (r.Austria at ??yo), Soldier Bartfield Jakob Bartfeldt (r.??)
Iceland --
Ireland -- Jimmy McLarnin (r.Canada at 3yo), Peter Maher, Jimmy Gardner, George Gardner (r.U.S. at ??yo), Tom Sharkey, Dave Sullivan, Steve Collins, Mike McTigue

Italy -- Young Corbett III (r.PA at 1yo, CA at 4yo), Duilio Loi, Johnny Dundee (r.U.S? at ??yo), Sammy Mandell (or b/r.Illinois-U.S. at ??yo), Sandro Mazzinghi, Bruno Arcari, Hugo Kelly, Kid Francis, Enrico Urbinati, Piero Rollo, Rocky Mattioli (r.Australia at 6yo), Arturo Gatti (r.Canada at ??yo), Mario D'Agata, Primo Carnera, Lou Bogash, Salvatore Burruni, Rocky Kansas (r.New York-U.S. at 5yo), Vince Dundee (r.MD at ??yo)

Kazakhstan (Euro) --
Kosovo --
Latvia --
Liechtenstein --
Lithuania --
Luxembourg --
Macedonia --
Malta --
Moldova --
Monaco --
Montenegro --
Netherlands --
Norway --
Poland -- Dariusz Michalczewski
Portugal --
Romania --
Russia (Euro) -- David Newsboy Brown Montrose (r.Iowa-U.S. at <1yo)', Maurice Billingkoff Young Montreal (r.Rhode Island-U.S. at ??yo)'
San Marino --
Serbia -- Marco Huck (r.Germany at 8yo)
Slovakia --
Slovenia -- Nino Benvenuti* (part of Italy att)
Spain --
Sweden -- Ingemar Johansson
Switzerland -- Frank Erne
Ukraine -- Wladimir Klitschko (b.Kazakhstan-military base), Vitali Klitschko (b.Kyrgyzstan-military base), Benny Bass (r.PA at 3yo), Louis Kid Kaplan (r.CT at 5yo)

United Kingdom -- Bob Fitzsimmons, Joe Calzaghe, Lennox Lewis, Jackie Paterson, Jimmy Wilde, Benny Lynch, Peter Kane, Rinty Monaghan, Naseem Hamed, Digger Stanley, Freddie Welsh, Harry Ware, Owen Moran, Jim Driscoll, Joe Bowker, Nel Tarleton, Carl Froch, Jackie Brown, Lloyd Honeyghan, Ricky Hatton, John Conteh, Ken Buchanan, Tom Smith, Pedlar Palmer, Jim Kenrick, Terry Allen, Len Harvey, Joe Fox, Al Phillips', Bunty Doran, Jim Brady, Peter Keenan', Phil Milligan', Johnny Nelson, Tommy West', Sid Smith, Randolph Turpin', Freddie Mills, John H Stracey

Vatican City --


NORTH AMERICA



Antigua and Barbuda -- Maurice Hope (r.England at ??yo)
Bahamas --
Barbados --
Belize --
Canada -- Sam Langford, George Dixon, Mysterious Billy Smith, Tommy Burns, Carl Tremaine, Tommy Burns, Lou Brouillard, Jack Delaney

Costa Rica --
Cuba -- Jose Napoles, Eligio Sardiñas Montalvo, Gerardo Kid Gavilan González, Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Sugar Ultiminio Ramos, Guillermo Rigondeaux, José Legrá, Joel Casamayor, Erislandy Lara, Yoan Pablo Hernández

Dominica --
Dominican Republic --
El Salvador --
Grenada --
Guatemala --
Haiti --
Honduras --
Jamaica -- Mike McCallum, Simon Brown, Glen Johnson, O'Neil Bell'
Mexico -- Saul Alvarez, Julio Cecar Chavez
Nicaragua -- Alexis Arguello, Román González, Rosendo Álvarez
Panama -- Roberto Duran, Ismael Laguna, Alfonso Brown, Hilario Zapata, Jorge Luján, Ernesto Marcel, Eusebio Pedroza, Anselmo Moreno, Celestino Caballero

St. Kitts and Nevis --
St. Lucia --
St. Vincent and The Grenadines --
Trinidad and Tobago --
United States of America -- Floyd Mayweather,

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES --
Anguilla (UK) --
Aruba (Netherlands) --
Bermuda (UK) --
Bonaire (Netherlands) --
British Virgin Islands (UK) --
Cayman Islands (UK) --
Clipperton Island (France) --
Curaçao (Netherlands) --
Greenland (Denmark) --
Guadeloupe (France) -- Jean Marc Mormeck
Martinique (France) --
Montserrat (UK) --
Puerto Rico (USA) -- Carlos Ortiz, Felix Trinidad, Wilfredo Gomez, Samuel Serrano, Carlos de León, Sixto Escobar, Juan Manuel López, Esteban de Jesús, Héctor Camacho, John John Molina, Jose Torres, Wilfredo Vázquez, Eric Morel,

Saba (Netherlands) --
Saint Barthélemy (France) --
Saint Martin (France) --
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) --
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) --
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) --
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) --
US Virgin Islands (USA) -- Emile Griffith


SOUTH AMERICA



Argentina -- Carlos Monzón, Pascual Pérez, Nicolino Locche, Santos Laciar, Sergio Martínez, Juan Martin Coggi, Victor Galindez, Horacio Accavallo, Jorge Castro

Bolivia --
Brazil -- Éder Jofre, Acelino Freitas
Chile --
Colombia -- Antonio Cervantes, Rodrigo Valdes, Miguel Lora,
Ecuador --
Guyana -- Joe Walcott (r.Barbados, Massachusetts-U.S.)
Paraguay --
Peru --
Suriname --
Uruguay --
Venezuela -- Alexander Munoz, Carlos Hernandez, Betulio González, Jesus Rojas, Leo Gamez,

DEPENDENT TERRITORIES --
Falkland Islands (UK) --
French Guiana (France) --
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (UK) --


OTHER



Algeria -- Alphonse Halimi (colony of France att), Marcel Cerdan (colony of France att)
Congo -- Anaclet Wamba
Ghana -- Azumah Nelson, Nana Yaw Konadu, Floyd Robertson
Morocco -- Luis Romero Pérez (part of Spain att, r.Spain)
Nigeria -- Dick Tiger, Hogan Kid Bassey
Senegal -- Jean-Baptiste Mendy (r.France at ??yo)
South Africa -- Brian Mitchell, Hekkie Budler, Willie Ludick, Vic Toweel
etc...

Australia -- Jeff Fenech, Frank Patrick Slavin, Fred Kay, Jimmy Carruthers, Tommy Uren, Jack Carroll, Bert Spargo, Fred Henneberry
New Zealand -- Dan Creedon
etc...

Guam (U.S. territory) --
etc...

UNITED STATES



The West
Alaska --
Arizona -- Michael Carbajal
California -- Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley, Dave Shade, John Henry Lewis (r.AZ at <4yo), Andre Ward, Joe Choynski, Timothy Bradley Jr, Abe Attell, Fred Apostoli, Jimmy Britt, Robert Guerrero...Manuel Ortiz, Antonio Margarito
Colorado -- Jack Dempsey (r.UT/WV)
Hawaii -- Bobo Olson, Brian Viloria
Idaho --
Montana --
Nevada --
New Mexico -- **Johnny Tapia, Bob Foster
Oregon --
Utah -- Gene Fullmer
Washington --
Wyoming --

The Midwest
Illinois -- Packey McFarland, Jackie Fields
Indiana -- Charles Kid McCoy, Jack Dillon, Marvin Johnson, Bud Taylor
Iowa -- Michael Nunn
Kansas --
Michigan -- Floyd Mayweather Jr, James Toney, Stanley Ketchel (r.MT at ??yo), Georg Kid Lavigne, Roger Mayweather, Milton McCrory

Minnesota -- Tommy Gibbons, Mike Gibbons, Jock Malone
Missouri -- Virgil Hill', Michael Spinks, Cory Spinks, Virgil Akins
Nebraska -- Max Baer (r.CO/CA at ??yo)
North Dakota --
Ohio -- Johnny Kilbane, Aaron Pryor, James J. Jeffries, Joey Maxim, Freddie Miller, Bryan Downey
South Dakota --
Wisconsin -- **Pinky Mitchell

The Northeast
Connecticut -- Willie Pep, Maxie Rosenbloom', Jimmy Clabby (r.IN at ??yo)
Maine --
Massachusetts -- Rocky Marciano, Joey Sandy Saddler
New Hampshire --
New Jersey -- Mickey Walker, Marvin Hagler (r.MA at 15yo?), Jersey Joe Walcott, Gus Lesnevich, Fireman Jim Flynn, Joe Jeannette

New York -- Tommy Ryan, Benny Leonard, Gene Tunney, Jack Britton, Mike Tyson, Fidel LaBarba (r.CA at ??yo), Jeff Smith', Jack Sharkey, Joey Giardello (r.PA at ??yo), Carmen Basilio, Lou Ambers', Zab Judah, Wilfred Benítez (r.Puerto Rico at ??yo), Jake LaMotta, Barney Ross (r.IL at ??yo), Harry Lewis (r.PA at ?yo), Frankie Schoell, Riddick Bowe, Frankie Genaro

Pennsylvania -- Bernard Hopkins, Harry Greb, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, Battling Barney Levinsky, Harold Johnson, Tommy Loughran, Terry McGovern (r.NY at ??yo), Leo Houck, Pete Latzo, Billy Conn', Sammy Angott', Lew Tendler, George Chip, Billy Petrolle (r.MN at ?yo), Danny Garcia, Midget Wolgast

Rhode Island -- Miguel Cotto (r.Puerto Rico at 2yo)
Vermont --

The South
Alabama -- Joe Louis (r.MI at 12yo), Evander Holyfield (r.GA at 5yo)
Arkansas -- Sonny Liston, Jermain Taylor
Delaware --
(District of Colombia) -- Winky Wright', Keith Holmes, William Joppy'
Florida -- Roy Jones Jr, Antonio Tarver', Holman Williams (r.MI at ??yo)
Georgia -- Sugar Ray Robinson (r.NY at 12yo), Ezzard Charles (r.OH at ??yo), Larry Holmes (r.PA at 5yo), Ike Williams (r.NJ at ??yo), Jimmy Bivins (r.OH at ??yo), Beau Jack, Vernon Forrest

Kentucky -- Muhammad Ali, Davey Moore', Marvin Hart
Louisiana -- Harry Wills, Tony Canzoneri, Joe Old Bones Brown, Pete Herman
Maryland -- Joe Gans, Dwight Muhammad Qawi (r.NJ at ?yo)
Mississippi -- Archie Moore, Henry Armstrong (r.MO at 4yo), Eddie Perkins'
North Carolina -- Sugar Ray Leonard (r.D.C at 3yo, MD at 10yo), Floyd Patterson (r.NY at 1yo)
Oklahoma --
South Carolina -- Joe Frazier, Jimmy Carter (r.NY at 9yo), Bob Montgomery, Diego Corrales (r.CA at ?yo)
Tennessee -- Thomas Hearns (r.MI at 5yo), Memphis Pal Moore
Texas -- Jack Johnson, Terry Norris, Bob Foster', Sam McVey (r.CA at ??yo), George Foreman, Curtis Cokes, Donald Curry
Virginia -- Pernell Whitaker
West Virginia --

MEXICO



Zona Noroeste
Baja California -- Érik Morales, Gilberto Román, Raúl Pérez
Baja California Sur --
Chihuahua --
Durango -- Cristian Mijares
Sinaloa -- Jorge Arce, Fernando Montiel, Hugo Fidel Cázares
Sonora -- Julio César Chávez, José Luis Castillo, Orlando Salido, Juan Francisco Estrada

Zona Noreste
Coahuila --
Nuevo León --
Tamaulipas --

Zona Oeste
Colima --
Jalisco -- Saúl Álvarez, Abner Mares, Óscar Larios, Rafael Herrera
Michoacán -- Efren Torres
Nayarit --

Zona Oriente
Hidalgo -- Jhonny Gonzalez
Puebla --
Tlaxcala --
Veracruz --

Zona Centronorte
Aguascalientes --
Guanajuato -- Rodolfo Casanova, Chucho Castillo
Querétaro --
San Luis Potosí -- Carlos Palomino (r.California-U.S. at 10 yo)
Zacatecas --

Zona Centrosur
Ciudad de México -- Juan Manuel Marquez, Marco Antonio Barrera, Daniel Zaragoza', Vicente Saldivar', Rafael Márquez, Israel Vázquez, Rubén Olivares, Rodolfo Martinez, Carlos Zárate, Martín Castillo,José Medel
Estado de México -- Humberto Gonzalez, Salvador Sánchez, Adrián Hernández
Morelos -- Ricardo Lopez Nava

Zona Suroeste
Chiapas --
Guerrero --
Oaxaca --

Zona Sureste
Campeche -- Melchor Cob Castro
Quintana Roo --
Tabasco --
Yucatán -- Miguel Canto, Guty Espadas

Imo....

Canada: Sam Langford
Czech Republic: Lukas Konecny
Georgia: Avtandil Khurtsidze
Kazakhstan: Gennady Golovkin
Latvia: Mairis Briedis
Mongolia: Lakva Sim
Panama: Roberto Duran
Phillipines: Manny Pacquiao
South Africa: Brian Mitchell
Ukraine: Wladimir Klitschko

UNITED KINGDOM



England--
... East Midlands --
... East of England --
... London --
... North East --
... North West --
... South East --
... South West --
... West Midlands --
... Yorkshire & Humber --

Northern Ireland --
Scotland --
Wales --

USMCer wrote:UNITED KINGDOM



England--
... East Midlands --
... East of England --
... London --
... North East --
... North West --
... South East --
... South West --
... West Midlands --
... Yorkshire & Humber --

Northern Ireland --
Scotland --
Wales --

East Midlands - Randy Turpin? Carl Froch?
East of England (East Anglia) -
London - Ted Kid Lewis? Lennox Lewis? Duke McKenzie?
North East -
North West - John Conteh? Ricky Hatton?
South East - Chris Eubank?
South West - Bob Fitzsimmons
West Midlands -
Yorkshire - Prince Naseem Hamed?

Northern Ireland - Barry McGuigan
Scotland - Ken Buchanan?
Wales - Jimmy Wilde? Joe Calzaghe?

East Anglia, West Midlands and North East I need to think

This thread is...exhaustive

my hometown area and current town are Louisville, KY and Washington DC.

Louisvile is obvious (Ali)

DC, I don't know enough of the history.....But my guess is Ray Leonard.

Ossyrules wrote:

USMCer wrote:UNITED KINGDOM



England--
... East Midlands --
... East of England --
... London --
... North East --
... North West --
... South East --
... South West --
... West Midlands --
... Yorkshire & Humber --

Northern Ireland --
Scotland --
Wales --

East Midlands - Randy Turpin? Carl Froch?
East of England (East Anglia) -
London - Ted Kid Lewis? Lennox Lewis? Duke McKenzie?
North East -
North West - John Conteh? Ricky Hatton?
South East - Chris Eubank?
South West - Bob Fitzsimmons
West Midlands -
Yorkshire - Prince Naseem Hamed?

Northern Ireland - Barry McGuigan
Scotland - Ken Buchanan?
Wales - Jimmy Wilde? Joe Calzaghe?

East Anglia, West Midlands and North East I need to think

Barry is from the South of the country.

North West England, Hatton & Conteh were mentioned, What about Tyson Fury?

Ok, admittedly Hatton was Ring magazine champion for a while at light-welter. But he only collected two of the main belts in the division whilst Fury was Ring magazine champion at Heavyweight (the glamour division) & collected three of the main belts there.

Someone also mentioned Joe Calzaghe for Wales, which you would kind of agree with - and I hate to be picky, but he was actually born in Hammersmith in London

Riddick Blowe wrote:This thread is...exhaustive

This is a bit of a challenge, but this is BoxRec isn't it?

I imagine that there are a lot of Boxing aficionados from around the world with opinions on the matter on here.

For those who are down, post your picks, lets see if we can get a general consensus, and I'll edit the OPs to add the names to the list.



P.S.
Remember, it's by PLACE OF BIRTH.
Wikipedia is your friend
BoxRec is your friend

USMCer wrote:Who are the Greatest of All-Time Boxers by place of birth?

It would be far quicker for you to ask someone employed by BoxRec to write an SQL query on their fight list database, where they could stipulate filters that take into account things like number of world title fights, longevity of title reign, amount of four/five star bouts, win/loss record and also the highest rated points for world title bouts.

From the resulting list of fighters (grouped per locale), the forum should then be in a position to very easily determine/vote the “GOAT’s by state, region, country.”

Otherwise, the info. being requested in this thread is far too taxing and time-consuming to acquire.

Poland: Dariusz Michalczewski (but Adamek would fit in there too i think)

still, in Poland itself almost everyone would say its Andrzej Golota

This thread is fantastic

Kazakhstan GGG
armenia Abraham
USA srr or jones jr
Cuba kilander or rigondeaux
Puerto rico trinidad
Ukraine lomachenko
Japan inoue
Germany schmeling
France cerdan
England joshua
Wales calzaghe
Venezuela valero
NZ Tua
Russia tszyu

Cuba's is surely the big man, no?

Stevenson? certainly was the consensus when I was over there on holiday talking to the locals

Kilsby wrote:Cuba's is surely the big man, no?

Stevenson? certainly was the consensus when I was over there on holiday talking to the locals

Savon. Stevenson. Atg. Yup

Kilander, look what did in the amateurs, same goes for rigo, who has like 2 olympic gold medal...

Jip wrote:

Kilsby wrote:Cuba's is surely the big man, no?

Stevenson? certainly was the consensus when I was over there on holiday talking to the locals

Savon. Stevenson. Atg. Yup

Kilander, look what did in the amateurs, same goes for rigo, who has like 2 olympic gold medal...

But didn't Stevenson do 3 golds?

Who is Kilander?

Kilsby wrote:Cuba's is surely the big man, no?

Stevenson? certainly was the consensus when I was over there on holiday talking to the locals

Kid Gavilan

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Kilsby wrote:Cuba's is surely the big man, no?

Stevenson? certainly was the consensus when I was over there on holiday talking to the locals

Kid Gavilan

Most iconic punch to come from Cuba, but probably not the greatest.

I was there in 2007 and remember having a debate with a guy who was saying Savon would have beat Tyson. Also, Cassamayor was quite popular back then too!

crusader wrote:Who is Kilander?

Mario kindelan

New Zealand is Bob Fitzsimmonds

KiwiRider wrote:New Zealand is Bob Fitzsimmonds

What? Born in Cornwall, New Zealand!