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Ruiz is now the first Mexican heavyweight champ ever. It got me thinking about countries that have had loads of champs at different weights.

Mexico have them at all but cruiserweught now I think. Ramirez and SMW and Yaqui Lopez at LHW were the two answers I came up with.

I think there’s some lower weights were the US has yet to win one.

Someone here posted that the UK have now had one at every weight, after Yafai won the WBA super fly weight.

Has Russia nearly got all of them? This is a good thread for the nerds, let’s see any good facts you can hit me with.

Wasn't Ruiz born in California ?

Lopez [famously] did not win a world title at 175.

orbtastic wrote: ↑03 Jun 2019, 08:40 Lopez [famously] did not win a world title at 175.

Wow. I messed up there. Thanks for setting me right. It’s a shame there isn’t a website you can check these things on.

Have Mexico not had a LHW champ then?

JC Gonzalez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_M ... _champions

Off the top of my head they're missing cruiser and until very recently, super middle.

Cheers bud. I’ve dropped two clangers in the past few days with inaccurate knowledge. This forum is great at times.

I’ll have a look through the Russians and Americans now.

orbtastic wrote: ↑03 Jun 2019, 08:40 Lopez [famously] did not win a world title at 175.

Yehh. Ramirez was regarded as the first Mexican to win a world title above Middleweight.

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KiwiRider wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 02:20
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Do you mean in New Zealand? Wasn’t Joe Parker?


I’ve had a look online and I can’t find a Russian champ at lightweight or super bantam. They’ve had one at every other weight from fly upwards though.

Surely there’s a Russian lightweight champ in missing?

http://boxrec.com/en/boxer/12310

Never heard of this fella but he sounds good.

That means I’ve found an American at every weight between fly and heavy. I thought they were missing some.

Delta Jay wrote: ↑06 Jun 2019, 05:23 Do you mean in New Zealand? Wasn’t Joe Parker?


I’ve had a look online and I can’t find a Russian champ at lightweight or super bantam. They’ve had one at every other weight from fly upwards though.

Surely there’s a Russian lightweight champ in missing?

I don't count Parker as a champ. He fought for a vacant belt against a #6 ranked opponent, then lost the first time he faced a champ in AJ

but joe beat the hw king

Torpedo Billy Murphy was a Kiwi world champion at featherweight.