USA VS World per the International Boxing Organization Rankings!
There are 42 Summer Olympic and 15 Winter Olympic sports bringing the grand total to 57 sports. In the United States more US individuals have more sports to choose from than any other country in the world to participate in. Such major sports such as Football, Basketball, and Baseball are only played in a handful of countries such as the US do. Soccer which is world-wide in every country is called Football all over the world except in the US.
With so many sports to participate in it’s no wonder the US doesn’t dominate except in their three major sports, football, basketball and baseball.
Boxing is a world-wide sport whether amateur or professional. In viewing the International Boxing Organizations Top 100 rankings being they list the most along with all five organizations world champions including the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, the International Boxing Federation and the World Boxing Organizations the following was determined in Boxing:
Weight Class Champions Top 10 100 Contenders
Heavyweight World 4 US 1 World 7 US 3 World 80 US 20
Cruiserweight World 5 US 0 World 9 US 1 World 91 US 9
Light Heavy World 5 US 0 World 8 US 2 World 81 US 19
Super Middle World 4 US 1 World 8 US 2 World 82 US 18
Middleweight World 2 US 1 World 6 US 4 World 87 US 13
Super Welter World 1 US 4 World 7 US 3 World 76 US 24
Welterweight World 1 US 4 World 6 US 4 World 71 US 29
Super Light World 2 US 2 World 8 US 2 World 85 US 15
Lightweight World 2 US 2 World 8 US 2 World 87 US 13
Super Feather World 3 US 2 World 9 US 1 World 85 US 15
Featherweight World 3 US 1 World 9 US 1 World 86 US 14
Super Bantam World 4 US 1 World 9 US 1 World 94 US 6
Bantamweight World 4 US 0 World 9 US 1 World 91 US 9
Super Flyweight World 4 US 0 World 10 US 0 World 95 US 5
Flyweight World 4 US 0 World 9 US 1 World 97 US 3
Light Flyweight World 3 US 0 World 10 US 0 World 99 US 1
Minimum Wt World 4 US 0 World 10 US 0 World 100 US 0
TOTALS
Champs – World 55 US 19
Top 10 Contenders – World 142 US 26
Top 100 Contenders – World 1487 US 213