American continent with the largest presence in the WBA rankings

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American continent with the largest presence in the WBA rankings

American continent with the largest presence in the WBA rankings

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American continent with the largest presence in the WBA rankings

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America holds the largest percentage of fighters in the World Boxing Association ranking.

The continent has 48.40 % of the total, Europe 21.20 %, Asia has 20.80 % and Africa 5.20 % while Oceania closes with 4.40 %.

America is divided into 48.78 % of rated boxers in the North, 32.52 % are from Central America and the Caribbean while the south has 18.70 %.

As for the countries, United States holds the hegemony with 37 rated boxers (8 champions), followed by Japan with 19 (4 champions). Great Britain (4 champions) and Mexico (4 champions) 18 each.

Dominican Republic and Thailand have a dozen rated boxers. Australia, Puerto Rico and Russia have ten. The Philippines has nine.

Panamá has eight fighters in the ratings; Colombia, Yemen and Venezuela have six.


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