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The first champion from each country!


Via Ken Hissner: From The Ultimate Boxing Encyclopedia, by Harry Mullan, the following will be each country’s first champions:

Algeria: World middleweight champion Marcel Cerdan, 110-4 (65), 1948.

USA: Welterweight Champion Paddy Duffy, 31-3-16 (17), 1888 from Boston, MASS.

Antigua: WBC lightweight middleweight champion, 30-4-1 (24), 1979.

Argentina: Flyweight Champion Pascual Perez, 84-7-1 (57), 1954.

Australia: World Bantamweight Champion Jimmy Carruthers, 21-4 (13), 1952.

Austria: Lightweight Champion Jack Root, 48-3-3 (28), 1903.

Bahamas: WBC lightweight middleweight champion Elisha Obed, 91-22-4 (60), 1975.

Barbados: World Welterweight Champion Joe Walcott, 87-24-24 (57), 1901.

Belgium: Lightweight champion Gustav Roth, 111-11-12 (24), 1936.

Brazil: Bantamweight and Featherweight Champion Eder Jofre, 72-2-4 (50), 1960 and 1973.

Canada: Bantam and Featherweight champion George Dixon, 1890 and 1891.

Colombia: Antonio Cervantes, WBA Welterweight Champion 67-12-1 (37), 1972.

Cuba: Kid Chocolate World Lightweight Champion, 136-10-6 (51), 1931.

Congo: WBC World Cruiserweight Champion Anaclet Wamba, 46-2-1 (23), 1991.

Denmark: Battling lightweight champion, 59-20-22 (40), 1905.

Dominican Republic: WBA lightweight champion Carlos Teo Cruz, 42-13-2 (14), 1968.

England: Middleweight, light and heavyweight champion Bob Fitzsimmons, 61-8-4 (57), 1891.

France: Featherweight champion Charles Ledoux, 104-23-6 (87), 1912.

Germany: Middleweight champion Frank Mantell, 36-23-24 (23), 1907.

Ghana: WBC Featherweight Champion David Kotey, 49-8-3 (31), 1975.

Greece: NBA Light Heavyweight Anton Christoforidis, 53-15-8 (13), 1941. WBA Light Middleweight Champion

Guadaloupe: Gilbert Dele, 34-3-1 (23), 1991.

Guyana: WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Dennis Andries, 49-14-2 (30), 1986.

Hawaii: Flyweight champion Dado Marino, 57-15-3 (21), 1952.

Indonesia: IBF Super Flyweight Champion Elly Pical, 20-5-1 (11), 1985.

Ireland: “Nonpareil” middleweight champion Jack Dempsey, 50-3-11 (23), 1884.

Italy: Featherweight Champion Frankie Conley, 34-17-11 (16), 1910.

Jamaica: WBA Welterweight, WBA Heavyweight and WBC Welterweight Champion Mike McCallum, 49-5-1 (age 36), 1984.

Japan: Flyweight Champion Yoshio Shirai, 46-8-4 (18), 1952.

South Korea: WBA-WBC lightweight middleweight champion Ki Soo Kim, 33-2-2 (17), 1996.

Kyrgyzstan: WBA lightweight champion Orzubek Nazarov, January 26 (19), 1993.

Martinique: WBO Featherweight Super Champion Daniel Londas, 58-9-1 (25), 1992.

Mauritania: WBA Cruiser Class Champion Taoufik Belbouli, 29-1-1 (23), 1989.

Mexico: WBA Junior Welterweight Champion Battling Shaw, 78-28-9 (32), 1933.

New Zealand: Featherweight Torpedo Champion Billy Murphy 90-51-24 (76), 1890.

Nicaragua: WBA Feather, WBC Super Feather and WBC Lightweight, Alexis Arguello, 77-8 (62), 1974.

Nigeria: Featherweight Champion Hogan Bassey, 68-13-4 (50), 1957.

Norway: Bantamweight champion Pete Sanstol, 96-6-8 (27), 1931.

Panama: NBA Bantamweight Champion Panama Al Brown, 129-19-12 (29), 1929.

Philippines: Pancho Villa Flyweight Champion, 77-4-4 (22), 1923.

Puerto Rico: Sixto Escobar Bantamweight Champion, 39-23-4 (17), 1934.

Russia: Featherweight champion Louis Kid Kaplan, 107-22-13 (27), 1925.

Scotland: Flyweight Champion Tancy Lee, 41-10-2 (28), 1915.

Senegal: Battling Siki lightweight champion, 60-24-4 (31), 1922.

South Africa: Bantamweight champion Willie Smith, 39-13-3 (3), 1927.

Spain: Bantamweight champion Baltazar Sangchilli, 78-20-12 (36), 1935.

Sweden: Heavyweight Champion Ingemar Johansson, 26-2 (17), 1959.

Switzerland: Featherweight and lightweight champion Frank Erne, 31-6-16 (15), 1899.

Thailand: Pone Kingpetch Flyweight Champion, 28-7 (9), 1960.

Trinidad: WBA lightweight champion Claude Noel, October 31 (18), 1981.

Uganda: WBA lightweight middleweight champion Ayub Kalule, 46-4 (23), 1979.

Venezuela: WBC-WBA lightweight champion Carlos Hernandez, 60-12-4 (44), 1965.

Virgin Islands: Welter and middleweight champion Emile Griffith, 85-24-2 (23), 1961.

Wales: Featherweight champion Jem Driscoll, 56-3-7 (37), 1912.

Yugoslavia: WBC lightweight champion Mate Parlov, 24-3-2 (12), 1978.

Zaire: WBA Sumbu Kalambay middleweight champion, 57-6-1 (33), 1987.




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