5 Countries That Produce The Best Boxers In The World

4. Japan

Number of Boxing World Champions: 82

Japan is one of the world’s leading combat sports nations, producing top-notch boxers, MMA fighters, wrestlers, and jiu-jitsu practitioners. The Japanese fighters’ proficiency in Jiu-Jitsu and Martial Arts helps improve their agility and accuracy, leading to greater success in fighting. In the 1960s and 1970s, Fighting Harada and Hiroyuki Ebihara brought the sport back to Japan. Many boxing experts and magazines rank Naoya Inoue, the current Undisputed Bantamweight Champion, as the second-best fighter in the world based solely on weight.