How many pro boxers are there in the US?
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Compare that to nine soccer stars, 16 American footballers, 22 baseball stars, and 26 basketball stars. Now consider this: There are approximately 20,000 active professional boxers and over 1,000 professional MMA athletes in the world, according to figures from Boxrec, UFC, Bellator, and the World Series of Fighting.
Similarly, where is boxing most popular in the US?
Outside of California, Texas is the most active state for professional boxing.
Similarly, it is asked, how many fights do boxers have a year?
2 fights
Boxing Writers Association of America
Rank | Boxer | Title(s) |
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1 | Vasyl Lomachenko | WBA (Super), WBO and The Ring lightweight champion |
2 | Terence Crawford | WBO welterweight champion |
3 | Canelo Álvarez | WBA (Super), The Ring, lineal middleweight and WBA (Regular) super middleweight champion |
4 | Errol Spence Jr. | WBC and IBF welterweight champion |