The UK and London in particular ran the Middle/Super middle division round that time

The yanks mostly were terrified of Benn etc and rightly so and the excuses kept coming and coming, plenty calling out from across the pond but not many wanted any part of our boys with Benn battering Barkley and then GM.

All 3 were Londoners and then Calzaghe (also a Londoner ) took the baton and the rest is history.

Plus we had Bruno, Lennox and loads more and London was buzzing for the fight game back then, real golden era as a teenager and the Royal albert Hall is where I first started to watch fights live , amazing venue that and I wish they used it more these days.

Billy Joe Saunders was the last I remember being held there.