Quote Originally Posted by Unknowndonor
Not sure about BHOP. He didn't want to fight anyone who had a chance. As for Roy, there wasn't a European fighter that would have beaten him, or come close. Plus, Roy had 5 belts, with 5 constant mandatories, in which no Europeans during that time were ranked high enough to be a mandatory. That's the main reason probably. Plus Roy getting robbed at the Olympics detured him from traveling.
Collins and Benn called RJJ out many many times during their careers. The same with Calzaghe and B-Hop.

I do think that it is a pattern of american boxers to not fight the best from Europe and still claiming that their the best. Most boxers get beaten up badly when they fight top Europeans. Just watch the likes of Brewster, Lacy, Byrd, Tszyu etc etc