Has a European Champion Ever Transcended to Stardom in the United States?

[Beanflicker]

Most European fighters are the shits, the best come from North America. That's what's up.

[powerpuncher]

To stardom? Depends what your definition of that is. I can't think of any that have become superstars at the level of mayweather, Pac, de la hoya, rjj etc. There have definitely been Europeans that have reached pretty high levels of stardom here in the US but not superstardom that I can think of. Maybe I'm wrong though.

What (other) Americans do you have that have reached the level of "superstardom" of Mayweather and De La Hoya?



Jones was never that big. In fact Mayweather wasn't always that big either. His first Pay per view wasn't until Gatti and they needed Gattis name to sell that!

I agree which is kind of my point. No European has gotten to that level but most fighters haven't either.

[smashup]

I can't recall. I'm sure that there have been champions from Europe that have become big boxing stars in the United States though. I thought about it because I watched Steve Kim's interview of Larry Merchant and Larry thought that it would be impossible for GGG to break through to stardom because he's European and a European fighter has never broken through to American audiences on the top level before.

Lennox Lewis - born and bred in East London, England, Europe