What titleholders never fight in foreign countries?

[285Kid]

Most of the champions in the last 8 years , They all scare and don't want to become superstars

[The Hammer]

Most of the champions in the last 8 years , They all scare and don't want to become superstars

Yes.

Ring warriors of the past like Tyson, Foreman, Frazier and Ali fought overseas.

But modern boxers like Mayweather and Ward are over-protected and afraid.

[The Big Dunn]

Yes.

Ring warriors of the past like Tyson, Foreman, Frazier and Ali fought overseas.

But modern boxers like Mayweather and Ward are over-protected and afraid.

Ward has fought outside of the US, in the Caymans I believe.

ODH never had to fight outside of the US.

[Jc8804]

In all honestly...Americans do not have to go anywhere..you have to come to America to fight the best IN ALL CASES EXCEPT WLADAMIR

Yupp especially oakland huh

:wank:
Open wide

[DreamerUSA]

America has the best fighters. There's really no reason to travel

Lets put this statement to the test. Shall we? According to Ring.

Heavyweight- Wlad (Best American, Wilder at 2)

Cruiserweight- Hernandez (No Americans in the top ten)

Light Heavy- Stevenson (Best American B-Hop at 2)

Super Middleweight- Ward (I know he is'nt ranked but lets be real, he is the best)

Middleweight- Cotto (Best American Quillen at 3)

Junior Middleweight- Toss up, but highest ranked American is Trout at 3.

Welterweight- Floyd (Possibly the strongest division for Americans atm. Toss up between it and Junior welter)

Junior Welter - Toss up, but highest American is Peterson at 2.

Lightweight- Toss up and the highest American is Bey at 5

Junior Lightweight- Uchiyama and no Americans in the top ten.

Featherweight- Toss up and highest American is Russell at 3.

Junior Feather- Rigo with LSC as the top American at 2

Everything below JR. Feather, Americans are almost non-existent. So Americans can lay claim to 2 divisions currently. But we somehow have the best fighters? Hell in roughly half the divisions we don't even have a top ten fighter, much less a champion.

[soul_survivor]

What current titleholders have never fought for a title or defended their title in a foreign country?

Three who come to mind are:

Marco Huck
Floyd Mayweather
Andre Ward

Who are some of the others?

Golovkin, Kovalev and Froch have all had title fights in other countries.

Huck just fought in the US...

Wilder hasn't yet fought outside of the US with that wbc "world" title around his waist.
Quillin never defended his WBO title outside of the US.
I'll just name Bradley, Alexander, Porter and Broner. Could name quite a few more.

[New England]

Ward has never fought a live opponent outside the USA. Read my opening post more carefully:

"What current titleholders have never fought for a title or defended their title in a foreign country?"

carl froch retired literally within a month of andre ward's comeback . the biggest money was probably going ot be in wembley, and that's a fight that may have realistically happened. again, froch retired within a month of andre ward coming back.


floyd mayweather made 275 million dollars fighting in las vegas. the city generated hundreds of millions in ******** and tourism revenue. ringside seats were going for six figures. that happens in no place on earth other than las vegas. hell, floyd f#cking lives there


the biggest fighter to fight outside of the US recently is manny pacquiao, who fought in macau as he started to slip and fight bad opponents. they [chinese government / business] paid an ungodly amount to bring him over there.

he's been in the states when he's fought decent competition.

[New England]

Yes.

Ring warriors of the past like Tyson, Foreman, Frazier and Ali fought overseas.

But modern boxers like Mayweather and Ward are over-protected and afraid.

floyd mayweather, the highest paid athlete of all time, isn't a superstar because he didn't stage a fight in some shire in england



kiss the rings.

[The Hammer]

Huck just fought in the US...

But he had never done so when I posted this thread in 2014.

Ward has fought outside of the US, in the Caymans I believe.

Read the opening post more carefully.

He's never had a title fight outside his home country.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Larry Holmes never did. Kind of a big deal considering how many defenses he made. Virgil Hill was bad about fighting in North Dakota but not always. I'd say Ward is one of the worst.