Why do European fighters fight for a belt years after their N. American counterparts?

Safe buildup perhaps?!

 

could do with some more examples really, cuz as soon as i read that i thought prince naseem

if it really is the case then its an interesting question, but cant base it off one example

 

Because Americans get the oppertunity to fight for the american corps, only really do the Euros get the chance for WBO. The american belts especially WBC dont want thier titles leaving the country.

 

BTW Marco Huck was about 23 in his fight against Cunningham...

 

Many US Boxers do not have big names in their record up to a certain level, for example Pavlik.

 

Europeans are definitely nursed by their promoters

 

:good
Ive said this for years.
Before the IBF/WBO,the WBC/WBA titles were pretty much the American titles,and it was far harder for non Americans to get world title shots.

They would,in general,fight each other and it would be called a 'World title',While Euros would be fighting each other,but it would just be called British,Commonwealth,European etc.
Pissed me off as a kid that,and now i hate it when the WBO gets maligned,as it allows deserving Euros to fight for a nominal world title,without going through the lesser belts.Which is something Americans have never had to do.

EDIT;I'll add an example to this;
**** like johnny bumphus got a WBA title fight after 21 fights
The infinitely better Herol Graham,got a WBA ELIMINATOR after 39 fights!Ridiculous.
Thats not an exceptional case,thats how it was.
Oh Bumphus lost his first defence to the Great Gene Hatcher,who had only 24 fights himself,with 2 losses.Americans had to have more champs because they were mostly just fighting each other after about 20 odd fights.
I'd have hated to have been a Euro fighter in those days watching that ****,while i was having to be contented defending my European title over and over.


:think Im ranting over annoying stuff from my childhood,this is like therapy.

 

safe buildup i guess

 

No its opportunities.
Far,far easier to get a title shot if your from New York,than if youre from a small town in Denmark with the same skills and record.

 

I guess the number of pro boxers available to promotors in the Americas is larger than in Europe. Thus, the risk taken by promotors business wise, in throwing prospects to the lions, is not as great as in Europe.