boxing was banned in the netherlands after a tragic death of dirk romme and his manager freek braak became unemployed. van 't hof went to england. after a fight against sid turner that he didn’t win, the press wrote great stories about him. sporting life even compared van 't hof to the french world champion, writing the “rebirth of carpentier” and “the netherlands is becoming a boxing nation”. he was successful, winning 11 of the 15 fights in 1923 he had 15 fights. it was after his career criticized whether it was responsible and sensible competing in so many heavy fights in such a short period.