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Originally posted by Sugar Adam Ali View PostWho else is on the ballot?
http://www.bwaa.us/2014/10/10/2015-i...fame-nominees/
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Originally posted by therealpugilist View PostGenaro Hernandez was a better fighter than Gatti and Graziano
Im a fan of winners, and I actually boxed so I don't give kudos for taking beatings
Being in a fight of the year is great but its also the caliber of fighters in the fight that brings the significance
I love exciting fights but Its not fair to fighters who accomplished more in the ring, meaning titles and defenses, who are not in....to let someone one in because of " social significance and popularity"....its basically like you're saying they got in because they were exciting to watch and because of their race.
Should Mickey Ward be in the hall of fame??? IMO not enough weight is put on accomplishment and too much on popularity and "social significance"
Here is a short list of guys who were in exciting fights, but didn't have enough "popularity" and " social significance" but accomplished more and were better than McGuigan and Gatti.......
Look at fighters like Roger Mayweather, Rocky Lockridge, Cornelious Boza Edwards, doezens of Asian champions in the lower weights like Yuri, Mexican great Gilberto Roman, etc
Hernandez would beat Gatti and McGuigan if they wouldve fought...also Hernandez was lineal champion with several defenses and only lost to two hall of famers, ODLH and PBF
Honestly Ray Mancini getting in was BS in my book, he was a good fighter but very popular but guys in his era who were better and accomplished more wont get in like the guys I mentioned
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Originally posted by LacedUp View PostI think boxing would be better of sticking to the one.
Does anyone really count the others? I mean, sure the party looks nice and all, but I wouldn't consider myself a hall of famer if I was in the Nevada HOF or something like that.
The WBHF has been around longer than the IBHOF and was considered one of the two (along with the IBHOF) legitimate international HOF's.
You know when people say Duran doesn't have a losing record against HOF'ers? That's because they include the WBHOF.
WBHOF is/was legit.
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Originally posted by crold1 View PostIt's like being in Ring's old Hall. It's cool but it's not a thing anymore. For better or worse, the IBHOF is it
It doesn't matter if they've stopped it now if you were inducted into the WBHOF you were considered a HOF'er that hasn't been deleted from history.
If a new HOF starts, GBHF The global boxing hall of fame and the IBHOF shuts down do all of the IBHOF'ers cease to exist?
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Originally posted by IronDanHamza View PostIt is nothing like Nevada's Hall of Fame.
The WBHF has been around longer than the IBHOF and was considered one of the two (along with the IBHOF) legitimate international HOF's.
You know when people say Duran doesn't have a losing record against HOF'ers? That's because they include the WBHOF.
WBHOF is/was legit.
I honestly don't remember the last time someone quoted the WBHOF as a legit HOF to me. At least 5-6 years ago I even thought about it.
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Originally posted by LacedUp View PostMaybe a wild comparison, but was just to get the point across.
I honestly don't remember the last time someone quoted the WBHOF as a legit HOF to me. At least 5-6 years ago I even thought about it.
Does that delete it's history?
If the IBHOF stops inducting donwe forget all their inductees?
WBHOF has existed before the IBHOF and was considered a legitimate international HOF for years, that doesn't change because it's no longer inducting.
If you're in the WBHOF you're a HOF'er.
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Originally posted by IronDanHamza View PostProbably because they haven't had a Ballot in a few years.
Does that delete it's history?
If the IBHOF stops inducting donwe forget all their inductees?
WBHOF has existed before the IBHOF and was considered a legitimate international HOF for years, that doesn't change because it's no longer inducting.
If you're in the WBHOF you're a HOF'er.
Any specific fighters that you know of that are in the WBHOF and not in IBHOF or vice versa?
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