People always say the HOF is a joke because of some of the people they let in but they never name WHO those boxers are that they have a problem with that got in. Zab unified the titles but that is his only claim to fame. He won't get in but he still has time to change that.
johannson, mcguigan, braddock, graziano. cokes is questionable. papp was an amazing amateur but his pro career hardly warrants a hof induction.
mancini is not in canastota, but in the world boxing hall of fame.
People always say the HOF is a joke because of some of the people they let in but they never name WHO those boxers are that they have a problem with that got in. Zab unified the titles but that is his only claim to fame. He won't get in but he still has time to change that.
Zab Judah is not Hall of Fame bound.
I Honestly am not sure somtimes where Judahs hype comes from. The guy was always cold in most of his defences. When he turned up the heat and fought without fear his fights were good to watch. But most of his fights that i recall were shit. But he does have talent but he gets a lot of hype.
I LUV ZAB JUDAH'S TALENT BUT TALENT ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO GET INTO THE HOF HIS ONLY GOOD LOOKING WINS ON HIS RESUME I THINK ARE AGAINST.MICKY WARD,CORY SPINKS IN THE REMATCH AND I FORGOT WHO ELSE..SO IF HE EVER WANTS TO EVEN DREAM ABOUT THE HOF HE HAS TO WIN HIS BIG FIGHTS..MAYWEATHER..COTTO AND AGAINST KOSTA..SO HE STILL HAS TIME BUT HE BETTER TURN IT AROUND FAST..:boxing:
Zab belongs the Hall of Shame...where fighters who could have been great go.Those who lacked either the heart,determination,intestinal fortitude or personal integrity...but had the skills go.
Shame on Zab....
But......Mancini in the Hall,damn...I thought the Hall was for greatness.
I guess they will be putting Gatti in too...which makes the Hall a joke.
It should not be a place for the popular...but the elite,and no way Gatti or Mancini should be in.
Hell...Zab would whip both of them.
I think he lost his chance with all the recent losses... but who knows... maybe he picks himself up to a couple of big wins and jump back into contention.
I'm going to have to be the needle in the haystack here and say Yes he should go into the hall of fame, Zab unified the belts after a long ass time, he did so with pure skills and he looked great doing so, he TKO'ed Cory Spinks and Jermain Taylor himself couldn't even phase Spinks many years and fights later at a weight where Spinks was clearly not the same, Judah knocked him out ya feel me, against someone as quick and skill full as Cory thats hard to do especially when he's in his prime, you could argue for all 5 of Zab's losses and he gave Mayweather a run for his money, the best so far at WW even putting him down and not getting credit.. his ability and boxing superstar status combined with wins over Terron Millet, Junior Witter, Mickey Ward, Demarcus Corley, Cory Spinks and Rafael Pineda and also understandable losses in terms of caliber opponents against all but 1 person plus him being a champion in 2 weight classes 3 if he beats this next guy at JMW, all this is enough to put him in the Hall Of Fame..
there are lesser fighters in there in terms of skills and good name opponents, Zab clearly doesn't get the respect he deserves, if Zab was more laid back and knew how to maintain a game plan and use it effectively he could have lost all but 1 fight and it would have been against Cotto because if Zab had Shane Mosley's mantal strength combined with his own skills he would have out hustled Floyd, he deteriorated as the fight went on because he fed into the bullshit, it came down more to just him having too big of an ego than not having the skills to defeat these guys.. I think he is worthy of entry into the hall of fame and he is still actively giving more reasons to be honored with HOF status.. you don't have to be Joe Louis or Aaron Pryor to be in the hall of fame, they were destined for that but someone like Zab definitely qualifies in my eyes. 100
NEVER.....................he has done nothing, he is a stepping stone for others that's all....if that's the case gatti, ward, baldomir, tapia, ayala and others should be in there as well, so NO judah is no where near even if he fights 20 yrs beyond this point