60-10-2(39 kos) started career 47-2-2 before signs of real decline only lost to Cobrita Gonzalez and naseem hamed near or at his best
Exiting fights....check
Come from behind wins....check...gainer fight and others
One of the best of his era....check
World champion...check
Great surprising past prime wins....humberto soto and Carlos Hernandez
Cultural impact....check...Made the lighter weight classes relevant in his era.
Fought 14 world champions and 3 hall of famers and went and beat 9 of them
He deserves it in my eyes. Salute to the flushing flash.....HBO boxing was the **** in the 90s
Was it Ricardo Rivera?
Kelley got inducted into the NVBHOF which is why i know he will eventually be inducted into the Hall of Fame for sure.
Many of those guys do get a nod...sadly I don't think roger Mayweather will get in as a trainer or fighter IBHOF I mean.
he did have a poormans gatti type excitement to his fights back in the day. And i think i'd consider his overall resume better than gatti's. That naz fight was wild as fook. Plus he gots wins over louie espinosa & troy dorsey who i was fans of both off their jorge paez fights so that is a plus for me. Yea let the flushing flash in.
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i do tend to troll hard on Floyd. lol
Kelly vs Hamed was enough to put him in there alone. lol What 6 official knock downs in the fight. Even though he lost some of his big fights he was there to fight. He fought everyone. Big names. His down fall was nearing around 06 if i remember. Many fighters fight past their prime and should never be looked at less because of their decline in the game but remembered for the wars they were in and wins and losses. Like his loss with Hamed. That may have been a KO lost but it didnt discredit him. He put his ass down too 3 times. So a loss like that just goes on paper. Not in the eyes of real fan ya know.
Great post and agreed
Just got through watching him comeback from a broken nose for a ko in the 9th round. Forgot the opponents name. He was from PR
He will be in there.
He sure deserves it...been a while since I been a regular here when I was we rarely agree. Besides all the NSB shenanigans especially may-pac
I do know you're an avid boxing fan and know your ****
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