International Boxing Hall of Fame Induction Class of 2011

[Kid McCoy]

Still no Eddie Booker, Newsboy Brown, or Willie Joyce?

It's amazing to think Stallone got in the Hall before Eddie Booker did. Somehow I can't see Stallone beating Archie Moore or Holman Williams!

[Heavy Bag]

It's amazing to think Stallone got in the Hall before Eddie Booker did. Somehow I can't see Stallone beating Archie Moore or Holman Williams!

Crazy....

[Wild Blue Yonda]

I'm a little puzzled about the logic of making someone a fifth ballot entrant as opposed to a first ballot one. To me they are either worthy or they aren't. My only complaint would be that he doesn't belong there ahead of Hamed, IMO.

Put another way, if you were waiting in a queue with a legitimate problem which needed discussion with someone, & someone arrives much later, but with an equally-valid issue, you don't see a problem if they're called ahead of you?

[Anthony342]

I was just going to post about this, glad someone else already did and in much greater detail than I would've. I was in a McDonald's when I saw the news crawl on the bottom of the screen or news update or whatever they call it here on News 12 Long Island. It just said "Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez inducted into boxing hall of fame", it didn't even mention the other names or that it was the International Hall of Fame and not the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Quick question on that. Is one of those considered better than the other or is a good thing for someone to be inducted into either one? Is there a huge difference? Is one more respected than the other? I think it was last week I also saw on that same news channel it said "48 year old boxer Evander Holyfield says he will regain the heavyweight title" so these inductions were much better news than that other item. I'm a huge fan of both Tyson and Chavez.

Didn't 30 to 35 used to be considerd old for athletes, especially boxers, where guys are getting beat up? Was it always a common thing for former boxing greats to stick around until their late '40s to early '50s like Holyfield, Holmes or Duran or is this a more recent occurence? I've heard of Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson coming back because they needed the money, but did a lot of other guys stick around too long?

[Wild Blue Yonda]

I was just going to post about this, glad someone else already did and in much greater detail than I would've. I was in a McDonald's when I saw the news crawl on the bottom of the screen or news update or whatever they call it here on News 12 Long Island. It just said "Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez inducted into boxing hall of fame", it didn't even mention the other names or that it was the International Hall of Fame and not the World Boxing Hall of Fame. Quick question on that. Is one of those considered better than the other or is a good thing for someone to be inducted into either one? Is there a huge difference? Is one more respected than the other? I think it was last week I also saw on that same news channel it said "48 year old boxer Evander Holyfield says he will regain the heavyweight title" so these inductions were much better news than that other item. I'm a huge fan of both Tyson and Chavez.

Didn't 30 to 35 used to be considerd old for athletes, especially boxers, where guys are getting beat up? Was it always a common thing for former boxing greats to stick around until their late '40s to early '50s like Holyfield, Holmes or Duran or is this a more recent occurence? I've heard of Joe Louis and Sugar Ray Robinson coming back because they needed the money, but did a lot of other guys stick around too long?

Only the very, very few get out at the right time, all things considered --- & that is something which was true a hundred years ago, & remains true even today, in spite of mega-purses, endorsements & the like.

The sport is unregulated, in this regard. Team sportsmen retire sooner on average, because as they fade, they are told they are simply not wanted by clubs. Boxers don't face such restrictions.

[Anthony342]

Yeah but shouldn't they? Don't they still have to be medically cleared to fight? Shouldn't boxing decide they won't let someone compete anymore instead of just leaving it up to the fighter?

[Anthony342]

The Stallone induction I don't get either. Maybe Gary Cooper and Theresa Wright should be in the baseball hall of fame then since they were in the Pride of the Yankees movie. Then again, I heard the WWE Hall of Fame has a celebrity wing, so maybe boxing is starting one of their own. At least Pete Rose was able to get into THAT one. Screw all those hits, all the guy had to do in the end was get piledriven at a couple of Wrestlemanias lol.

[SCtrojansbaby]

I definitly like Stallone getting in. Rocky was HUGE for boxing

[sleazyfellow]

Nice class, except for stallone. I guess James earl jones also deserves to be in because he played jack johnson.

Rocky was huge in the 80s an generated interest...but this is a huge **** up on whoever picks who goes in the hof. Cant wait to hear Mikes speech though, hopefully its as funny as Holmes was.

[BattlingNelson]

I like this class. I have no problem with Stallone getting in. The Rocky movies has done a lot for the sport. Also nice to see Harry Carpenter getting posthumous recognition.

Rocky is clearly Philadelphia's greatest sporting hero.Without Rocky and Will Smith,that city amounts to nothing.Absolutely nothing.


Stallone deserves his induction,for everything that he has given to the sport of boxing.I don't know where this sport would be without him.

Wtf?

Philadelphia is one of the greatest fighttowns in America if not THE greatest. Frazier, Saad, Taylor, Giardello, Qawi etc. The list goes on and on...