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Is it fair if Virgil Hill gets voted into the HOF but not Michalczewski?
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Originally posted by Anthony342 View PostSo then DM was lineal champion at light heavyweight? And then Roy Jones became lineal when he beat Glen Kelly for the Ring title belt?
The lineage ran through Erdei, who ultimately vacated. The lineage also wasn't worth much more than its footnote for years.
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Originally posted by crold1 View PostThat was when HBO started to recognize them. Ring never did. Others (ABC, Showtime) treated them as equal to anything else from early on. They were a major title depending on who had their belt.
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Originally posted by Scott9945 View PostMy memory is that Hamed put the WBO on the map. It was also enhanced by the Klitschko's holding their belt in the 1990's.
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Originally posted by joe strong View PostThe WBO was a regional belt not a world title in 2001...europn\asian based regional belt like the NABF was in north america...2005 is when it started getting recognized. it was a stepping stone belt that gave you a top 5-10 ranking in the WBC. any north american fighter who won it vacated it to get a shot at a real world title....
Ray Mercer defended it against Morrison. Tommy Morrison won it against Foreman, defended it against Tomacheck and lost it to Bentt. Riddick Bowe won it against Hide, and defended it against Gonzalez.Last edited by The Hammer; 10-29-2012, 09:13 AM.
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Originally posted by Freedom2014Although he's on the ballots again this year, Dariusz will very likely never be voted into the IBHOF even though he deserves it.
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Originally posted by Welsh Jon View PostEven with the low standards set by the IBHOF he's only a border line contender.
- He has the most consecutive light heavyweight world title defenses in boxing history.
- He went 48-0
- Won world titles in two divisions
- Unified the light heavyweight titles, only to be unjustly stripped of two of them for no good reason
- unified by defeating Virgil Hill, who was admitted to the IBHOF last year
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Originally posted by Freedom2014 View PostI think he's better than 'border line"...
- He has the most consecutive light heavyweight world title defenses in boxing history.
- He went 48-0
- Won world titles in two divisions
- Unified the light heavyweight titles, only to be unjustly stripped of two of them for no good reason
- unified by defeating Virgil Hill, who was admitted to the IBHOF last year
Darius is about on the same level as Virgil Hill. But Hill was a borderline case too in my opinion.
Now that Hill is in he should go in too I guess.
Is Eddie Booker in yet? Now there's a guy unfairly over looked for years.
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