Did Mayweather ruin Hatton's HoF chances?

[Ironside]

Just a quick note about the HoF (and this should probably be its own thread)...

LOCK:

Mayweather
Jones
Hopkins
Delahoya
Toney
Holyfield
Barrera
Morales
Lewis
Tyson
etc

PROBABLE:

Pacquiao
Calzaghe
Mosley
Trinidad
Wright
etc

MAYBE:

Hatton
Marquez x 2
Castillo
Corrales
Tszyu
etc


If you took the dozen or so "locks", and added in even half the probables and maybes, that is A LOT of guys. More than we have ever inducted from any previous era.

ARE WE BEING TOO GENEROUS... OR WILL THEY REALLY INDUCT THAT MANY GUYS?

We're not being too generous. Fact is, before the lower divisions had 2-3 guys controlling the division and those guys would get praised and would be thought of as unstoppable. Now, there is so much competition in the lower divisions and so much talent, you got 5-8 fighters which in any other era would get the title, going for the title.

[MrZeus]

Just a quick note about the HoF (and this should probably be its own thread)...

LOCK:

Mayweather
Jones
Hopkins
Delahoya
Toney
Holyfield
Barrera
Morales
Lewis
Tyson
etc

PROBABLE:

Pacquiao
Calzaghe
Mosley
Trinidad
Wright
etc

MAYBE:

Hatton
Marquez x 2
Castillo
Corrales
Tszyu
etc


If you took the dozen or so "locks", and added in even half the probables and maybes, that is A LOT of guys. More than we have ever inducted from any previous era.

ARE WE BEING TOO GENEROUS... OR WILL THEY REALLY INDUCT THAT MANY GUYS?

Great post.....

I think i agree with all your "locks" apart from toney. As for the probables, I think Pacquiao and Calzaghe make the HoF but to be honest that's it. All the other guys have probably still got more to do.

[MrZeus]

Great post.....

I think i agree with all your "locks" apart from toney. As for the probables, I think Pacquiao and Calzaghe make the HoF but to be honest that's it. All the other guys have probably still got more to do.

Oh my bad i forgot Trinidad, who is also a definate lock

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Tszyu's probable. Pac and Trinidad are locks.

Cool. But that underscores my point. Should THAT MANY guys be going ? Will they?

Seems that they have been inducting WAY fewer living "participants " (boxers) than we've named.

2006: carbajal, someone else
2007: duran, lopez, whitaker.


They have been inducting 3-4 per year MAX. And we just named fifteen . Easily. And I don't follow the small divisions that closely. I'm sure there's some superjuniormicroweight that I missed.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Great post.....

I think i agree with all your "locks" apart from toney. As for the probables, I think Pacquiao and Calzaghe make the HoF but to be honest that's it. All the other guys have probably still got more to do.

Trinidad? Not going?

[MrZeus]

Trinidad? Not going?

check my next post man, i corrected it

[Avenue]

Hatton? HOF?
that dont even look rite only person hes beating that was actually good was Collazo and Collazo actually won that fight

[Ironside]

Great post.....

I think i agree with all your "locks" apart from toney. As for the probables, I think Pacquiao and Calzaghe make the HoF but to be honest that's it. All the other guys have probably still got more to do.

Just wondering, why should toney not be HOF?

[MrZeus]

Just wondering, why should toney not be HOF?

I guess these things are subjective, but his two losses to Griffin (albeit close) and the drugs controversy kinda soured his legacy a bit.

What's your opinion?

[Technical_Skill]

How Anyone could possibly think Pac is more deserving of the HOF than Toney i dont know.

Toney was light years ahead of paquiao in terms of boxing talent, and didnt get knocked out by Singsurat either.

Mayweather, Jones JR, Toney are all 1st ballot picks.

Unfortunatlely so is Hopkins, although he made it his mission in life to avoid a roy jones rematch at all costs.... even asking for 50/50 on live tv despite not being the draw and losing to jones already, disgraceful.