Today's active* fighters - IBHOF Bound? Or NOT?

[Smash]

Close or Getting close:
Gervonta Davis
Vasyl Lomachenko
Shakur Stevenson







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i dont think u can lump those 3 in the same category, loma is right at the end of a great ams career and very good pro career, the other 2 are some way behind at the moment i would say

[drablj]

wilder is guaranteed but kazuto ioka is not even on a maybe list...
how is donaire not guaranteed? nonito's career is better than wilder's, norton's, gatti's, mancini's... 4 division champion for ~10 years, exciting fighter, CLEAN fighter. he must get in.

[icha]

i wouldnt guarantee wilder or joshua, donaire and choco are a must...

[Willow The Wisp]

Great feedback!
A couple Quick notes:

My list of prospective ballot candidates is by no means presented in any kind of order or indended to be complete.
I would have no issue adding to it, to include such as:

Kosei Tanaka, JAP 13-24. 20-1-0(11)
Kazuto Ioka, JAP 09-24. 31-3-1(16)

Also, while super Flyweights & mini-Flyweights deserve equal consideration, the Heavyweights, fair or not, are the flagship fighters, bereft of 'little guy skill' and bulky though they may be, and anybody who's ever come close to Wilder's 10 successful title defenses, one of those to unify, is, like it or not; getting in the Hall of fame.

Nonito Donaire is a good candidate of course, as feedback indicates here more than once.

Also, as an aside; there are still plenty of Pioneer, Old-Timer and Modern catagory fighters, outside of the active or recently active group under discussion here, still deserving induction.

[gamesworn]

Today's active* fighters - IBHOF Bound?
(*or recently active, waiting for eligibility)

Does anyone pop out at you, as a "Definitely Deserves it" or "No Way"?


Guaranteed Induction:
Saul Canelo Alvarez
Manny Pacquiao
Oleksandr Usyk
Gennadiy Golovkin
Tyson Fury
Terrence Crawford
Naoya Inoue
Anthony Joshua
Deontay Wilder

Close or Getting close:
Gervonta Davis
Vasyl Lomachenko
Dmitrii Bivol
Artur Beterbiev
Junto Nakatani
Roman Gonzalez
Shakur Stevenson
Teofimo Lopez

What are YOUR thoughts on their chances???
Jaron Ennis
Badou Jack
Shawn Porter
Ryan Garcia
Marco Huck
Keith Thurman
Nonito Donaire
Kell Brook
Danny Garcia
Wisaksil Wangek
Amir Khan
William Zepeda Segura
Errol Spence Jr
Mairis Briedis
Jesse Rodriguez
Devin Haney
Juan Francisco Estrada
David Lemieux
Andy Ruiz Jr.
Christian Mbilli
Jai Opetaia
George Kambosos Jr
Caleb Plant
Lucas Martin Matthysse
Jermall Charlo
Jermell Charlo
Luke Campbell
Jaime Munguia
Tony Bellew
Robert Guerrero
Demetrius Andrade
Kenshiro Teraji
Ilunga Junior Makabu
Mikey Garcia
Josh Taylor
Sergey Kovalev
Anthony Dirrell
Billy Joe Saunders
Chris Eubank Jr
Jarrett Hurd
Tim Tszyu
Paul Malignaggi
Humberto Soto
Adrien Broner
Miguel Berchelt
Josh Warrington

(Locked In)
Pac, Alvarez, Donaire, Crawford, Usyk, Golovkin, Estrada, Chocolatito, Loma, Inoue*

(Borderline)
Rungvisai, Fury, Joshua, Bivol, and Beterbiev (Honestly he has the best chance here)

(Might get in because of Popularity)
Wilder

Others too young and some might get more wins or losses in the future.

[gamesworn]

teraji has 7 top 5 wins including the #1 guy and wilder has 2 and no one near the top yet wilder is guaranteed? please make it make sense. wilder must be getting that american media spotlight bump because as a fighter he is not close at all.

shakur is not close at all. tank is not close at all. they are just popular fighters in the spotlight. that doesnt mean they have accomplished much because they have not. nakatani not close at all. these guys are division hopping but they dont have the quality wins to come close yet. compare tank and his 1 top 5 win over the #5 guy to teraji and his 7 top 5 wins including over the #1 guy. not really a comparison is it?

guys that should be in are: donaire, estrada, kovalev, teraji, roman, lomachenko and a bunch of other guys are close like spence, bivol, rungvisai, beterbiev, jesse rodriguez

I really want to add Kovalev in my Borderline list but his godawful performances after the first Ward fight is really hard to ignore. He even lost to Canelo, smh.

At his prime i really see Kovalev being competitive against the top Light Heavyweights of the world but his overall career falls short imo.

[Willow The Wisp]

I really want to add Kovalev in my Borderline list but his godawful performances after the first Ward fight is really hard to ignore. He even lost to Canelo, smh.

At his prime i really see Kovalev being competitive against the top Light Heavyweights of the world but his overall career falls short imo.

I get that. Kovalev seemed right on target for a good long while before he went down fast.

I figure that in the end, it's down to what out mind decides is the right cut-off for packing the Hall.
This is something that everyone, even the voting members, have a very personal feeling about.
I agree that the distinction should be reserved for the very best fighters and personalities, but I have a commitment to enshrining everyone who I see as being great, and reprentitive of their era.