Comments Thread For: Hall of Fame announcement: The surprises; the snubs; the sentimentality

[MalevolentBite]

Vinny Pazienza's induction into the IBHOF Hall of Fame is a disaster. I guess if Vinny's in, anyone can be.

Basically!!

thats ok if thats the standard, they want to set. Then Wilder will walk right in.

[-Kev-]

It is important to remember that it is a Hall of FAME, not a Hall of Talent. I think Butterbean, Logan Paul, and Charlie Z are easily famous enough to make the cut. Put them in so the real boxing fans can completely stop caring.

It’s true, but boxing is the only sport where that’s the case. If the IBHOF was like other’s sport’s HOF, meaning how strict it is, boxers would have show a proven track record against elite fighters. And in that case many IBHOF inductees would be considered to be in the Hall of Very Good.

[-Kev-]

Golovkin has to get in due to who’s already in. He looks like a superstar compared to some of the HOF boxers. His track record vs elite fighters is almost non existent. He also had no issues going up to 168 for Chavez, but not for Andre Ward. He wanted to bring down Ward to 165lbs basically so that Ward can say no and give GGG an off-ramp.

I’m not denying he belongs in the IBHOF, i’m saying if the IBHOF took itself as serious as other sport’s HOF, he and several other boxers wouldn’t be in.

But in the version of the HOF that exists in boxing, he absolutely belongs there, no questions asked. His resume makes him look like Sugar Ray Robinson in comparison to some HOF inductees. He’s 1st ballot in this intentionally watered down HOF. I mean there HOF event every single year. It’s not some highly prestigious honor that happens every 3-4 years.

[TheProudLunatic]

Women HOFers

GGG has a miserable resume filled to the rafters with BUMS !
Take Nelo's name off of it and it's bum after bum after bum after bum after bum after bum..................

What did he do that was so special that NO ONE ELSE could have done ?!?!?!?

[TheProudLunatic]

It is important to remember that it is a Hall of FAME, not a Hall of Talent.

One must ask themselves, what is the inductee FAMOUS for

Maybe FanMan should be in

All kidding aside, Fame AKA Greatness, is what it's implied.