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Guys, please don't turn this into another silly Floyd-Pac thread.
I do NOT feel that Zoo is a HoF'er. I think his career achievements are very overrated. In fact, during his "reign", I never saw the greatness that people were thrusting upon him.
Almost every guy in the HoF either has...
1) Win or WinS against other prime HoF guys (Pacquiao)
2) A period of unquestioned dominance at his weight class (Hopkins)
3) Highly competitive bouts with other HoF-level guys (Oscar, Shane)
In my humble opinion, I don't know that Kostya Tszyu meets any of those criteria for me.
Plus, there are too many guys on the current docket that I consider to have been better than Zoo during Zoo's era (Barrera, Hopkins, Winky, Morales, Pacquiao, Mayweather, Mosley, Holyfield, Lewis,Jones, Delahoya, Toney, etc, etc) .
I did not feel that Zoo should have been ranked #3 p4p when Hatton beat him...and I don't think that he should be in the HoF.
Heck, I think Jose Luis Castillo was a better all around fighter.
...but I will still show up in June.
I do NOT feel that Zoo is a HoF'er. I think his career achievements are very overrated. In fact, during his "reign", I never saw the greatness that people were thrusting upon him.
Almost every guy in the HoF either has...
1) Win or WinS against other prime HoF guys (Pacquiao)
2) A period of unquestioned dominance at his weight class (Hopkins)
3) Highly competitive bouts with other HoF-level guys (Oscar, Shane)
In my humble opinion, I don't know that Kostya Tszyu meets any of those criteria for me.
Plus, there are too many guys on the current docket that I consider to have been better than Zoo during Zoo's era (Barrera, Hopkins, Winky, Morales, Pacquiao, Mayweather, Mosley, Holyfield, Lewis,Jones, Delahoya, Toney, etc, etc) .
I did not feel that Zoo should have been ranked #3 p4p when Hatton beat him...and I don't think that he should be in the HoF.
Heck, I think Jose Luis Castillo was a better all around fighter.
...but I will still show up in June.
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