Sylvester Stallone Boxing HOF????

**$tate of Mind** · 12-08-2010, 07:38 PM

Originally posted by PinoyZoi

What the hell is going on? He was nominated with REAL contenders like Mike Tyson & Julio Cesar Chavez. Sr.......

http://www.sportsgrid.com/media/sylvester-stallone-hof-reaction/

"Tuesday�s announcement of the Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2011 featured some household names, led by the always-controversial Mike Tyson".

What are your thoughts on this subject.

Rocky has no business in the boxing HOF I don't get it.......

**Evil Abed** · 12-08-2010, 07:39 PM

I can give you Tyson's opinion.

danrafaelespn Dan Rafael
@miketyson on Stallone: 'You know how many fighters he inspired from that movie? He contributed (to boxing) more than some champions did.'

**jri9d0** · 12-08-2010, 07:40 PM

I was puzzled by it too, I mean don’t get me wrong I loved the Rocky flicks but let’s separate fantasy from reality.

**yuppie** · 12-08-2010, 07:41 PM

I know and with a record of 57-23-1 and 51 KO's, he was blatantly a journeyman fighter. Maybe next time someone from this forum will be inducted into the HOF for their post count.

**pistol whip** · 12-08-2010, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by FootWork777

Rocky has no business in the boxing HOF I don't get it.......

yeah the guy who wrote and was the star of the most iconic boxing film of all time!

Sorry I thought it made perfect sense since you know the film won an Oscar and has only been watched by every boxing fan who existed since the late 70's but oh yeah he has no reason to be in the Boxing HOF.

**Money Shot** · 12-08-2010, 07:41 PM

I suppose he did a lot to promote boxing with those films.

**Evil Abed** · 12-08-2010, 07:44 PM

Originally posted by pistol whip

yeah the guy who wrote and was the star of the most iconic boxing film of all time!

Sorry I thought it made perfect sense since you know the film won an Oscar and has only been watched by every boxing fan who existed since the late 70's but oh yeah he has no reason to be in the Boxing HOF.

I can't believe I agree with you on something.

You are 100% correct.

**SOPH~ REP.** · 12-08-2010, 07:44 PM

He only beat the top hollywood boxers and 1 hof wrestler

**Thread Stealer** · 12-08-2010, 07:45 PM

The boxing HOF is filled with sportswriters, broadcasters, promoters, etc...who contributed to the sport in the "Non-Participant" and "Observers" section.

Stallone would be another one. Granted, most or all of those actually covered the sport and wrote on boxing for magazines/newspapers, but Stallone's impact on boxing is undeniable. Budd Schulberg edited boxing for Sports Illustrated, but my guess is that the main reason he got inducted is because of his fictional boxing book The Harder They Fall, and his fictional screenplay On the Waterfront.

Well then it's not unprecedented that people get into Canastota for their works of fiction about boxing. He's getting in because he wrote the screenplays, not for his acting.

Sylvester Stallone Boxing HOF????