Comments Thread For: International Boxing Hall of Fame: The Gatti Question

[DeadLikeMe]

I vote no, but I'm of the belief that boxing needs to have Major League Baseball caliber HOF standards.

[GTL]

I love Gatti.

He's the reason I began to watch the sport.. I remember me and my pops used to watch him on HBO after dark growing up

The fights he gave us were just incredible.. Of course he deserves a slot..

When he was killed, I sheaded more than a few years knowing that my boxing heros life was taken..

RIP Arturo Thunder Gatti

[T.Horton]

Hall of Fame isn't a big thing in UK (or European?) sport. We have one for English football but no one really cares about it. It's hard to understand why so many on NSB have an objection to certain people being inducted into the boxing HOF.

Do these discussions occur over US football and Basketball? what's the requirements for induction into those?

Generally for hockey, baseball and basketball it's pretty much reserved for the best of the best.

I would imagine it's the same for football, I don't follow it though.

[Bretty Poy32]

there should be a gatti statue in all of the the states in usa

[Konstantin]

Gatti should get in easily. He contributed a lot to the sport and connected with a lot of fans.

[The Big Dunn]

Gatti IMO deserves to be in the wing where stallone and some of the wirters are. The sport is better for having him in it. But I can't put him in for his career. Losing spectacularly, violently, even crowd pleasingly (i know it isn't a word) is still losing.

In Gatti's case he loses to the elite every time, which means he isn't elite and doesn't belong with elite fighters. But what he gave us with Robinson, Ward, etc should and must be recognized for eternity.

[Weebler I]

there should be a hall of fame fights category. then the fighters who didn't quite have the hall of fame resumes could get the glory and respect that they deserve.

with that said, i don't think Gatti should be in.

Hall of Fame isn't a big thing in UK (or European?) sport. We have one for English football but no one really cares about it. It's hard to understand why so many on NSB have an objection to certain people being inducted into the boxing HOF.

Do these discussions occur over US football and Basketball? what's the requirements for induction into those?

[IMDAZED]

I'm going against my own idealogy here but he's got my vote.

[T.Horton]

Gatti epitomises boxing.

no doubt about this.

there should be a hall of fame fights category. then the fighters who didn't quite have the hall of fame resumes could get the glory and respect that they deserve.

with that said, i don't think Gatti should be in.

[Weebler I]

Gatti epitomises boxing, of course he should be in.

Boxing isn't like other sports, it's about more than winning.