Erik Morales:Hall of Fame or not?

[Piggu]

Has El Terrible done enough to make it into Canastota?

[czars_salad]

Has El Terrible done enough to make it into Canastota?

definitely. he has a storied career. and everyone knows that

[Piggu]

definitely. he has a storied career. and everyone knows that

I don't know so much about him. Come to think of it, I don't know so much about any boxer.

[Piggu]

What boxer had a great career that I should research? I need to focus on one fighter right now. I only know a tiny bit about a bunch of fighters.

[Piggu]

I am going to start getting Ring magazine.

[Exciterx30]

Morales will get in the HOF in the first try. He is one of only a few Mexicans who became 3-division champions.

[Piggu]

I might start with Erik Morales. I found some guy selling an eighteen fight dvd of him.

[LostGuy]

What boxer had a great career that I should research? I need to focus on one fighter right now. I only know a tiny bit about a bunch of fighters.

morales would not be a good choice for this probably because you wont find a lot of information. you would do best with older fighters back when they used to actually cover boxing some. joe louis would be good but maybe too generic. it depends how deep you want to dig for info. jack johnson would be a great choice and pbs just did a great special on him called unforgiveable blackness. 4 hours i think. and james earl jones played him in the great white hope. jack johnson is a good choice and many mainstream people wouldnt know him. and there is relatively a lot of info on him.

[legacyofbrutality]

definitely Morales is going to the Hall of Fame, man where can I find an 18 fight dvd of erik?

[RiverCityMike]

morales would not be a good choice for this probably because you wont find a lot of information. you would do best with older fighters back when they used to actually cover boxing some. joe louis would be good but maybe too generic. it depends how deep you want to dig for info. jack johnson would be a great choice and pbs just did a great special on him called unforgiveable blackness. 4 hours i think. and james earl jones played him in the great white hope. jack johnson is a good choice and many mainstream people wouldnt know him. and there is relatively a lot of info on him.

But Johnson really didn't fight the best of opposition. For all that he did by becoming the first black hw champ, he took it all away by refusing to fight black fighters. There are probably droves of black fighters during the Johnson era who could've been 'somebody' and weren't because of Johnson. Johnson beat a lot of old white guys who used to be good and then even more bums. He was like a sideshow of boxing really.