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A boxing analyst believes Floyd Mayweather's bid for the International Boxing Hall of Fame may be hurt if he ends up not fighting Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao before he retires from the sport.
Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole noted in a recent column that Mayweather may well end up finishing his career with a perfect record, but is unlikely to be a unanimous selection to the Hall of Fame.
"If Mayweather finishes his career with a perfect record, as seems likely, but doesn't fight Pacquiao, which also seems likely, he'll never fully get away from it," Iole wrote.
"There will be a significant number of voters who will withhold support from him for the International Boxing Hall of Fame for not facing the best opponent of his era," he added.
Iole said Mayweather will still be likely elected on the first ballot. "But he won't be unanimous by any stretch if he doesn't face Pacquiao," he said.
But Iole was quick to add that Mayweather is unlikely to care about his Hall-of-Fame credentials, however.
"(Mayweather) likes to play a numbers game, and points to his superior pay-per-view figures," he said.
Iole, in his column, said the Mayweather camp is doing far less than the Pacquiao camp when it comes to putting the mega-fight together.
"(Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum is) trying and he's at least putting himself on the line" to make the fight happen, said Iole. "The same can't be said for the other side."
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Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole noted in a recent column that Mayweather may well end up finishing his career with a perfect record, but is unlikely to be a unanimous selection to the Hall of Fame.
"If Mayweather finishes his career with a perfect record, as seems likely, but doesn't fight Pacquiao, which also seems likely, he'll never fully get away from it," Iole wrote.
"There will be a significant number of voters who will withhold support from him for the International Boxing Hall of Fame for not facing the best opponent of his era," he added.
Iole said Mayweather will still be likely elected on the first ballot. "But he won't be unanimous by any stretch if he doesn't face Pacquiao," he said.
But Iole was quick to add that Mayweather is unlikely to care about his Hall-of-Fame credentials, however.
"(Mayweather) likes to play a numbers game, and points to his superior pay-per-view figures," he said.
Iole, in his column, said the Mayweather camp is doing far less than the Pacquiao camp when it comes to putting the mega-fight together.
"(Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum is) trying and he's at least putting himself on the line" to make the fight happen, said Iole. "The same can't be said for the other side."
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/12...-hall-fame-bid
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