Comments Thread For: Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini: Hall of Famer

[-Antonio-]

They sure do set a low bar for the HOF in boxing Especially if the fighter was popular.

[New England]

The IBHOF is all about being famous and popular in North America. It's Little about 'international' and less about resumees.

boxers in this part of he world have been better historically.


as more european fightesr [the ones you're clearly talking about,] have accomplishments in boxing, you'll see them getting into the hall of fame.

there are already borderline guys from europe in the hall. hamed is a great recent example. you'll also have a shrine with ricky hatton's fat fist in there in a few years. there's only one ricky hatton, after all, and we both know he was clearly from north america...


you're eurocentric, brih. this sport's history has largely based in america, and the best fighters have mostly been american. it is what it is.

[New England]

for the recrord, boom boom fights were bedlam, but he wouldn't be a hall of famer if it were up to me.


the standards of the hall of fame are dropping. the level of fighter is dropping.

i have no issues with mancini making the hall if gatti is in.

[SouthPawHitman]

The standards have gotten lower to get in the HOF,but I don't have a problem with Ray getting in. Ray was a great fighter and a great guy. He's one of my favorites of all time.

[wlliam]

Wow, Congratz Boom Boom! My grandpa(rip) and my pops favorite fighter and my pops still talks about him to this day. Were a fightn family thanks to Mancini, producing contenders on some respectable platforms.

[ShoulderRoll]

this sport's history has largely based in america, and the best fighters have mostly been american. it is what it is.

That's a hard pill to swallow for some posters here. But facts are facts and the truth is the truth.

[Kagami Taiga]

Yea, Raybreally doesn't fit the bill of what I think a HOFer is. There are guys better than him that aren't in. He had a good career though.

[Barcham]

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you're eurocentric, brih. this sport's history has largely based in america, and the best fighters have mostly been american. it is what it is.

Typical Yank response.

The boxing code was written by John Graham Chambers, a Welshman, and drafted in London in 1865, before being published in 1867 as "the Queensberry rules for the sport of boxing".^[3][4] This code of rules superseded the Revised London Prize Ring rules (1853), which had themselves replaced the original London Prize Ring rules (1743) of Jack Broughton. This version persuaded boxers that "you must not fight simply to win; no holds barred is not the way; you must win by the rules".^[5]

One early prize fighter who fought under Marquess of Queensberry rules was Jem Mace, former English heavyweight champion, who defeated Bill Davis in ******ia City, Nevada under these rules in 1876. In 1889, the Queensberry rules came into use in the United States and Canada.^[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marque...ensberry_Rules

Maybe we should discuss how basketball was created by an American? Maybe the origins of football? Golf, maybe? How about baseball? Come to think of it, I cannot come across one major sport that has it's origins in the US or was created by an American.

You are welcome to your delusions, however.

[Barcham]

Oh yeah... the IBHOF is just as valid as the Rock and Roll HOF. It is more a popularity contest than a true representation of the best or more important and influential of all time.

[Kagami Taiga]

Typical Yank response.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marque...ensberry_Rules

Maybe we should discuss how basketball was created by an American? Maybe the origins of football? Golf, maybe? How about baseball? Come to think of it, I cannot come across one major sport that has it's origins in the US or was created by an American.

You are welcome to your delusions, however.

Dude, u literally didn't discredit one thing he said. How much time did u waste finding that stuff out?