Boxrec Hall of Fame Discussion Thread

[Ambling Alp]

This thread is for a discussion of the Boxrec Hall of Fame. It is meant to discuss the merits of candiates that are eligible for the Hall of Fame.
All voting is to be done on the Boxrec Hall of Fame Ballot (November 2008) thread.

To start things off:
For those of you who haven't been voting for the "mid-level" heavyweight champions, or top heavyweights who never got a title shot, how close are you to doing so?

For those of you who have been voting for some of these guys, state your case why.

I myself haven't been voting for these guys (Corbett,Sharkey,Schmeling,Baer,Walcott,Patterson, Norton) or heavyweights like Wills,Jeanette, or McVey yet.
I keep thinking that I will soon, but I keep finding fighters in other weight classes that are more deserving. I'm now up to about 15 guys who I haven't voted for yet who I am considering voting for in the next couple of ballots before any more heavyweights.

Would be interesting to see some comments.

[raylawpc]

I would encourage anyone who left George Dixon off their list to consider amending their list to include "Little Chocolate."

Failure to put George Dixon into the Boxrec HOF would be the equivalent of failing to put Jackie Robinson in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Dixon was the first African-American world champion in any weight class. (And the first Canadian-born world champion to boot.)

He was absolutely fearless and would fight anyone, any place. (Unlike Peter Jackson, who cost himself a shot at the heavyweight title by refusing to fight Jim Corbett in Florida.) In 1892, he defended his title in the heart of the "Deep, Deep South" - New Orleans.

[Seamus]

Can't believe I'm the only one who's ever voted for Mike Gibbons.

[Ezzard]

Had Dixon on my first ever ballot and always thought it was a matter of time.

Mike Gibbons is deserving.

I'm still hoping people will look up Owen Moran and give hima chance.

Okay, here's a question for you. If you could take one guy out of the HOF who has been voted in who would it be?

Seem to remember that Seamus wasn't too happy about Sonny Liston getting the nod.

[Ezzard]

IMO Benitez got in before he probably should have. I think there are a few deserving cases ahead in the queue.

[Seamus]

Of all fighters not yet in our HOF, I strongly believe Philadelphia Jack O'Brien is the most deserving. He was a world class fighter who fought over multiple weights, faced the world's best, never drew the color line, sometimes took on much larger opponents, and still maintained an outstanding record.

[My2Sense]

Damnit, where was this thread hiding?? :x

If I'd known where it was, I would've bombarded it with lobbies for Lloyd Marshall and Battling Battalino!

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