Boxrec Hall of Fame Voting Results (November 2008)

[Ambling Alp]

The votes are in. George Dixon was elected. He received 12 out 15 votes. (11 were required for election.) This is the first time that only one fighter was elected.

The rest of the vote totals are as follows:

10 Votes
Ted Kid Lewis

9 Votes
Jem Driscoll
Johnny Kilbane

8 Votes
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien

7 Votes
Beau Jack
Luis Rodriguez
Vincente Saldivar
Jimmy Barry

6 Votes
Sammy Angott
Jack Britton
Miguel Canto
Flash Elorde
Gene Fullmer
Joey Giardello
Lloyd Marshall
Pancho Villa
Tony Zale
Jersey Joe Walcott

5 Votes
Joe Brown
Young Corbett III
Kid McCoy
Eusebio Pedroza
Aaron Pryor
Holman Williams
Antonio Cervantes
Fidel LaBarba
Young Stribling
Peter Jackson

4 Votes
Freddie Welsh
Jack Dillon
Tommy Gibbons
Freddie Miller
Freddie Steele
Jim Corbett
Fritzie Zivic
Joe Jeanette

3 Votes
Danny Lopez
Benny Lynch
Tom Sharkey
Jose Carattoli
Johnny Dundee
Battling Nelson
Esteban DeJesus
Joey Archer
Jack Kid Berg
Jimmy Bivins
Pete Herman

2 Votes
Midget Wolgast
Fred Apostoli
Eddie Perkins
Victor Galindez
Johnny Coulon
Jack Delaney
Joe McCulliffe
Tommy Paul
Owen Moran
Kid Norfolk
Rodrigo Valdez
Harry Wills
Eddie Booker
Floyd Patterson
Frankie Genaro

1 Vote
Sammy Mandell
Sugar Ramos
Mike Gibbons
Young Griffo
Pinipo Cuevas
John Henry Lewis
Billy Graham
Joe Lynch
Carlos Palomino
Humberto Gonzalez
Daniel Zaragoza
Joe Choynski
Dixie Kid
Ed Donovan
Kid Lavigne
Mysterious Billy Smith
Kid Williams
Koichi Wajima
Harry Accavallo
Al Bummy Davis
Jose Fernandez
Artuo Godoy
Willie Joyce
Ismael Laguna
Eduardo Lausse
Jimmy Leto
Rafael Merentino
Mauro Mino
Memphis Pal Moore
Angel Rodriquez
Justo Suarez
Jose Torres
Ken Buchanan
Jungkoo Chang
Hilario Zapata
Jimmy Slattery
Jeff Clark
Ken Norton
Bat Battalino
Lou Brouillard
Frank Klaus
Billy Petrolle
Teddie Yarosz

Thanks to Seamus,Expug,Giacomino,Ralawc,Jaywheel,Martin Sosa Cameron,Ezzard,Taverner,Wbsuf,Elmer,Minotauro,Socdolager,Box Buzz, and My 2 Sense for voting.

[My2Sense]

Damn, Ted Kid Lewis just fell short!

I demand a recount! D


LOL, I love how our HOF has stricter standards than the real one.

[BoxBuzz]

Cervantes needs to get in next time. He deserves his recognition.

[Seamus]

I've had Cervantes on my last several ballots.

[My2Sense]

Cervantes needs to get in next time. He deserves his recognition.

NOT before Lloyd Marshall!!!

[BoxBuzz]

Cervantes needs to get in next time. He deserves his recognition.

NOT before Lloyd Marshall!!!

I sense a deal in the works.

[Ambling Alp]

Just a few stats worth noting:

-Only 1 fighter was elected. (Previous low was 3)
Last election, 3 were elected, time before that 6, the time before that 14 fighters were elected.
-Only one fighter came within one vote. Ted Kid Lewis got 10 votes; 11 were required.

-Only two fighters got 9, and only two more got 8.
-A grand total of 6 fighters were on the majority of our ballots!

-108 different fighters got at least one vote.
-This includes 43 fighters who got only one vote.

-No fighter who began his career after World War II received even a majority of the votes. (8 or more.)

[Ezzard]

Thanks for the stats breakdown, Alp.

I personally don't have a problem with 1 guy getting in. It's better that it's difficult to get voted in.

[Seamus]

I agree with Ezzard. As you said we had 14 get in on one ballot, so I think things like this will happen. Remember it's harder to get in the BoxRec HOF than it is the IBHOF.

Don't get discourage Alp, you're doing a good job. Now go make a list of the 50 greatest Free Safeties in NFL history.

[BoxBuzz]

Perhaps we could begin a lobbying process. I'd like to see a few get in next time, perhaps we could find some common ground, have some civil conversations on the merits and get a few more fighters in based on some sensible discussions.

I'll take the pledge not to triangulate or be overly self serving in my advocacy for any one candidate. It is harder for me to truly bring my best advocacy game to fighters I have not seen fight. Though I do go back and attempt to read up on those whos record consists of newspapers and word of mouth handed down through generations.

Those fighters I have met and have witnessed can end up on either end of my list in a pretty energetic form and I'll just have to keep those opinions in check I suppose.