Boxrec Hall of Fame Voting Results (May 2009)

[Ambling Alp]

The results are in!
Antonio Cervantes, James J. Corbett, and Pancho Villa have been elected to the Boxrec Hall of Fame.
18 members cast ballots. 13 votes were needed for election.

Villa received 14 votes.
Cervantes and Corbett received 13 votes.

Flash Elorde and Gene Fullmer each narrowly missed with 12 votes.

Thanks to Seamus,Rossman,My 2 Sense,Boxbuzz,Collins,Dempseyfire,I Feel Fine, Hitman,Ezzard,Adam 1987, Martin Sosa Cameron,Senya 13, Sockdolager,Giacomino, HomocideHenry,Taverner, Wbsuf for voting.
It was pretty interesting.


The rest of the results:
10 Votes:
Jem Driscoll
Aaron Pryor
Joe Jeannette

9 Votes
Young Corbett III
Kid McCoy
Luis Rodriguez

8 votes
Bat Battalino
Jimmy bivins
Joe Brown
Joey Giardello
Johnny Kilbane
Jack Kid Berg
Tommy gibbons
Maxsie Rosenbloom
Floyd Patterson
Jersey Joe Walcott
Peter Jackson

7 Votes
Miguel Canto
Beau Jack
Dwight Qawi
Eusebio Pedroza
Jimmy Barry
Harry Wills
Esteban DeJesus

6 Votes
Sammy Angott
Fidel LaBarba
Freddie Miller
Bob Montgomery
Young Stribling
Freddie Welsh
Mike Gibbons
Jack Blackburn
Battling Nelson

5 Votes
John Henry Lewis
Kid Norfolk
Johnny Dundee

4 Votes
Jack Dillon
Fritzie Zivic
Victor Galindez

3 votes
Sammy Mandell
Freddie Steele
Midget Wolgast
Jack McAulliffe
Eddie Booker
Jack Delaney
Tommy Paul
Tom Sharkey
Rodrigo Valdes
Jung Koo Chang
Frankie Genaro
Harry Accavallo
Johnny Coulon

2 Votes
Pete Herman
Benny Lynch
Hilario Zapata

1 Vote
Jose Carratoli

[Ambling Alp]

Overall, it went fairly well. 3 fighters got enough votes; last no one did and the time before only 1.
18 people voted, which is higher than usual.
We elected guys from different eras.
Of course everyone has guys that they can't believe don't get elected but that's the way it goes.

[BoxBuzz]

And a fine outcome it is!

[Seamus]

I was glad to see Pancho Villa and Antonio Cervantes get in this time, since I've had them on my ballot for some time. Amazingly though, Kid McCoy didn't get close to getting in, and he's been on my ballot since Jan 06. I thought Jimmy Barry and Tommy Gibbons would be in as well by now, but we don't all see eye to eye.