BoxRec Forum Boxing Hall of Fame- January ballots

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 26 Jan 2006, 04:56

Working on the tally right now, but I got started later than I thought. Won't have the results posted today, but definitely by Friday.

Stay tuned!!!

iceman21287 · Post by **iceman21287** » 26 Jan 2006, 05:07

I don't have the official results, but it looks like around 10 fighters will be elected in this first month. Lots of fighters were extremely close but just barely missed 75% of the votes. They will most likely get in next month.

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 26 Jan 2006, 05:07

kidlefty wrote:Working on the tally right now, but I got started later than I thought. Won't have the results posted today, but definitely by Friday.

Stay tuned!!!

Kid you should probably quote of a list of everyone who voted just so we can be sure that all our picks were included.

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 26 Jan 2006, 05:12

Definitely will.

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 26 Jan 2006, 05:53

Just a quick update. I've tallied eight ballots so far: mine, rory mccloskey, ferroz, ezzard, lenny albert, decagon, the great john l, and boxbuzz.

A couple of those have some ineligible names on them. In those cases I just counted the eligible fighters and considered them short ballots. There's no rule that says you HAVE to name 25 fighters, but of course leaving blank spots could cost someone enshrinement. We'll see how that shakes out.

Also, I didn't count expug's ballot because he named too many fighters. Since I can't decide for him who stays and who goes, I'll have to throw the whole ballot out. I'll try and get a revision from him before I'm done, but until then it can't count.

And finally, there's the strange case of barry's oldtimers list. I'm not sure if that's actually a ballot or not. I'll need to consider what to do with it.

So far, no huge surprises. There's at least one guy I'm surprised hasn't gotten more support, and there's still four guys who have been named on 100% of the ballots counted so far.

I've got my spreadsheet set up now so it shouldn't take long to do the rest, but I need to go to bed. I'll pick it up again tommorow. If I find some time to sneak in a little at work (or at least on my lunch hour), I'll do some then, otherwise I'll be finishing tommorow night and posting results by Friday morning.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and let me know if you have any comments or questions.

iceman21287 · Post by **iceman21287** » 26 Jan 2006, 10:18

kidlefty wrote:Just a quick update. I've tallied eight ballots so far: mine, rory mccloskey, ferroz, ezzard, lenny albert, decagon, the great john l, and boxbuzz.

A couple of those have some ineligible names on them. In those cases I just counted the eligible fighters and considered them short ballots. There's no rule that says you HAVE to name 25 fighters, but of course leaving blank spots could cost someone enshrinement. We'll see how that shakes out.

Also, I didn't count expug's ballot because he named too many fighters. Since I can't decide for him who stays and who goes, I'll have to throw the whole ballot out. I'll try and get a revision from him before I'm done, but until then it can't count.

And finally, there's the strange case of barry's oldtimers list. I'm not sure if that's actually a ballot or not. I'll need to consider what to do with it.

So far, no huge surprises. There's at least one guy I'm surprised hasn't gotten more support, and there's still four guys who have been named on 100% of the ballots counted so far.

I've got my spreadsheet set up now so it shouldn't take long to do the rest, but I need to go to bed. I'll pick it up again tommorow. If I find some time to sneak in a little at work (or at least on my lunch hour), I'll do some then, otherwise I'll be finishing tommorow night and posting results by Friday morning.

Thanks again to everyone who participated and let me know if you have any comments or questions.

I don't think Barry's list was an actual ballot. You can try PMing him about it as he's around virtually every day, but I don't think he meant it as a ballot.

As far as the 4 fighters with 100% go, I'm gonna take a wild guess and say they are

Muhammad Ali
Joe Louis
Archie Moore
Sugar Ray Robinson

Of course it could be someone like Henry Armstrong, Jack Johnson or Ezzard Charles or even someone like Sam Langford or Willie Pep.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 26 Jan 2006, 12:42

Sorry about that,too many .I would submit that list minus Wilde and Kilbane for now if that helps. Those are the two I am least familiar with.Next time Ill put em back on. Thanks.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 26 Jan 2006, 13:17

what about my list? i posted this back a while ago? did u forget to include it?

muhammad ali
jack blackburn
joe gans
sam langford
willie pep
sandy saddler
rocky marciano
joe louis
jimmy wilde
ed jofre
carlos monzon
marvin hagler
benny leonard
joe walcott "barbadoes"
Harry Greb
Ezzard Charles
Archie Moore
Jack Dempsey
Salvador Sanchez
Terry Mcgovern
stanley ketchel
mickey walker
alexis arguello
sugar ray robinson
henry armstrong

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 26 Jan 2006, 14:07

BrocktonBlockbuster49 wrote:what about my list? i posted this back a while ago? did u forget to include it?

Absolutely not brockton, I'll be getting to the rest of the lists today, including your fine, fine ballot.

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 27 Jan 2006, 00:33

Alright, I've just finished tallying all the ballots. I'll have the results posted soon. There were 20 ballots counted, from the following posters:

kidlefty, rory mccloskey, ferroz, ezzard, lenny albert, decagon, the great john l, boxbuzz, expug, seamus, iceman21287, brocktonblockbuster49, ambling alp, dr_devious, sockdollanger, elmersalsa, martin sosa cameron, borinken25, vagabundo55, thunderfromdownunder.

Results coming soon in a seperate thread.

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 27 Jan 2006, 00:34

Actually, it'll probably be an hour or two, I've got to go out for a little bit.

Just tryin' to build up some suspense!!!

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 27 Jan 2006, 00:36

I'll want to double check some numbers too. There are some fighters very close and I don't want to make any mistakes.

You can probably expect something by about 2 AM EST.

kidlefty · Post by **kidlefty** » 27 Jan 2006, 04:41

Results posted momentarily in a new thread.