Which Hall of Famers son has turned out best?

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Which Hall of Famers son has turned out best?

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Given many "son of" greats have been hyped up over the years, have any ever gone on to have HOF career themselves, and if not, who fared best?

I never thought I'd say this but could it be Chavez Jr, or potentially even Eubank Jr? (Edit: Eubank Sr not yet in the HOF but probably will make it in the future).
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johnswan1 wrote:Given many "son of" greats have been hyped up over the years, have any ever gone on to have HOF career themselves, and if not, who fared best?

I never thought I'd say this but could it be Chavez Jr, or potentially even Eubank Jr? (Edit: Eubank Sr not yet in the HOF but probably will make it in the future).
I doubt Sr will get into the HOF.
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He's on this years ballot paper and it's not a particularly strong year. Each voter can nominate 5 but only 3 get inducted.

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mickey1975 wrote:
johnswan1 wrote:Given many "son of" greats have been hyped up over the years, have any ever gone on to have HOF career themselves, and if not, who fared best?

I never thought I'd say this but could it be Chavez Jr, or potentially even Eubank Jr? (Edit: Eubank Sr not yet in the HOF but probably will make it in the future).
I doubt Sr will get into the HOF.
Which would be a shame. As much as I love Finbar, if he can get in then 'English' should as well.
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johnswan1 wrote:He's on this years ballot paper and it's not a particularly strong year. Each voter can nominate 5 but only 3 get inducted.

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Thanks for posting that, interesting to see.

I'd say there are easily 5 more deserving guys than Eubank on that list.
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He's not getting in from that line up.
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I'd say Chavez off the top of my head. There'll be one or two about. I can see Ricky Hatton's little lad(s) being decent one day, if he wanted to be. Just a hunch, with all due respect.
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