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Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 29 Mar 2017, 22:44
by Esquire
My list in no particular order of guys that won't ever get in but I want them in:

1. Marvin Johnson
2. Eddie Gregory
3. Juan Laporte
4. Jose Luis Ramirez
5. Happy Lora
6. Alfred Davila
7. Jorge Lujan
8. Rocky Lockridge
9. Donald Curry
10. Vito Antuofermo

Remember, these are guys that won't get in but I sure loved watching them fight and they were all on the scale of good to very good. Vito was a guy I met a few times and loved his guts, underrated skills and final record as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world but didn't have a HOF career.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 29 Mar 2017, 23:24
by Scypion
Jimmy Ellis
Rodrigo Valdez

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 29 Mar 2017, 23:36
by Esquire
I can't speak for Ellis as he was before my time. Valdez was before my time as well, but only slightly. Valdez will get in eventually and like Estaban DeJesus and others of that ilk, they will get in.

The guys I reference I feel won't get in. But they could hang with the best of the best on any given night.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 30 Mar 2017, 03:31
by orbtastic
Julian Jackson
Nigel Benn

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Posted: 30 Mar 2017, 08:36
by elmersalsa
Esteban De Jesus
Ernesto Marcel
Rafael Herrera
Wilfredo Vazquez
Lew Feldman
Chartchai Chionoi
Willie Joyce
Jose Luis Ramirez
Donald Curry
Ralph Dupas

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 30 Mar 2017, 08:38
by elmersalsa
orbtastic wrote:Julian Jackson
Nigel Benn
I think Julian "The Hawk" Jackson is already in the hall.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 31 Mar 2017, 04:55
by scorpio83
elmersalsa wrote:
orbtastic wrote:Julian Jackson
Nigel Benn
I think Julian "The Hawk" Jackson is already in the hall.
I think Julian "The Hawk" Jackson is a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame not International Boxing Hall of Fame.

For me:

Rodrigo Valdez
Iran Barkley
Pone Kingpetch

There were many fighters who either were world champion or uncrowned are still not inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame because either overlook or overshadow by current Hall of Fame fighters in their time.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 31 Mar 2017, 07:13
by orbtastic
Yeah he's in the "other" hall. I think he's been up for nomination now for a few years but not been voted in. I could be wrong but I think this year's modern inductees are only two, when normally it is three.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 31 Mar 2017, 08:55
by Syntax Error
Carl Thompson
John Conteh
Tim Witherspoon

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 31 Mar 2017, 09:16
by scartissue
Victor Galindez
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Rafael Herrera
Chucho Castillo
Gaby Canizales
Venice Borkorsor

And I like that shoutout to Vito Antuofermo as well.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 31 Mar 2017, 10:17
by Seamus
Galindez has been in awhile.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 31 Mar 2017, 10:24
by scartissue
Forgot all about that. Thanks, man.

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 00:12
by Esquire
scartissue wrote:Victor Galindez
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Rafael Herrera
Chucho Castillo
Gaby Canizales
Venice Borkorsor

And I like that shoutout to Vito Antuofermo as well.
The first time I saw Gaby Canizalez fight I swore he was a smaller version of Roberto Duran. He had a heck of a career and could knock anyone dead with either hand. A scary man for sure.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 00:15
by Esquire
scorpio83 wrote:
elmersalsa wrote:
orbtastic wrote:Julian Jackson
Nigel Benn
I think Julian "The Hawk" Jackson is already in the hall.
I think Julian "The Hawk" Jackson is a member of the World Boxing Hall of Fame not International Boxing Hall of Fame.

For me:

Rodrigo Valdez
Iran Barkley
Pone Kingpetch

There were many fighters who either were world champion or uncrowned are still not inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame because either overlook or overshadow by current Hall of Fame fighters in their time.
I started a post years ago asking if Julian Jackson deserved to be in the HOF. He just might get in one day. The legend of Julian Jackson's punching power grows as the years go by. His power was epic.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 05:36
by orbtastic
He's currently 1-1 against fellow HOFers, that's unlikely to change though.

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 06:21
by elmersalsa
Iran Barkley

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 06:24
by elmersalsa
Tippy Larkin

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 06:29
by littlepug
should there be a place in the HOF for the likes of peter buckley or reggie strickland ? true servants of the game

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 06:38
by SaadOffTheDeck
orbtastic wrote:Yeah he's in the "other" hall. I think he's been up for nomination now for a few years but not been voted in. I could be wrong but I think this year's modern inductees are only two, when normally it is three.
Nah, it's 3. Holyfield, mab, tapia. Santos laciar should be going in instead of tapia.

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 07:47
by Seamus
Young Peter Jackson. Check out his record and consider what he weighed for some of his bouts with HW's.
Jimmy Leto
Del Flanagan
Bert Lytell
Marlon Starling

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Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 10:07
by orbtastic
SaadOffTheDeck wrote:
orbtastic wrote:Yeah he's in the "other" hall. I think he's been up for nomination now for a few years but not been voted in. I could be wrong but I think this year's modern inductees are only two, when normally it is three.
Nah, it's 3. Holyfield, mab, tapia. Santos laciar should be going in instead of tapia.
Ah, I forgot about Tapia. Sentimental vote, maybe? It's a shame Morales wasn't eligible this/last year.

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 11:46
by gilgamesh
Jose Luis Castillo

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 01 Apr 2017, 11:47
by SaadOffTheDeck
gilgamesh wrote:Jose Luis Castillo
:TU:

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 02 Apr 2017, 13:36
by Ade L
I'd really like to see Micky Ward in the HOF :salut:

Re: Guys you want in the HOF...Because You Just Want Them In

Posted: 03 Apr 2017, 04:05
by writehooks
1. George Chuvalo
2. Jerry Quarry
3. Luther McCarty
4. Jimmy Ellis
5. Iran Barkley