21st Century Hall of Fame

Post Reply
ElJefe
Middleweight
Posts: 2545
Joined: 22 Apr 2014, 13:13

21st Century Hall of Fame

Post by ElJefe »

Ok, bit of a specific question here...

If boxing finished right now, which fighters that had their career exclusively in the 21st century, would be first ballot HOFers?

That excludes recently retired fighters/old timers that are still going and that are not yet in the HOF such as Mayweather, Pacquiao, Mosley, Marquez, Margarito, Martinez, Hopkins, RJJ, Toney, Klitschko etc as they turned over in the 90s.

Andre Ward's dominance at 168 and 2 wins over recognised #1 LHW Sergey Kovalev means that he'd certainly be one. Who else has done enough exclusively in the 21st century to warrant admission to the HOF?
dirk2686
Super Lightweight
Posts: 1982
Joined: 26 Sep 2016, 09:35

Re: 21st Century Hall of Fame

Post by dirk2686 »

Gonzalez and Cotto spring to mind.
Horse
Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Posts: 22335
Joined: 03 Jul 2005, 17:09

Re: 21st Century Hall of Fame

Post by Horse »

Carl Froch.
BitPlayer
Welterweight
Posts: 3527
Joined: 29 Feb 2016, 05:14

Re: 21st Century Hall of Fame

Post by BitPlayer »

GGG has probably done enough.

I think Ricky Burns will get in.

Tyson Fury will get in even if he never fights again as being in the heavyweight lineage is enough from what I've seen.
SaadOffTheDeck
Heavyweight
Heavyweight
Posts: 19602
Joined: 04 Jun 2009, 07:38

Re: 21st Century Hall of Fame

Post by SaadOffTheDeck »

Darchinyan
Calderon
Cotto
Dawson
Froch
Haye
Bradley
Huck
Ward
Canelo
Gonzalez
Mares
Yaegashi
GGG
LSC
Yamanaka
D Garcia
Crawford


Obviously some arguable names listed and I'm sure I've forgotten someone along the way. This is a fairly concise list of the maybe's. Though someone like Dawson that is deserving will never get voted in.
Post Reply