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goose 5 wrote: ↑06 Dec 2024, 20:23 I agree with both going in. Regarding Valdez, apart from the Briscoe victories, he list of wins does not impress me. However, he was a great fight imo and his bouts with Monzon, thought losing efforts, confirms this.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑07 Dec 2024, 22:59 I don't know about the induction of Valdez to be honest. Michael Nunn was right on the bubble. He's more deserving than Valdez. Who else was on the ballot this year, does anyone have the full ballot?

pound per pound wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 10:25 CANASTOTA, N.Y. — The International Boxing Hall of Fame and Museum is thrilled to announce the newest class of inductees to be honored during the Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 5-8, 2025 in “Boxing’s Hometown” Canastota, NY.

The Class of 2025 includes in the Men's Modern category:

Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao
“The Pazmanian Devil” Vinny Paz
Michael “Second To” Nunn

Women's Modern Category:

Yessica “Kika” Chavez
Anne Sophie Mathis
Mary Jo Sanders

Trailblazer Category:

Cathy “Cat” Davis

Also inducted:

Referee Kenny Bayless
Cut man Al Gavin (posthumous)
Referee Harry Gibbs (posthumous) in the Non-Participant category
Broadcaster/Journalist Randy Gordon
Television Producer Ross Greenburg in the Observer category

Rodrigo Valdez (posthumous) in the Old Timer category
Owen Swift (posthumous) in the Pioneer category

Okay, Pacquiao deseves its. Nunn is okay due to standard of inductees.

gilgamesh wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 15:10 Pazienza is a weak inductee I must say. Weaker than Nunn. Nunn also isn't a particularly impressive inductee.

Pac is the only one of those names that's a no-brainer. The rest of 'em, I'm not even sure they belong.

pound per pound wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 18:21

gilgamesh wrote: ↑08 Dec 2024, 15:10 Pazienza is a weak inductee I must say. Weaker than Nunn. Nunn also isn't a particularly impressive inductee.

Pac is the only one of those names that's a no-brainer. The rest of 'em, I'm not even sure they belong.

No one insults Al Gavin!

Cojimar 1946 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2024, 14:44 I find it curious Nunn missed out on so many contemporaries
No McCallum, Jones, Johnson, Jackson, Hearns, etc.

scorpio83 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2024, 15:12

Cojimar 1946 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2024, 14:44 I find it curious Nunn missed out on so many contemporaries
No McCallum, Jones, Johnson, Jackson, Hearns, etc.

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns (2012), "The Bodysnatcher" Mike McCallum (2003), Julian "The Hawk" Jackson (2019) and Roy Jones Jr. (2022) were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame while I don't know you were talking about either Glen or Reggie Johnson are still not inducted yet, but Nunn was elected to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for 2025 to join Hearns, Jones, McCallum and Jackson as Nunn earned his long overdue honor.

Cojimar 1946 wrote: ↑18 Dec 2024, 18:51

scorpio83 wrote: ↑17 Dec 2024, 15:12

Cojimar 1946 wrote: ↑16 Dec 2024, 14:44 I find it curious Nunn missed out on so many contemporaries
No McCallum, Jones, Johnson, Jackson, Hearns, etc.

Thomas "Hitman" Hearns (2012), "The Bodysnatcher" Mike McCallum (2003), Julian "The Hawk" Jackson (2019) and Roy Jones Jr. (2022) were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame while I don't know you were talking about either Glen or Reggie Johnson are still not inducted yet, but Nunn was elected to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for 2025 to join Hearns, Jones, McCallum and Jackson as Nunn earned his long overdue honor.

I'm curious why he didn't fight any of them. Nunns career seems less like a colossal waste given the talent available to fight. He missed out on the vast vast majority of guys you would have expected him to face

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Ambling Alp II wrote: ↑20 Dec 2024, 15:35 Some of these guys were not in his weight class for a long time and guys miss each other when they are fighting someone else that is good. For example, Kalambay beat McCallum, and not long after Nunn stopped McCallum.
Nunn and Reggie Johnson did not have a long time to fight either. Jones is a different case. They were both super Middle weight and light heavyweights at the same time for several years. Always wondered if Jones did not want that fight.