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Creed, Lang & Drago. Rocky's already in.
Its hard to count the Tito win. Tito was pretty much done at that point.I think he had a better resume than Hatton and Vitali. Long term champ. Wins over Mosley x2 and Tito. Draw with Taylor when he was lineal. The only convincing loss in his career before fighting Hopkins came when he was green against Vasquez (and Vasquez was pretty good in his own right).
Is Winky eligible? If he is, he's a no-brainer. As for Casa, I'd argue that his resume is probably greater than Hatton's (and probably better than Eubank's, as well).
yes he is. The image is cut off by sherdog, but if you click on the link, you'll see that Winky and Buddy McGirt are also options. Cepillo is an interesting case because he lost a lot of his big fights (Freitas, Coralles, Castillo, Marquez), but always by a controversial decision. He's definitely in the conversation, certainy more so than vinny freakin' paz.
There are tons of fighters, particulalry from Asia/Africa/Latin America (outside of PR and Mexico) that are more than worthy but arent even discussed. I could go on for days, but the fact that Nishioka, Veeraphol, Tokuyama, Quartey and Casamayor aren't even listed, but Maske and Lockridge are is absurd.
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WTF? Why? The guy was hugely popular and lineal JWW champ for years.Hatton is the LAST guy on the list who should get in.
Glad to see Michalczewski get a shout out on here. People forget that he was THE lineal champion at the time. That still counts for something. I'd favor him over a lot of historical LHWs too, just not RJJ.Morales has to be one of the top 3. Finding the other 2 is tough and you can go several different ways depending on what you're looking for.
I would go with:
1. Morales
2. Vitali
3. Dariusz Michalczewski
People hate Michalczewski because he was largely protected but he still holds a record for title defenses and that's impressive. The fact that he was a champion for 10 years is an impressive feat regardless of opposition.
Moon, Morales and Benn.
He will get in on the basis of popularity but on the basis of resume and ability? Nope.WTF? Why? The guy was hugely popular and lineal JWW champ for years.
Hatton gets in, probably first ballot.
That's not the case for boxing. Hatton had alcohol problems, that's nothing really to do with boxing. Carlos Monzon is a Hall of Famer and he killed his wife.How does boxing voting go? Like in some other sports there are guys who don't get voted due to various personal reasons, vendetta's, etc. Would Hatton be one of those guys ?
Its the hall of FAME, not the hall of resume and ability. There are much lesser fighters than Hatton in the hall.He will get in on the basis of popularity but on the basis of resume and ability? Nope.
It's so easy to get into HOF these days. If Linares were to retire, he'd probably even make HOF.