how is ingemar johanson in the hall of fame ?

he knocked patterson down 7 times right?

 

first euro to win the HW title in decades, I believe.

 

He was voted in. Simple.

 

Patterson of '59 is a massive W, even barring any other big ones.


Utter demolitions on Ten Hoff, Cooper, and Machen by themselves wouldn't mount a case but they do stand in support that one big W as "better than nothing", enough to make him not quite just a one-hit wonder against reasonably serious opposition.

 

What lineal heaveyweight champs are not in the hall of fame?

 

This. Glory division.

By the standard of the "one big win" argument, Daisuke Naito is a sure fire first ballot HOF'er! (I am a big Naito fan)

 

Dude was the Heavyweight champion of the world dude was the first European to win the title in years up to that

 

Who cares where they are from?

How does that affect merit?

Should the first world champion from every country get in?

 

the same reason that Randolph Turpin is: to make the American Robinson and Patterson look better. not because the Americans think Turpin and Johanson are HOF worthy.

 

No bro that is a great feat.

He was the first Euro to win it in 25 years and he a pretty good fighter

 

So what?

Who cares if he is American or European or Asian. It doesn't change or improve what he did.

Ethnicity of a fighter should not impact how we view their resume and performances in the slightest.

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It's like saying Beibut Shumenov should get in the HOF. Why? Because he's like the second titlist ever to make it who was born in Kazakhstan! Duh!

 

based on resume he doesn't belong

 

You're not looking at it from the point of view of the HOF. It is an International Hall of Fame. It strives to be international. The HOF page on Johannson makes a big deal about how he was also European heavyweight champ. And a Swede.

How many Europeans have been lineal heavyweight champ? Guess what? They're all going in.