The Classic BN24 Hall of Legends: Rules, Opinions, Link to the HoF polling threads, 2023 intake chat

My plans for 105, 108, 115, 122, 130, 140, 154, 168 and 200 are already changing. Say we go for fighters retired before Jan 1 2000 - that really doesn't leave much.

In the end it might be worth grouping them all together and asking the forum to pick out the deserving ones so as not to compromise on quality.

 

For what reason?

 

I think that the numbers are low enough that we'll be safe. But it's a good reason to introduce seven rather than eight guys and I think that settles that for me.

I don't think there are women that qualify by way of the cut off period tbh. I had a look at a top 15 ATG list of female fighters and not one of them had retired earlier than our provisional cut-off. I think that women's boxing is not mature enough at this time.

I'll be running the eight original weight divisions from my top fifties at the poundage which have already been interrogated by the forum, so I'm satisfied that this is safe. I am definitely concerned about what i'm doing with the in-between weights and will probably do exactly what you've suggested there. But obviously if I leave Bob Foster off the HW list and someone points that out I won't be "well, too late now!"

Yes, where a guy is nominated at MW and misses out but is also in the top twenty WW he will get another shot. But he does so by qualifying for two divisional to twenties, so it is deserved. It's earned. At each weight class, the fighter's entire career will be appraised though - so someone who would get two pops would rarely miss out.

There will obviously be some difficulty and some crack-slipping, that's the way of any big project.

 

The in between weight classes are not going to support five entries each I don't think. Take a look at 115 or 168 for me and name the five guys who retired pre-2000 who would make it in? And your barometer for quality is going to be MW:

Robinson, Greb, Monzon, Ketchel, Hagler, Mike Gibbons, Hopkins.

Let me know what you think.

 

The way I am thinking of it now is to just come up with a longlist for the in-between weights and any other offshoots and letting the forum hash it out. Maybe even something more along the lines of what Saintpat was describing for the in-betweens. Those weightclassses are shockingly bare of great fighters IMO.

I think the way I'm going to treat this is on the hoof - so get the seven from eight in and then take some advice on the in-between problem once I've got a proper feel for the problem.

 

How many total fighters do you personally think should be inducted each year after the original intake is decided?

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I'm not sure you've read (or understood). There will be a big intake at the start as described in the OP. 7x8 fighters. Armstrong, Robinson and Duran will (almost certainly) be inducted there. Then the in-between guys. Then that's the original intake settled (might have a wildcard vote though).

What i'm after deciding now is, how many fighters in the annual intake.

Your answer is 3, yeah?