Is the voting for the IBHOF biased in favor of American and British boxers?

I see some American bias. But I don't really see British bias, Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn should be in the hall of fame, but they aren't.

Dariusz Michalczewski still not getting is absurd, no doubt.

 

It's more of a popularity contest nowadays rather than focus on actual accomplishments and resume. Perhaps some bias and politics involved but I don't think nationality has anything to do with it.

 

Oh my bad, I read it wrong. I saw an article headline that he'd got into the hall of fame, but he's been inducted into something called the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame .

Yeah he's on the ballot for the IBHOF, hopefully he gets in.

 

Its always been about impact on the sport I thought. Which will naturally favour fighters who are more prominent and well known by the judges which is largely American and British fighters.

 

If that's the case, Why aren't Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn in then?

(and Lloyd Honeyghan)

 

While I agree that Dariusz Michalczawski should get in the HoF due to merit and accomplishments 25-2 with 20 knockouts in world title fights, I can understand why he's still not due to 2 reasons. He won and defended the WBO title in the 90's when it was looked at as next to worthless. The second reason being his resume is extremely thin, besides Virgil Hill who else does he have? He's 6-2 against former titlists in the 4 belt era. Virgil Hill is in instead of Dariusz due to actually defending legit belts in his lengthy title reign and beating better fighters, it's as simple as that.

Chris John as well, besides Marquez who exactly did he beat? On paper he has a great record with a bunch of defenses but when you look closer, he didn't really do anything spectacular. I remember watching John's fight live on tv when he fought a faded Rocky Juarez in their first fight in John's HBO debut on the Marquez/Diaz undercard. Fight ended in a draw and he was getting rocked throughout the fight. After winning the rematch he didn't do much until getting man handled Vetyeka then retiring.

 

Well, in some sense it probably does - but only in the sense that being from particular nations helps with the popularity/fame side of things... Or at least when it comes to the most obvious/quantifiable metrics, such as PPV buys.

 

A lot of Eastern Europeans only came around in the last recent decades. Whereas, American and British boxers have been around since the 19th century at least.

 

To be fair, Hill accomplished a lot more than Michalczewski.

 

Really? Dariusz was exceptional and highly successful

2 weight world champ at light heavy and cruiser
Unified 3 of the world titles at light heavy,
Undefeated for 99% of his career.
25 wins in world title fights, with 22 KO's
2rd Highest number of Consecutive World title defences ever, 23 defences (2nd only to Joe Louis with 26)
Highest Number of Consecutive KO Defences in a row since the 1960's,with 14 KO defences in a row.

and he beat Virgil Hill comfortably!

 

He held the WBO belt in the 90s. And the fact that you did not list any of his opponents names besides Hill, well, its says a lot about how deep his resume actually was. Listing all of those nice numbers is just smoke and mirrors.

In actuality Michalczewski was a really good boxer, and had a few fantastic performances, beat a handful of really good opponents, but he wasted his career defending the WBO belt. And his "two division champion" claim is a joke. He beat a nobody for the WBO belt at a time when it was meaningless.

For me, Hill accomplished a lot more, and his claim as Cruiserweight champion is a lot more solid.

 

Right now they induct whoever they think will produce more tickets selling. In the future and at the rate they are going I will not be surprised if one day they induct Jake Paul.