is Glen Johnson HALL OF FAME worthy?

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  1. nastynas

    nastynas Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You're out of your ****ing mind if you think he deserves to get in.
     
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  2. Phil Shad

    Phil Shad Keep working the jab. Full Member

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    Interesting, so Glen Johnson KO'd the best fighter of the 90's, had wins over Tarver & Griffin, upsets Allan Green, wins IBF light heavy title, been on HBO, ESPN FNF & Showtime and faced over 11 world champions in several countries (robbed a few times) but yet most still feels he comes up short. Arturo Gatti is way popular than Johnson but in no way acheived the same success Johnson had in the ring.


    Arturo Gatti 64% yes
    Glen Johnson 42% yes
    http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=422955

    :bart
     
    Phil Shad, Aug 9, 2012
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  3. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Lesser guys that The Road Warrior have made the HOF.
     
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  4. Phil Shad

    Phil Shad Keep working the jab. Full Member

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    I get your point. IMO, they both deserve to be hall of famers but I would rank Glen Johnson as the better fighter as he fought better competition and beat some of them. Being inducted to the hof requires you to meet different criterias in which both did but I just feel like because Gatti's name is more popular outside of the boxing world, people are quick to throw him into the HOF without fully analyzing his career in depth.
     
    Phil Shad, Aug 9, 2012
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  5. FloydWillnever

    FloydWillnever Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Heart will always say yes, but the head will say no.
     
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  6. Big Left

    Big Left Boxing Addict Full Member

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    no way. good boxer but not HOF material.
     
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  7. Brickhaus

    Brickhaus Packs the house Full Member

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    Not quite, but more worthy than, say, Antonio Tarver. Close to guys like Winky Wright, IMO.
     
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  8. TheRoadWarrior4

    TheRoadWarrior4 Active Member Full Member

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    Absoluuuuutely
     
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  9. Brickhaus

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    Johnson also did have a lot of bad losses though, not all of which were robberies. On the complete opposite end of the spectrum, I think Sven Ottke, who was denied entry this last vote, is more deserving. Heck, the trio of Benn, Eubank and Collins are also more deserving. I like Glen Johnson, he was one of my favorites, but I think he just misses like those guys did.
     
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  10. ripcity

    ripcity Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not on the first ballot, but I'd vote for him sometime down the line.
     
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  11. kommieforniaglo

    kommieforniaglo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dude deserves it more than some, I mean his notable wins speak for them selves, on top of that he did what most boxer's still don't do to this day that was fight everybody in their back yards. Who does that?


    Johnson, I admire and respect
     
    kommieforniaglo, Aug 9, 2012
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  12. guru059

    guru059 TV Packager Full Member

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    Can't imagine a UFC/MMA hall of fame. Every big name fighter has quite a few losses.
     
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  13. Sheikh

    Sheikh Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Gatti isn't in
     
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  14. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    **** yes he is, 2nd biggest upset of the century maybe? put an end to the phenom that was RJJ
     
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  15. Royal-T-Bag

    Royal-T-Bag Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    no doubt, don't get where these guys got that from......that said I bet any money he will get in underservingly, so will Ricky Hatton. At the same time I bet Johnson who's more deserving than either of those guys will not.
     
    Royal-T-Bag, Aug 9, 2012
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