HoF but not ATG

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  1. Showstopper97

    Showstopper97 The Icon Full Member

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    Which fighters do you think qualify for HoF but not ATG.
    Some of mine are:
    Chacon
    D Lopez
    Pryor
    Camacho
    M Taylor
    Cotto
     
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  2. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    If Tyson Fury beat Wilder for the third time, Aj and usyk and wins the undisputed title i believe he deserve a place in hall of fame.
    But he would probably never be an top 10 ATG. he is the best heavyweight of this garbage era.
    And now, he has fought 400 years old Wladimir Klitschko, and a guy who can't box.
    By beating usyk and Aj, he will basically add in his resume a cruiserwight and a decent, highly protected heavyweight.
     
  3. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Carlos Palomino
    Dwight Qawi
    Marcil Thil
    Winky Wright
    Daniel Zaragoza
    Naseem Hamed

    Probably the majority of the IBHOF honestly.

    I'm one of the few people who doesn't have a big problem with guys like Gatti, Johansson, etc. getting in the hall. But I when I think atg., I think of guys like Bob Foster, Jose Napoles, or Terry McGovern, people of that caliber or better. Guys whose achievements are timeless
     
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  4. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pryor is definitely an ATG
     
  5. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    By beating AJ and Usyk, he becomes a top 5 HW all time
     
  6. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    and that would be soooooo sad and absolutely insulting to the dozens of True Great Heavyweight Fighters who have graced the ring in the last 150 years.

    Fury, though he did improve, is at best a 2cd rate fighter... the division, generally speaking is weak.

    before you can measure any Giant S-HW, you have to first compare them prime to prime against the greatest Giant, Lennox Lewis and I think an easy nights work is the outcome against near all of them.
     
  7. White Bomber

    White Bomber Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fury stands a good chance of beating a lot of ATGs that came before him, some with ease.
     
  8. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    Please
     
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  9. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    But were are talking about the achievements, H2H is another thing.
     
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  10. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    Countless greats aren’t in the HOF then we have guys like Sly in there...
     
  11. thistle

    thistle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    any big guy can beat fighters 1 - 3 weight classes lower than them...

    there are very few S-HW Greats and Fury beats none of them.
     
  12. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Sly beat Tommy Morrison in a finish fight. He deserves it.
     
  13. The Fighting Yoda

    The Fighting Yoda Active Member Full Member

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    Tommy should have avoid a street brawl.
     
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  14. Brixton Bomber

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    You can't call AJ protected.

    He's fought and beat way more top 10 than Wilder & Tyson combined.
     
  15. Stiches Yarn

    Stiches Yarn Active Member Full Member

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    Of course he did, but he still didn't fight the best of this era like Wilder and Fury, who both claimed 100 times AJ was ducking them. Luis Ortiz also said Joshua was afraid to fight him.
    Instead, he took on a unranked fat man named Ruiz who himself has never beaten a ranked contender. And look what happened.