Sorry, but not a single one of those mentioned here, is in the HOF.
Now we're getting somewhere, best answer so far... but we can go even higher than 3!
Harold Johnson's dad wasn't a HOFer, which you of course know - so yes, someone is clearly messing with you!
You're right, it's not the correct answer - but at least it's a start, and a target for others to beat.
So... who do you guys think, we're looking for here? (HOFer: inducted into IBHOF, in a boxer category.)
I'm not arguing, that Vitali was an ATG, or had a stellar career that could be compared to many of the old-timers. I'm solely arguing, that it's...
Of course people haven't forgotten this - but I don't see it being used to take away from Duran's greatness.
Exactly! I don't get this never-ending campaign to paint Vitali as a coward! At no other time during his career, did he show a lack of heart -...
This is true, but for 4½ years (Nov. '41 to May '46) he went without a single defence - which surely contributed to his longevity. Is he on the...
Yes... but only because the world title was "frozen" for several years during the war!
I don't think, that modern boxers, on average, somehow have developed faster (or slower!) handspeed than the oldtimers. I don't see, how something...
Jersey Joe Walcott
This notion that today's SHW's wouldn't be able to negotiate 15 rounds, if they had to... is frankly very strange! Of course certain fighters...
A few world champs, who had brothers with less illustrious careers: Billy Conn and Jackie Jake LaMotta and Joey (who actually had a pretty decent...
Since Jel talks about boxers who were never stopped in any form - I guess you could argue that, strictly speaking, Gorilla Jones doesn't belong on...
