Boxers with the most Hall of Famers in their resume

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  1. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I was just thinking Macho Camacho fought (in his order of fights taking place):
    Edwin Rosario
    Ray Mancini
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Felix Trinidad
    Roberto Duran x2
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Oscar De La Hoya
    and Jose Luis Ramirez who should also be in.

    Muhammad Ali fought:
    Archie Moore
    Sonny Liston x2
    Floyd Patterson x2
    Joe Frazier x3
    Ken Norton x3
    George Foreman
    Larry Holmes

    However, their resumes pale compared to Sugar Ray Robinson, who fought Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Carmen Basilio, Joey Giardiello, Gene Fullmer, Joey Maxim, Carl Olson, Kid Gavilan, Randy Turpin, Fritzie Zivic and Sammy Angott. Plus, Marty Servo who, like Ramirez, has been unfairly left out.

    Sal Sanchez had a very impressive 4-0, 4 kos record versus hall of famers, a record which (winning each of his fights versus hall of famers by knockout) is unequalled i think, but also it was only 3 hall of famers he faced. I'm talking about the amount of hall of famers faced, not the boxer's win-loss record against them.
     
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    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Ezzard Charles
     
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  3. Flo_Raiden

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    Oscar de la Hoya’s resume is filled with HOFers.

    Hector Camacho
    Julio César Chávez
    Pernell Whitaker
    Felix Trinidad
    Shane Mosley
    Arturo Gatti
    Bernard Hopkins
    Floyd Mayweather Jr
    Manny Pacquiao
     
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    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Jimmy McLarnin has an impressive list
     
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  5. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If we only count HOFers in the boxer category, then Greb, McLarnin and Moore each met 15.
     
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    Fireman Jim Flynn fought;
    Langford x6
    Flowers
    Johnsonx2
    Fulton
    Miske
    Dempsey x2
    Dillon x5
    Papke x2
    Gardner x2
    Burns
    Root
    O' Brien
    Levinsky x3
     
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  7. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    If we're speaking strictly Heavyweight then Holyfield has..
    Larry Holmes
    George Foreman
    Mike Tyson 2x
    Lennox Lewis
    Riddick Bowe 3X
    Michael Moore
    Dwight Muhammed Qawi 2X

    7-3-1 record against them with 2 KO's
     
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  8. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Darn darn darn!!!!!! And...darn!!!!
     
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  9. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    Nah Im counting every one...and holy sheet!

    Also Angel Robinson Garcia, not a champion, fought six. For a non champion, that is a lot!
     
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  10. Flo_Raiden

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    Garcia's resume for a journeymen is pretty insane, he really fought everyone and anywhere. Duran, Napoles, Laguna, Benitez, Buchanan, Perkins. And has only been stopped 3 times out of his 80 losses. Really wish there was footage of him.
     
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  11. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I think Greb holds the record. Here's his resume:

    Billy Miske
    Jack Blackburn
    George Chip
    Tommy Gibbons
    Mike Gibbons
    Jack Dillon
    Battling Levinsky
    Jeff Smith
    Gunboat Smith
    Mike McTigue
    Bill Brennan
    Willie Meehan
    Eddie McGoorty
    Mike O'Dowd
    Tiger Flowers
    Maxie Rosenbloom
    Mickey Walker
    Johnny Wilson
    Gene Tunney
    Tommy Loughran
    Jimmy Slattery
    Kid Norfolk
     
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  12. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ok, if you want to include HOFers from the "non participant" category, then Greb (Jack Blackburn) and McLarnin (Ruby Goldstein) both have 16.

    6 for a non champion isn't bad - but a long way behind Sam Langford with 13, and Frankie Wallace, Gunboat Smith and Johnny Risko all with 12!

    Incidentally, Bob Foster should be added to Ali's list of HOFers.
     
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  13. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's an awful long list, 22 names - but on closer inspection the following are not HOFers:

    Gunboat
    McTigue
    Brennan
    Meehan
    McGoorty
    Wilson

    So Greb has 16, the same as McLarnin, with whom he shares the record!
     
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  14. Saintpat

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    These numbers will always skew to earlier days because there are categories for old-timers with cutoff dates for last bout. And those people will have had more years to be on ballots to have a chance to get in.

    At some point, every decent fighter in, say, the 1920s will be in … but it will be a LONG time before every decent fighter in the 1960s or 80s or 90s is in.
     
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    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I didn't think about the non participants but they are fair game indeed. After all the thread is not "most hall of famers for their boxing careers" LOL!

    What I did not think of also was Langford, Smith and Risko, and Bob Foster! Good catch there!
     
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