Future Hall Of Famers?

cotto will get in

 

Oh yeahh

 

Spot on really. Cotto MAY get in though. Wright...hell no.

 

I don't get what is overwhelming about either Benn or Eubank's body of work. Both were alphabet soup titlists at middle, and while their 168 reigns were much more credible, there really isn't anything to distinguish them from the likes of Nunn, Kalambay, Reggie Johnson, Collins etc. If you put Benn and Eubank in, there's an argument to throw in a bunch of other guys with equally good resumes. In the alphabet era, being a two division titlist really doesn't mean that much anymore.

I'm not a huge Calzaghe fan by any stretch, but he cleaned out 168, won the lineal title at 175, went through his entire career unbeaten, and was p4p top 5 at his best. He has a much better claim than Benn or Eubank.

Honeyghan is another who should be ahead of them in the queue. Victories over Curry, Blocker, Rosi and Vaca trump anything Benn or Eubank did.

 

It's a crying shame for Joe "I'm not looking for tough fights" Calzaghe to go into the HOF. Even worse for him to go in with Oscar, a guy known for always fighting the best.

 

Calzaghe and De La Hoya belongs in there. Wladimir Klitschko Down the stretch (hampered by not having any great names on his resume but has dominated HW for a number of years). Toney when he finally hangs 'em up - Don't you have to be retired for 5 years to be considered?

 

Its not only a case that they had good resumes and successful careers, its also the impact they had. No fighters before or since have captured the public imagination in Britain for boxing, and such was the profile of their rivalry and the intrege in it that when they fought in a Super Middleweight unification fight it attracted half a billion viewers world wide. Thus they were not only successful boxers with good resumes but global superstars who raised the profile of the sport and of their divisions. Such attributes would make them worthy of recognition in a Hall of Fame.

I dont deny that Calzaghe's a far more accomplished fighter than Eubank or Benn and his place in the Hall of Fame would be well deserved, but that does not mean there would be no legitimate reason for inducting Benn and Eubank. It just seems strange to me that Benn and Eubank have been eligible for a spot for a long time now but , despite of their cultural impact, if they have ever been nominated for it then I have never heard of it.

Sure, he would be a legitimate inductee , which would beg the question why he hasn't been inducted given the fact that he's been eligible for so long and is no less worthy than some current Hall of Famers like Lopez and Norris.