Is Hector Camacho Hall of Fame Worthy?

No, it is a commercial business. There is a need to place popular characters in it, so they can sell the packages for the long weekend to keep the Hall of Fame going. But I admire your determination to believe that it rates 'greatness' over 'fame'.

 

Well said. I dont think he should be in and I hate the idea some espouse that the Hall of Fame means any fighter who was famous should get in. The bar for entry is ridiculously low for the IBHOF and as such that honor means less and less each year.

 

Don't mistake the original intent to what it has devolved into. It is a commercial business NOW, yes. But that was never the intent of sports halls of fame when they began.

I think we should stop embracing the mediocrity it has devolved into and instead start making them embrace the original standards again.

Boycotting their little HOF weekend parties would be a good start.

 

Exactly. :smoke

 

But pro boxing is the ultimate sport of capitalism. I am all for Marxist Revolution, but boycotting the Hall of Fame weekend does not strike me as a starting point.

 

However one does it is fine with me. But hold these people to a set of standards. Boxing has become a joke. Especially the HOF.

 

Boxing is as rich as it as ever been. Perhaps not at the top of its game in the US and the UK, but it arguably has never been bigger in Latin America, South East Asia, Continental and Eastern Europe. It is no joke, just different, with hegemony eroding from the US.

 

Exactly. There are already way too many unworthy or borderline fighters enshrined in the hall. The standards need to be greatly increased if induction is to mean anything. At this point, to the knowledgeable boxing fan, the HOF is a joke.

And, as I said, Camacho is - at best - a borderline candidate, and as such wouldn't make the stringent cut that I would like to see in place.

 

Just out of curiosity, why are you arguing against how you voted?

 

like I said, it was just a matter of time before all the haters came out

If Chavez was so great, then why didn't he go after him at 130? They were both top ranked

and after Hector captured his second championship, same thing. Chavez wouldnt pursue a fight with him, not until long after when Hector already had a loss to confirm he was nothing more than a piece of meat

same as Rosario, Laporte, Haugen (who was not much anyhow), Ramierez, Lockridge, etc etc etc

The only four top ranked fighter Chavez faced who WERE'NT over the hill were DLH, Pernel, Taylor, & Randal, and each time he either struggled like hell or was embarassed or butchered (or submitted)

the truth is, Hector wouldve embarassed him - same as Pernel, only worse becuz Hector had three times Pernel's speed. forget about all that jazz about Pernel being a superior technical fighter to Hector; that's just noise, trying to pass for true knowledge. Hector had the speed, AND the defense to stay many steps ahead of the slower plodding Chavez

Just barely passing by Haugen signalled to Chavez that taking a fight with Hector was safe to take. otherwise, the fight wouldve come off with both men in their mid twenties. Let's stop kidding ourselves

 

Depends on what you mean by "rich".
Out of 120 rated fighters I see 4 possible greats which is a lower number than any other era I can remember.

 

The higher weight classes are admittedly weak right now and have been for some time. Especially heavyweight. But some of the lighter classes are pretty strong, particularly welterweight. Some decent talent and a lot of potential HOFers.

 

Exactly. It wasn't the original intent, but it is what it is. Without the yearly induction and the crowds and revenue it brings, the IBHOF would be some dusty old building most wouldn't bother to visit. Sad but true.

 

I don't have a problem with the best participants of each era making the hall of fame, even if they don't necessarily live up to their predecessors. Being the best in any period is something special in my opinion, regardless of how under achieving that generation may be.

 

Eastern Europe yes boxing is thriving, but Latin America?

Puerto Rico has Cotto and Danny Garcia.
Mexico has JMM (whose on his way out) and Canelo.

If anything, i feel interest is dwindling in Latin countries too.