Is Vernon Forrest Hall of Fame worthy

dhralf · Feb 26, 2010

Legend said: ↑

No he is't. His only highlights were the Shane victories. Other than that, he was a fantastic welter weight, in my opinion he would have kicked Trinidad's ass. But the morons who voted yes, are probably the same morons who would say Tarver is hall of fame worthy just for KO'ing Jones.
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Legend said: ↑

Let me guess, someone who recently makes an account here and has title "newbie" doesn't know nothing about boxing right?
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Maybe, maybe not, but obviously this does not prevent you to be added to the bunch of name calling ****s here.

Welcome to ESB...:good

kirk · Feb 26, 2010

I dont think so only due to not having accomplished much, i mean head to head matchups hes hard to beat..... but getting in the hall is based on more then that, i simply dont think he did enough but thats not taking anything away from forrest, he was a great fighter but just didnt do enough.

kirk · Feb 26, 2010

HolyCityBully said: ↑

No I dont think so.

There are a few strikes I see against him.

He dominated what was a an atrocious lightweight division. There was not a single worthwhile challenger in there, though admittedly that is not Mosleys fault and he got them all out of there like he could. So he started off great.

Then he reached the top by jumping two divisions and beating Hoya.

But its all inconsistent from there.

Getting dominated by Forrest. Much better in rematch but not enough.

Goes to 154 - cheats to beat Hoya there. Im still trying to figure out why the result is not officially changed to a NC or even DQ. (I dont hate Mosley, buit doesnt logic dictate that the fight should be rendered invalid?)

Get dominated by Winky. A bit better in rematch, but far from enough.

Injuries and a return to 147 slow him down some.

Batters Vargas twice. I dont need to get into how shot Vargas was at the time. Those were just money makers for those two.

Impressively beats Collazo.

Loses a close one to Cotto.

A win against Mayorga who is just showing up for a paycheck. At this point, this W hurts him more then it does him any good.

Batters Margarito to a pulp.

And now he has a shot against Floyd.

Im sure you already know all the details of his career anyway, all Im saying is his inconsistency is too hard to overlook for me. The fact of the matter is that while he was in his prime, he has more big Ls then big Ws. A W against Floyd might change my mind.
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A win against Floyd MIGHT change your mind? If he beats Mayweather then there is no question Mosley is a HOF'er.... IMO.

But I am curious in your opinion on other fighters, who out of these names would you have making the hall?

Hoya
Tito
Quartey
Gatti
Vargas
Winky

:think

i like seeing who people that have strict guidelines think on other big names such as these.... i take it you probably wouldnt have any of them in? Tito n Winky perhaps?

The Phenom · Feb 26, 2010

Typical of this poll I almost said yes but I think I made the right call.

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