Let's fast forward five years, and unpack the drama that is to be the 2023 IBHOF ballot...

Well Manny Pacquiao does have by far the most unbelievable career of the last 30 years. Did I just call him the best fighter of that time? No I did not. But consider his circumstances, his opposition and the Flyweight to Welterweight titles. There is nobody that has even come close to matching the totality of his career. He's so far out in front of everybody when you actually sit down and analyze this stuff. Now some may **** on him H2H, fine go ahead, I'll disagree with them.

 

Well if SOG is coming back he makes this process easier IMO
It is pure EVIL to make it a pick only 3

 

As always you are a compete imbecile. But, you probably know that already.

 

Right so who you replacing with the SOG pick, I went with Ioka

 

I would say 55/45 in favor of the big flavor James Tony
Dude was a monster but he and Ward were 50/5o in taking the hope and confidence from most if NOT all opposition

 

Klistchko and Mayweather turned pro when Bill Clinton was president, elect them under "Old Timers" and Ward under "non-participant" problem solved.

 

I don't rate Cotto all that high, he's not an ATG, but it's not unreasonable to put him in over Wlad K. It's already established that Wlad was blasted out by Sanders and Brewster easily and early. And at almost 30 years old during those losses there is no excuse for that, at all. None.

Wlad K then reigned over a poor division and had one win that really matters historically which was his victory over Povetkin. And even that isn't all that special.

Cotto lost most of his big fights, but he still took them on. That has to count for something. He's won titles from JWW to MW.

And I have no reason to believe that he could not have reigned at 140 pounds if he wanted to if he had avoided Mayweather and Pacquiao, both of whom had short stints at 140. I think he would have beaten Hatton. He could have just played it safe and established a long reign at 140 pounds.

 

With 17 weight classes and 4 or 5 titles per class these long reigns are so overrated. For whatever reason boxing fans and media have a raging boner for long title reigns. And I'm just sitting here thinking, calm down for a second gentleman. This isn't like the old days with 8 world champions on the entire planet. Where even in a relatively weak weight class being the champion was something. There just weren't many belts to go around. And scarcity raised demand and prestige. People wanted them because with just 8 of them they were worth something.

Now you can just sit on a WBO title for a half decade and now everybody starts pumping you up as the next Ray Leonard. Get the **** out of here with that garbage...

 

I am not psychic..................

 

Mayweather, Ward, Klitschko, in that order of deservedness. The way he went out against Joshua somewhat changed my opinion of Klitschko, but I still insist he's overrated and I almost gave the third vote to Cotto. But Cotto coming up short against the best and Klit's long reign as heavyweight champ as well as his international 'fame' should have to give it to him.

Marquez deciding not to return and Hopkins and Bradley last competing in 2016 definitely made this easier than we worried it might be! Kazuto retired too early and needed more top Ws to land himself in the hall. Disappointed we didn't get to see him against Nietes.