Should these Brits make it to the HOF??

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by PowerPuncher, Dec 18, 2008.


  1. stonerose

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    WBC SMW title he made 11 defences . 3 Defences at MW. Not a bad record is it ?

    And come on mate, you can pick apart the Barkley win but the guy was down twice in the last 20 seconds. You can pretty safely say if it would have gone on Barkley was in serious ****.
     
  2. stonerose

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    considerable yes,not massive. Roy Jones is rightly hailed as a legend . I'm not claiming Benn to be the same, i just reckon he should be in the hall of fame.
     
  3. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yes he was...the bell had rung whilst he was getting up..He would have been given the 8 count (which he would have been fine for) and then he would have gotten 60 secs to get his senses back.

    IMO Benn doesnt let him off the hook but who knows.
     
  4. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Not taking away from the win but it was a technical knockout..Im more having a go at the WBO having the 3KD rule for a title fight...Ive seen a bloke come back from 4 in a round, should be up the ref's discretion and they have now since changed that I believe.
     
  5. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    And as I said there are people who are in for less but if I was running it I would be very picky.
     
  6. stonerose

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    Would you have Julian Jackson in it ? For that matter, is he in it ?
     
  7. WhataRock

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    He is in the WBHOF...pretty sure he isnt in the IBHOF, get back to you on that one.
     
  8. PowerPuncher

    PowerPuncher Loyal Member Full Member

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    Jackson doesnt have that many marquee names but he was the business, went 46-1 before running into Gman as a 32yo and having a damging war against a much bigger man. Still he's sparked Bomber Graham and Terry Norris and stopped so many contenders that others couldn't.
     
  9. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Also, on another thread on here, opinions are mixed about who would win Sibson or Benn. Can't see Sibson being inducted in the near future. Not thet he wasn't a very decent fighter.
     
  10. Mendoza

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    I think all 3 should get in over time. None jump out at me as a must induct ASAP type. I would say Benn was the best of the three, then Naz, then Eubanks.

    Is there any reason why we never saw Benn or Eubanks fight Roy jones jr in the early to mid 1990's?
     
  11. stonerose

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    Politics, Benn publicly said he'd fight Jones Jnr after they was widely seen as the Number 1 & 2 in the division. But to be honest this was after Benn had truly and belatedly made America believe in him ( hard to imagine they were so late on the uptake after battering Barkley and Dewitt on US soil ) when he beat Mclellan. But if the fight would have happened then Jones would have taken the **** out of Benn , he was finished after the G-Man brutality.
    Eubank i think openly said he avoided Roy like the plague.
     
  12. enquirer

    enquirer Boxing Addict Full Member

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    All three should make it to the hall.
    All three were tremendous fighters,and were very good head to head...
     
  13. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    eubank and benn should be inducted

    naz shouldnt he was a great fighter but he got a one sided beating by barrera and never came back to the big time
     
  14. d239113g

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    It's EUBANK not EUBANKS
     
  15. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    he was actually born Christopher Livingstone Eubanks but he chopped the s off