THE CLASSIC HALL OF FAME INAUGURAL INDUCTION: The Bantamweights (Closed-Results In))

Terry McGovern (1897-1908)
Lionel Rose (1964-1976)
Eder Jofre (1957-1976)
Manuel Ortiz (1938-1955)
Ruben Olivares (1965-1988)
Panama Al Brown (1922-1942)
Carlos Zarate (1970-1988)

 

Ruben Oliveres
Eder Jofre
Fighting Harada
Manuel Ortiz
Panama Al Brown
Terry McGovern
Pete Herman

 

Bantams are one deep division:
Harada
Rose
Jofre
Olivares
Zarate
Al Brown
McGovern

 

Jimmy Carruthers (1950-1962)
Pete Herman (1912-1922)
Fighting Harada (1960-1970)
Manuel Ortiz (1938-1955)
Chucho Castillo (1962-1975)
Johnny Coulon (1905-1920)
Bud Taylor (1920-1931)

 

Castillo but no Oliveres?

 

I don’t watch the Bantam weights too much so I don’t know too much about either but from what I’ve seen of both fighters Castillo seemed like the better fighter H2h.

 

Terry McGovern (1897-1908)
Fighting Harada (1960-1970)
Eder Jofre (1957-1976)
Manuel Ortiz (1938-1955)
Ruben Olivares (1965-1988)
Panama Al Brown (1922-1942)
Carlos Zarate (1970-1988)

Really wanted to put in Jeff Chandler, Lionel Rose, Chucho Castillo and Rafael Herrera in.

 

Snap, same 7 as me. Lionel Rose would have been my 8th. Chandler, Castillo and Rafael, along with Memphis Pal Moore, Pete Herman and Kid Williams, all good shouts too

 

Chucho Castillo would get on there before him.

 

The best comparison I can come up with is that it's like putting Frazier in your top 7 but not Ali. It's just a bizarre choice.

 

Firstly, no Jimmy Barry?!

Manuel Ortiz
Panama Al Brown
Carlos Zarate
Eder Jofre
Pete Herman
Fighting Harada
Johnny Coulon

 

I guess I should try better to understand what you're trying to say. Olivares beat Castillo 2-1. When you say Castillo is better h2h, do you mean A) That you think Castillo was screwed over in one or more of those fights or B) That if Castillo faced all the bantamweights in history he would have a better record than Olivares? I would like to hear your reasoning if you think either of those things if you don't mind doing that. I hope you don't feel like I'm interrogating/judging you or anything. That is not my intention.

 

Yeah so basically I’m rating Castillo the same way many rate Iron Mike. Even though his resume isn’t the greatest on that list I feel that he has the skills and talent to best anybody on that list. Hence putting him in my top 7