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

That's actually a fair call and all the more frustrating as to how forgotten he is. Thankfully some of us have been championing the likes of him for some time.

 

Charles
Moore
Tunney
Loughran
Conn
Spinks
Bivins

 

They're my 7 I think. Feels discombobulating leaving out Foster.

 

I like George putting JHL in though, I nearly swapped him in for Bivins or Conn

 

I'm very attached to Lewis though, I spent a long time a couple of years ago trawling through newspaper reports (of his fights, and other fights to see who his opponents were) and looking for footage. On a more personal investment level, I couldn't leave him off.

 

Archie Moore (1935-1963)
Bob Foster (1961-1978)
Gene Tunney (1915-1928)
Ezzard Charles (1940-1959)
Jimmy Bivins (1940-1955)
Michael Spinks (1977-1988)
Tommy Loughran (1919-1937)

 

Archie Moore
Harold Johnson
Bob Foster
Gene Tunney
Ezzard Charles
Michael Spinks
Young Stribling

 

Stribling is an interesting choice. Why him, out of curiosity?

Not trying to cut it down, just curious.

 

Archie Moore (1935-1963)
Harold Johnson (1946-1971)
Michael Spinks (1977-1988)
Tommy Loughran (1919-1937)
Billy Conn (1934-1948)
Ezzard Charles (1940-1959)
Gene Tunney (1915-1928)

 

Greb isn’t an option on the list; he’s already listed at middleweight.

 

Greb beat six fighters on that list. Thus, he is on my list.

 

Okay, just pointing out that your vote for Greb probably won’t count.

 

I like Stribling's win-loss record, the fact that he was one of the first truly great knockout artists and he has some good wins. Needless to say, Conn, Loughran, Bivins and others also have great, valid reasons to be included and on a different day I may have picked one of them.

 

Archie Moore
Gene Tunney
Bob Foster
Ezzard Charles
Michael Spinks
Tommy Loughran
John Henry Lewis