What active fighters would make the HOF right now

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  1. The Long Count

    The Long Count Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Starting from Heavywweight down.

    I would say Heavy: Fury, Usyk
    Joshua is close

    Cruiserweight: Sergei Kovalev for work done at light heavy.

    Light Heavy: Bivol

    super middle: Canelo for work done at various weights

    middle: Triple G

    Junior Middle: no one

    Welterweight: Crawford
    Spence is close

    Junior Welter: No one
    Taylor is close

    Lightweight: Lomachenko for work done at various weights

    Super feather: No one
    Feather: No one

    Bantam: Naoya Inoue, Nonito Donaire

    Super Fly: Gonzalez, Estrada, Wangek

    Do I have a lot of glaring omissions? - Māirus Breidus maybe? Rey Vargas?

    Spence already a lock? Taylor?
     
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  2. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Naoya Inoue for both HOF and ATG status right now.
     
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  3. DefinitelyTheBestMan

    DefinitelyTheBestMan New Member banned Full Member

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    Usyk, Alvarez, Donaire, Kovalev, Fury, Golovkin, Lomachenko, Bivol, Crawford, Inoue, Beterbiev

    Close but maybe need to do a bit more - Breidis, Spence, Taylor
     
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  4. Sooncreate3

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    Tbh, Crawford does need to do more work. Does have a lack of elite level fighters im his resume and fighting P4P fighters like Spence can help his legacy.
     
  5. GGGfans

    GGGfans Active Member Full Member

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    Leo Santa Cruz.
     
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  6. Flo_Raiden

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    Roman Gonzalez
    Oleksandr Usyk
    Canelo Alvarez
    Nonito Donaire
    Vasyl Lomachenko
    Naoya Inoue
    Juan Francisco Estrada
    Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
    Donnie Nietes
    Kazuto Ioka
    Gennady Golovkin
    Terence Crawford
    Tyson Fury
    Deontay Wilder
    Anthony Joshua
    Sergey Kovalev
    Dmitry Bivol
    Errol Spence
    Artur Beterbiev
     
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  7. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    Add Tank, Haney, David Benaivides, Danny Garcia who have a great shot.
     
  8. Skyver

    Skyver Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I wouldn’t put Fury or Taylor there personally as of yet
    I wouldn’t have Taylor or Fury there as yet but Taylor would be more deserving of a spot imo.
     
  9. TheShellofKell

    TheShellofKell Nakatani Future P4P #1 Full Member

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    How on earth does Crawford get anywhere near HOF? His best win is Viktor Postol. And Benavidez, Tank, Haney and D Garcia must be a troll post.
     
  10. DefinitelyTheBestMan

    DefinitelyTheBestMan New Member banned Full Member

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    You must be joking about Danny Garcia LOL surely you cannot be serious.

    And the other younger guys on your list haven't done enough
     
  11. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    (possibly Joshua but he needs more wins)
    (maybe Briedis)
    (winner of Beterbiev vs. Bivol)
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    (the winner of Crawford vs. Spence if they ever fight, if they do not neither)
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    (maybe Donaire)
    (maybe Estrada)
    (maybe Wanget)
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  12. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    He was an undefeated world champion at 140 pounds who unified the title and beat all comers then went up to 147 pounds and won the WBC title. So yes he will enter the hall of fame and don’t be surprised if he wins another world title at 154 pounds. He is a boxer I have a lot of time for.
     
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  13. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council Full Member

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    Both Spence and Crawford could enter the hall of fame like Sugar Ray Leonard and my man Thomas Hearns.
     
  14. Flo_Raiden

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    Donaire is a lock for the HOF. I'd even go far as to call him an ATG
     
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  15. DefinitelyTheBestMan

    DefinitelyTheBestMan New Member banned Full Member

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    I think you overrate him massively. 140 was weak as hell then and he had numerous fights which he could/should have lost but was awarded the victory (Herrera,Theopane, Peterson etc) And when he moved up to the much stronger 147 division all he did was lose to superior fighters, his resume is weak at 147. Highly doubt he gets in the hall of fame (wouldn't be deserved anyway)