Who are some of the Greatest/Best fighters that aren't in the Hall Of Fame?

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  1. Mandela2039

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    Title speaks for itself
     
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  2. Seamus

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    The low handed conspiracy keeping Herr Henry Maske from being inducted negates any credibility the organization ever built.
     
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  3. Mandela2039

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    Ok Henry quit the act, we all know it's you...
     
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  4. bolo specialist

    bolo specialist Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ceferino Garcia - had a combined 3 wins over hofers (Apostoli & Lloyd Marshall x2) + an official draw w/ Armstrong.

    back when the Hall seemingly had a higher standard for induction, I would've understood why he hadn't gotten in. but by now there are definitely worse/ less accomplished fighters that have been inducted.
     
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  5. Flo_Raiden

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    Betulio Gonzalez, who is arguably the best boxer to come out of Venezuela.

    Gilberto Roman, who is also arguably the best Super Flyweight of all time.

    Lionel Rose is Top 5 greatest Australian boxer

    Chris John the best boxer to come out of Indonesia.
     
  6. Seamus

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    Joe Goddard cut a wide swath through the Australian heavyweight scene, including putting a peak version of the great Peter Jackson on the canvas twice, KO'ing Denver Ed Smith for what was claimed to be the heavyweight championship KO'ing Joe Choynski twice and Peter Maher once.
     
  7. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Many latin american fighters. Ratón Macias is a big one, the most popular mexican fighter ever ! And he is not in there...
     
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    Wait isn't Ceferino 1-10 against champs?
     
  11. Flo_Raiden

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    Good mention. Also his rival Hiroyuki Ebihara.
     
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  12. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Simple fix for this is to elect the oldy section of the Aussy HOF to the IBHOF as a block. That section is at least comparable in quality to its IBHOF counterpart.

    The oldest 2 sections of the Australian boxing HOF are of signifigantly greater quality then the rest of the Australian Hall.
     
  13. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Indonesian mentioned!

    Jokes aside,he deserved to be in really,all that long reign,no ducking B's except from some a bit of poor management hindering him from bigger name matchups...what do you need more from him?
     
  14. FThabxinfan

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    My boy Johnny Bratton,despite falling short vs Gavilan and Williams,he still beat a plentiful of great contenders of his era and managed to rack up a decent numbers if defenses during his short reign.

    Then Sot Chitalada,resume was thick enough to enter IBHOF and his reign wasn't so bad too,I suspect the washed up Chang win still has some value as he's quite game.
     
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  15. bolo specialist

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    possibly, but he also has 2 official draws vs. champs + 2 wins over an inducted hofer who was never given a chance to fight for a title.