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Here we go again. First it was Camacho, then Mancini. While Vinny clearly is no slam dunk, I believe a reasonable case can be made for his induction into the IBHF. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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Here we go again. First it was Camacho, then Mancini. While Vinny clearly is no slam dunk, I believe a reasonable case can be made for his induction into the IBHF. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
I think it could happen... I wouldn't dispute it... Lesser men have been inducted. Course many people would frown apon it. I loved to watch em fight but thats prob a stretch.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted The Bull
all people gotta do is look at the Phrase. " HALL OF FAME"
it doesnt say, HALL OF UNBEATEN, or HALL OF CHAMPIONS. And on that alone, i could see him get in. I know everytime i watched the guy fight, win or lose there was action, lots of it. He was scared of no one, fought anyone (jones, who he was heavily advised not to mix it up with) and he never fought for it to go to the judges. He wanted an early night, every night. You gotta love the guy. Heart like a lion.
Based on Big_Deuce's interpretation of HOF, I would give Vin the green light. He was fun to watch. He is a former two-time paper champion and he did fight a damn good crop of fighters, winning and losing along the way. Besides, Vinny Paz is a popular guy, he is famous. I wouldn't call Vinny Paz great, but he is famous.
Peace.
Quality of opposition: Outstanding. His opponents included Joseph Kiwanuka, Herol Graham, Arthur Allen Glenwood " The Real Beast" Brown, Esteban Cervantes, Eric Lucas (against whom he would make his last title try), Aaron "Superman" Davis (who carved up Vinny's face like a turkey), Dana Rosenblatt (twice), Roy Jones Jr, Roberto Duran (twice), Robbie Sims, Lloyd Honeyghan, Gilbert Dele, Rafael Williams, Dan Sherry, Greg Haugen (thrice) Loreto Garza (where I believe Vinny lost to the referee and not to Garza), Hector Camacho (36-0 coming in), Roger Mayweather, Roberto Elizondo, Harry Arroyo, Jeff Bumphus, Melvin Paul, Brett Lally, and Louis Santana among others. All tough fighters. All with very good won-lost records. Vinny fought eleven who were world champions at one time or another and did this on 16 different occasions. He feared absolutely no one.
Era: 1983-2004. Since his career covered 21 years, it spanned eras in which there were truly great fighters in his weight limits and he would never back down from any of them. He fought in 15 different title fights. His fight with Roy Jones Jr was ill-advised and he took a terrible beating, though he bounced back with an upset win over undefeated Dana Rosenblatt (Dana would avenge this loss in a rematch which he won by a razor thin margin). His trilogy with Haugen was outstanding (he showed considerable boxing acumen in the third fight). He also fought the legendary Roberto Duran twice winning two close ones. One fight that was never made was with Mancini but I suspect that would have been a war of epic proportions. Oh my
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I could see it he had a long career...Held world titles and gave many exciting fights.....I personally liked him as a fighter but....Like I said he did give some action bouts...HOF isn't always about the best...Sometimes it is about memorible fighters...Guys who gave us fights to talk about 15 years from now for some reason or another...
:coolclick: #11 Based on the information you have provided. I favor the motion to induct the Pazdevil into the Hall. O0Quote:
Originally Posted by Ted The Bull
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Look, Big B. was more right then I can type... After viewing thist thread, Vinny should get a shot... I have seen him fight mny time an loved every fight... There was not 1, win or lose that I thought was a boring fight... Deuce, cc
oops already cc'd ya today... catch ya tomorrow,champ!