Do they deserve to be in the Hall or not?

[Violent Demise]

As for the article:

Casa - yes
Hatton - On the fence still
Gerry - On the fence still
Tarver - no
Ivan - On the fence still


I agree with Raskin on most thing here. Especially what he says about Gerry & Ivan.

Something to think about here about the Hall of Fame.
Here are some names of fighters who SHOULD be hall of fame but have not yet been inducted. Now IMO these fighters are head & shoulders above Gerry and they happen to be Asian.

I'll start of with some of Gerrys country men who are NOT in the Hall.
Ceferino Garcia & Luisito Espinoza.

Then you've got the rest of Asians who are still waiting in line themselves;
Jung Koo Chang, Chong Pal Park, Chartchai Chionoi, Ki Soo Kim, Myung Woo Yuh, Yoko Gushiken, Sot Chitalada, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masao Ohba, Yoshio Shirai, Pone Kingpetch, Jiro Watanabe....

I can go on and on, my point here is that for Gerry to be in the Hall is possible but just look at that list I just put together of great Asian fighters who are NOT in yet.

I mean Masamori Tokuyama beat Gerry twice (I know one of the fights was close) but I would give Masamori more of a chance at Hall then Gerry now.

Tokuyama was a very good fighter. Very underrated. Espinoza was good to. But that chin was always his downfall. I remember Israel Contreras blitzed him in his own backyard. I don't think Espinoza is HOF material.

[CutMeMick]

No Ponglashit?

I can just about Neg. Rep. you right about now...

No, sorry no PongsaShit.

As for the article:

Casa - yes
Hatton - On the fence still
Gerry - On the fence still
Tarver - no
Ivan - On the fence still


I agree with Raskin on most thing here. Especially what he says about Gerry & Ivan.

Something to think about here about the Hall of Fame.
Here are some names of fighters who SHOULD be hall of fame but have not yet been inducted. Now IMO these fighters are head & shoulders above Gerry and they happen to be Asian.

I'll start of with some of Gerrys country men who are NOT in the Hall.
Ceferino Garcia & Luisito Espinoza.

Then you've got the rest of Asians who are still waiting in line themselves;
Jung Koo Chang, Chong Pal Park, Chartchai Chionoi, Ki Soo Kim, Myung Woo Yuh, Yoko Gushiken, Sot Chitalada, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Masao Ohba, Yoshio Shirai, Pone Kingpetch, Jiro Watanabe....

I can go on and on, my point here is that for Gerry to be in the Hall is possible but just look at that list I just put together of great Asian fighters who are NOT in yet.

I mean Masamori Tokuyama beat Gerry twice (I know one of the fights was close) but I would give Masamori more of a chance at Hall then Gerry now.

Tokuyama was a very good fighter. Very underrated. Espinoza was good to. But that chin was always his downfall. I remember Israel Contreras blitzed him in his own backyard. I don't think Espinoza is HOF material.

Israel wasted no time in that fight, he measured Luisito really nice and the jab set up the whole thing for Israel.
Well Luisito "might" not be HOF material but my point is that for me Gerrys got a lot of work to do if he want's to be HOF. Which is why I listed all these fighters....
But with that being said, you also gotta see his credentials, WBA Bantam champ 2 defenses, WBC Feather champ 7 defenses and facing opponents such as "Cobrita" Gonzalez, "Mantecas" Medina, Carlos Rios (who at that time was rated #8 in the world), & Kennedy McKinney.

While Gerrys credentials are: WBC Super Fly. champ 2 defenses, WBO Batam champ 1 defense. Opponents; Kawashima, Sor Vorapin, Jhonny.