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[GPater11093]

Im thinking of starting this

Every 3 months we would induct 2 new boxers and maybe 1 observer

i would like to make this work

ill write abit more about it tommorow :lol:

[kosaros]

Benn
Eubank

End thread for 3 months :lol:;)

[GPater11093]

nah theres more deserving than them for first inducton

[kosaros]

nah theres more deserving than them for first inducton

It was a joke young Gregory...still the HOF is a popularity contest as well...

[GPater11093]

well its not going to be a ppularity contest i tell s you that

i also hope maybe we could contact some of the inductees and get them to sa a bit

[Mr Butt]

nah theres more deserving than them for first inducton


i bet youre thinking fitz:lol:

[Dan684]

"ooooh lets make a thread to show how much I know about fighters nobody cares about no more"

fucking bawbag !!

[antcull]

Whats the point in starting just with 2........

You should at least start with an initial induction of 10-15

[kosaros]

"ooooh lets make a thread to show how much I know about fighters nobody cares about no more"

fucking bawbag !!

:rofl

[robpalmer135]

this could go on forwever. theres an unlimited number of fighters that should go in.

if we do a hall of fame it needs to be based on something other than boxing skill or achievment. it needs to be guys like Michael Watson or guys who had a war for a british title 7 years ago that no one remembers but true british boxing fans like us. journeyman that gave future world champions tough fights and so on.

[antcull]

Benn
Eubank


I vote for Benn and Eubank as well.

So far the votes are.

Benn 2
Eubank 2
Everyone else 0

Everyone vote for Benn and Eubank to piss Pater off

[brown bomber]

Benn

and



erm







Eubank.

please......

[essexboy]

Nigel Benn and Herol Graham. :lol:

[richard mossley]

Calzaghe and Froch

[Mr Butt]

how about 2 post war ,2 pre-war,then you could have 1 trainer,1promoter,1journeyman


pre-war
fitzsimons
ted kid lewis

post-war
benn
eubank

trainer
jimmy tibbs

promoter
mickey duff

juorneyman
peter buckley

[HairyHighlander]

1st.

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[HairyHighlander]

how about 2 post war ,2 pre-war,then you could have 1 trainer,1promoter,1journeyman


pre-war
fitzsimons
ted kid lewis

post-war
benn
eubank

trainer
jimmy tibbs

promoter
mickey duff

juorneyman
peter buckley

Good frame and cant argue with the names at all.

:thumbsup

[PrideOfWales]

Lennox Lewis and Jeff Thomas

[brown bomber]

Lennox Lewis and Jeff Thomas:good Cheers mate.

:happy:happy:happy

[essexboy]

how about 2 post war ,2 pre-war,then you could have 1 trainer,1promoter,1journeyman


pre-war
fitzsimons
ted kid lewis

post-war
benn
eubank

trainer
jimmy tibbs

promoter
mickey duff

juorneyman
peter buckley

Seems a good place to start. :good

[icemax]

i bet youre thinking fitz:lol:

This Fitzsimmons love-in is starting to really piss me off :yep The bloke was a fucking Aussie anyway :deal

[icemax]

If you are going to start then start at the beginning

Marquis of Queensbury and Jack Broughton

[Mr Butt]

If you are going to start then start at the beginning

Marquis of Queensbury and Jack Broughton


good point perhaps they should have there own catagory what would you call it

[essexboy]

good point perhaps they should have there own catagory what would you call it

Pioneers.

[GPater11093]

i bet youre thinking fitz:lol:

:yep

"ooooh lets make a thread to show how much I know about fighters nobody cares about no more"

fucking bawbag !!

:lol::lol:

says teh guy who randmomly sends me pictures of his Mum

Whats the point in starting just with 2........

You should at least start with an initial induction of 10-15

yeh i didnt think that bit through

this could go on forwever. theres an unlimited number of fighters that should go in.

if we do a hall of fame it needs to be based on something other than boxing skill or achievment. it needs to be guys like Michael Watson or guys who had a war for a british title 7 years ago that no one remembers but true british boxing fans like us. journeyman that gave future world champions tough fights and so on.

yeh i want guys like that in it. Im thinking of maybe 3-5 inductees a year so its more specail. and dosent go on forever

I vote for Benn and Eubank as well.

So far the votes are.

Benn 2
Eubank 2
Everyone else 0

Everyone vote for Benn and Eubank to piss Pater off

:lol::lol:

Nigel Benn and Herol Graham. :lol:

:lol::lol:

Calzaghe and Froch

:-(

how about 2 post war ,2 pre-war,then you could have 1 trainer,1promoter,1journeyman


pre-war
fitzsimons
ted kid lewis

post-war
benn
eubank

trainer
jimmy tibbs

promoter
mickey duff

juorneyman
peter buckley

great idea although Jounryman isnt a good name

Lennox Lewis and Jeff Thomas

come on its a Hall of Fame we cant let any old trash in







Lennox Lewis :-(



:good

This Fitzsimmons love-in is starting to really piss me off :yep The bloke was a fucking Aussie anyway :deal

Fitz is the man

If you are going to start then start at the beginning

Marquis of Queensbury and Jack Broughton

Pioneers.

:good

[icemax]

Pioneers.

:good

[rusticraver]

Hall of fames are for wanker yanks

[GPater11093]

Hall Of greatness is a better name IMO

[GazOC]

Will it be a sticky?

[GPater11093]

ask the mods

i dont care as long as we have it

[essexboy]

Hall Of greatness is a better name IMO

I hope you didnt steal that name from me. I posted it in the classic yesterday on the Primo Carnera thread. :smoke

[GPater11093]

nah TBooze has always drummed it into me

[essexboy]

nah TBooze has always drummed it into me

Cool, just playing. Its a good idea, keep the riff raff out.

[GPater11093]

yep stops it being a popularity contest

[kosaros]

Will it be a sticky?

Not more sticky talk....;)

yep stops it being a popularity contest

I don't know how it will - you will have nominee's and people will pick fighters based on favouritism, i.e Benn and Eubank :yep:good

[TFFP]

This Fitzsimmons love-in is starting to really piss me off :yep The bloke was a fucking Aussie anyway :deal
:lol::|

[GPater11093]

Benn and Eubank deserve in IMO

but there are more deserving but this is a Hall of Greatness you will be asked to pick who you think are the best British boxers

Ill try get a ballot up of the names and narrow it down by the end of the week

so start firing some names

[kosaros]

Benn and Eubank deserve in IMO

but there are more deserving but this is a Hall of Greatness you will be asked to pick who you think are the best British boxers

Ill try get a ballot up of the names and narrow it down by the end of the week

so start firing some names

Benn
Eubank
Thompson
Conteh
Lewis

:D:good

[ishy]

This Fitzsimmons love-in is starting to really piss me off :yep The bloke was a fucking Aussie anyway :deal

:lol:

And he looked like a fag

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[GPater11093]

Benn
Eubank
Thompson
Conteh
Lewis

:D:good

i know your trying to piss me off with Eubank and Benn :lol:

anyway why you not updating your weight loss log

[essexboy]

In my opinion these twenty should be certs:

Bob Fitzsimmons
Jimmy Wilde
Ted 'Kid' Lewis
Jack 'Kid' Berg
Lennox Lewis
Ken Buchanan
Freddie Welsh
Benny Lynch
Jim Driscoll
Randy Turpin
Naseem Hamed
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Joe Calzaghe
Lloyd Honeyghan
Howard Winstone
John Conteh
Owen Moran
Alan Minter
Barry McGuigan (Irish?)

[kosaros]

:lol:

And he looked like a fag

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:lol:

i know your trying to piss me off with Eubank and Benn :lol:

anyway why you not updating your weight loss log

Forgot all about it TBH :oops:

I have only lost a couple more pounds since I last updated...

[punchdrunkgench]

conteh
turpin
lewis
buchanan
hamed

[GazOC]

:lol:



Forgot all about it TBH :oops:

I have only lost a couple more pounds since I last updated...

You should keep off the caviar and pulvers eggs....;)

[kosaros]

You should keep off the caviar and pulvers eggs....;)

No!! I thought I had lost the 'posh' tag I have been labelled with! :lol:

[icemax]

:lol:

And he looked like a fag

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You just know he's got bomb doors at the back of those cold weather strides :deal

[icemax]

Bob Fitzsimmons - Aussie
Lloyd Honeyghan - Jamaican


^^^^^^

[GazOC]

Fitz went to NZ, not Australia

[essexboy]

^^^^^^

What about the rest sir do they pass your standards? What about McGuigan?

[GazOC]

What about the rest sir do they pass your standards? What about McGuigan?

Def. not.

[essexboy]

Def. not.

So McGuigan is definitely ineligible. Fitz? Honeyghan? What do we think? Honestly I cant see a problem with them.

[punk]

Frank Bruno and Terry Marsh

[GazOC]

So McGuigan is definitely ineligible. Fitz? Honeyghan? What do we think? Honestly I cant see a problem with them.


TBH I meant that Barry doesn't deserve to be inducted as a 'founder member'. He was a good fighter but he's one of the second tier of British world champs IMHO.

[TFFP]

McGuigan was an average champ and his 'punditry' relegates him further.

[essexboy]

In my opinion these twenty should be certs:

Bob Fitzsimmons
Jimmy Wilde
Ted 'Kid' Lewis
Jack 'Kid' Berg
Lennox Lewis
Ken Buchanan
Freddie Welsh
Benny Lynch
Jim Driscoll
Randy Turpin
Naseem Hamed
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Joe Calzaghe
Lloyd Honeyghan
Howard Winstone
John Conteh
Owen Moran
Alan Minter
Barry McGuigan (Irish?)

TBH I meant that Barry doesn't deserve to be inducted as a 'founder member'. He was a good fighter but he's one of the second tier of British world champs IMHO.

McGuigan was an average champ and his 'punditry' relegates him further.

Fair enough what about the others? Anyone else to be knocked out?

[TFFP]

Nope, the rest are all Brit legends IMO.

[essexboy]

Nope, the rest are all Brit legends IMO.

I agree, if only a few are gonna be originally inducted its gonna be hard to decide who to leave out.

[TFFP]

As much as I hate the chubby bastard Hatton is probably also in the same company as Moran and Minter.

[essexboy]

As much as I hate the chubby bastard Hatton is probably also in the same company as Moran and Minter.

I thought of him but technically hes still active really.

[kosaros]

So what are we doing here, just basically devising a P4P list and putting the top 20 in first and continuing on in that order?

I thought this 'Hall of Fame' could be used to induct maybe not just the greatest British fighters of all time, but those that we feel deserve to be there based on different aspects i.e Carl Thompson for being a warrior, Michael Watson for being an inspiration etc.

[essexboy]

So what are we doing here, just basically devising a P4P list and putting the top 20 in first and continuing on in that order?

I thought this 'Hall of Fame' could be used to induct maybe not just the greatest British fighters of all time, but those that we feel deserve to be there based on different aspects i.e Carl Thompson for being a warrior, Michael Watson for being an inspiration etc.

You start putting those guys in then everybody has a case, I thought we were restricting ourselves to the greats.

[GazOC]

As much as I hate the chubby bastard Hatton is probably also in the same company as Moran and Minter.

:lol: That must have hurt!!!

You've become a lot more reasonable about Hatton since Pac flattened him!!

[TFFP]

:lol: That must have hurt!!!

You've become a lot more reasonable about Hatton since Pac flattened him!!
I have a heart. :good

[kosaros]

So what are we doing here, just basically devising a P4P list and putting the top 20 in first and continuing on in that order?

I thought this 'Hall of Fame' could be used to induct maybe not just the greatest British fighters of all time, but those that we feel deserve to be there based on different aspects i.e Carl Thompson for being a warrior, Michael Watson for being an inspiration etc.

You start putting those guys in then everybody has a case, I thought we were restricting ourselves to the greats.

So yes then.

[Dan684]

Nobody thinkg of Howard Eastman ??? Man I loved that guy :good

[GazOC]

Nobody thinkg of Howard Eastman ??? Man I loved that guy :good

Him and Funso Banjo were next on my list!

[Dan684]

Got nothing handed to him throughout his career. Tough fucker.

Anybody know how his brother (Gilbert was it?) is getting on now. Hard to think about what must have been going through his and his families heads around that time. Must be a horrible place to be when that happens

[icemax]

Fitz went to NZ, not Australia

Same difference :hey

[icemax]

What about the rest sir do they pass your standards? What about McGuigan?

"British Boxing Hall of Fame" should be precisely that...if they aren't British they shouldn't be in....as far as I am aware Finbar was born in Co. Monaghan, Eire and therefore not British

[GazOC]

Got nothing handed to him throughout his career. Tough fucker.



I met a guy who was friendly with Robert McCracken and he (McCracken) said Eastman is the laziest boxer he'd ever met in his life.

We'll have inducted a fair few boxers before Eastman gets my vote...

[GazOC]

Same difference :hey

Tell that to the Welsh, they get awful funny about stuff like that.....;)

[Dan684]

Screw the Welsh :good

[icemax]

Him and Funso Banjo were next on my list!

This is were we are going to have a problem...I was having a bit of a josh saying Honeyghan wasn't eligable, but Eastman was a Guyanan and Banjo a Nigerian (you surely aren't serious BTW)...are we going to include foreign fighters who called Britain home, or are we just going to include native born Britons?

[icemax]

Tell that to the Welsh, they get awful funny about stuff like that.....;)

Wales is nothing like either New Zealand or Australia, apart from the sheep bothering of course :deal

[GazOC]

This is were we are going to have a problem...I was having a bit of a josh saying Honeyghan wasn't eligable, but Eastman was a Guyanan and Banjo a Nigerian (you surely aren't serious BTW)...are we going to include foreign fighters who called Britain home, or are we just going to include native born Britons?

I was most definately joking!!!;)

I think the easiest way to do it is to just say either a boxer has to be born in Britain or to have fought for a British title.

[TFFP]

A British fighter should be born in Britain? Revolutionary idea there...:p

[GazOC]

A British fighter should be born in Britain? Revolutionary idea there...:p

Read it again wiseguy. Its a short, easy rule that allows Fitz, Bruno, Honeyghan and Magri to all be considered.:deal

Can you include all 4 of those boxers in a more concise rule for this HOF??:bbb

[TFFP]

He must be British or fought for a British title.

Pretty sure I trumped you by a few characters

[icemax]

I think the easiest way to do it is to just say either a boxer has to be born in Britain or to have fought for a British title.

:thumbsup

[GazOC]

He must be British or fought for a British title.

Pretty sure I trumped you by a few characters

So that will be my rule with a couple of words missed out (and now grammatically incorrect as a result)?:p;)

[TFFP]

So that will be my rule with a couple of words missed out (and now grammatically incorrect as a result)?:p;)
We could have a rule 'Pick fighters based on common sense', although that might be lost on some

I reckon mine was so concise you could even make it gramatically correct if you are that way inclined

[GazOC]

We could have a rule 'Pick fighters based on common sense', although that might be lost on some


Common sense? No chance. You want to be debating boxers and fights, not passports and birthplaces. We just a need a clear, concise rule.



I reckon mine was so concise you could even make it gramatically correct if you are that way inclined

"Born Brit, fight Brit title".....:patsch;)

[TFFP]

"Born Brit, fight Brit title".....:patsch;)
Haha, excellent. To be honest you could do away with words all together and have pictures to represent it :yep

[GPater11093]

So what are we doing here, just basically devising a P4P list and putting the top 20 in first and continuing on in that order?

I thought this 'Hall of Fame' could be used to induct maybe not just the greatest British fighters of all time, but those that we feel deserve to be there based on different aspects i.e Carl Thompson for being a warrior, Michael Watson for being an inspiration etc.

yeh i know we need to get guys liek that but i dont think they should be in the same category as the greats

i was thinking of having a section for Influences on British Boxing

[Mr Butt]

yeh i know we need to get guys liek that but i dont think they should be in the same category as the greats

i was thinking of having a section for Influences on British Boxing


how many sections do you think ? to many sections would cheapen it

[GPater11093]

im thinking

Pioneer (Bareknuckle Pre 1890s)

Old Timer (1890-1920)

Modern (1920-present)

Influential British Fighters or Forgotten Fighters (so your journymen, inspirational fighters etc...)

Non-Participants (trainers, journos, managers etc..)

[kosaros]

im thinking

Pioneer (Bareknuckle Pre 1890s)

Old Timer (1890-1920)

Modern (1920-present)

Influential British Fighters or Forgotten Fighters (so your journymen, inspirational fighters etc...)

Non-Participants (trainers, journos, managers etc..)

Thats not bad - for the first induction we could have 3 fighters for the 'Pioneer' section, 3 for the 'Old Timer' section, 5 for the 'Modern' section (wider span, more popularity etc.), and 3 for each of the other groups.

[GPater11093]

what i was thinking but maybe -1 off of them as we want it to be specail

[TBooze]

..

[Mr Butt]

whatever is decided it sounds really good