Fighters who beat 7 different Hall of Famers or more?

[oldgringo]

Tony Canzoneri:

Bud Taylor
Johnny Dundee
Benny Bass
Kid Berg
Kid Chocolate
Billy Petrolle
Baby Arizmendi
Lou Ambers
Jimmy McLarnin

[tanibanana]

basing on thread replies only;
I have it:

Harry Greb - 13
Jimmy Mclarnin - 11
Sam Langford - 11
Sugar Ray Robinson - 10
Henry Armstrong - 10
Ezzard Charles - 9
Tony Canzoneri - 9
Joe Louis - 8
Tommy Loughran - 8
Muhhamad Ali - 7
Jack Johnson - 7
Johnny Risko - 7

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I'm surprised w/ Ali only having 7,
gonna check this later..

[Jim Jeffries]

Evander Holyfield has

Larry Holmes
George Foreman
Dwight Muhammad Qawi

guaranteed
Mike Tyson

potentially
Michael Moorer
Rid**** Bowe
Carlos De Leon

[tha golden boy]

Benny Leonard - 7
Jimmy McLarnin - 9 (10 if you count a HOF referee who was once a fighter)

[HaglerSteelChin]

Evander Holyfield has

Larry Holmes
George Foreman
Dwight Muhammad Qawi

guaranteed
Mike Tyson

potentially
Michael Moorer
Rid**** Bowe
Carlos De Leon

I always felt De Leon was an underrated fighter and i do have him as a top 200 p4p fighter. It clearys show there is a little love for the cruiser division. Any fighter than regains his title 3 more times as Deleon did should be considered for the HOF.

[rocky_balboa23]

Cotto and Hatton? No. Larios? No.

Cotto is fighting Foreman for the 154 title. if he wins that I think he'll be in the HOF.

[Bundana]

no more??? just them????
let me make a summary again, this is a good thread
for newbies in the future..

Harry Greb - 13
Jimmy Mclarnin - 11
Sam Langford - 11
Sugar Ray Robinson - 10
Henry Armstrong - 10
Ezzard Charles - 9
Jimmy McLarnin - 9
Tony Canzoneri - 9
Joe Louis - 8
Tommy Loughran - 8
Muhhamad Ali - 7
Jack Johnson - 7
Johnny Risko - 7
Benny Leonard - 7
Evander Holyfield - partial (3-1-3) like the other post suggest..


note: base on thread replies only...

You forgot to include Freddie Welsh (7)... as suggested by hhascup in #19.

Also, I believe Charles only beat 8 HOFers.

[JAB5239]

You forgot to include Freddie Welsh (7)... as suggested by hhascup in #19.

Also, I believe Charles only beat 8 HOFers.

Charles was my selection, but upon further review I think I stand corrected. Nice catch. I probably inadvertently added Marciano to Ezzard's win column.

[HaglerSteelChin]

There are many fighters who fall a bit short like Kid Norfalk, Ketchel, Ross etc. I personally count Gene Tunney a guy who i put in my top 10 P4P as possibly beating 7 Hall of famers. Someone in this thread mentioned the issue of newspaper decisions and the whole controversy around it. I also count Jack Sharkey as beating 7 HOF's and possibly 8 if Risko ever gets in to either the WBHOF or the IBHOF.

Tunney has beaten 5 HOF's T. Gibbons, J. Dempsey(twice), H. Greb(twice i believe), Carpentier, Levinsky, and Risko may eventually get in which gives him 6. His possible 7th is a Newspaper decision against Loughran. The New York Times gave him the win. But the fight was in philly the hometown of Loughran and the local philly paper gave it to Loughran making it essentially a draw. But if you count the NYT newspaper decision than Tunney has 7. Here is an article on that fight and you can click for the original PDF story on it.




Jack Sharkey beat 6 guys who went to the IBHOF: Schmeling, Loughran, Stribling, J. Delaney, Godfrey, Willis. He also beat Primo Carnera who is inducted to the WBHOF. This gives him 7 if you count the WBHOF. Primo Carnera due to the issue of fixed fights likely will never get in the IBHOF, if Risko ever makes it than he will have 7.

[HaglerSteelChin]

Maybe i should have added clarity when i started the thread because i should have specified either the IBHOF or the WBHOF? But the IBHOF has the prestige and that is the one we counted. The IBHOF takes 5 years after a fighter is removed from the sport. So it takes longer to get in there. If we include the WBHOF i am sure there were be several more fighters in the list. In addiition, Joe Louis gets an extra fighter since Primo Carnera is in the WBHOF and also Armstrong can add Cerefino Garcia is in the WBHOF.

A modern fighter who should be able to have 7 if you include the WBHOF is Hector Camacho. People he beat as Boom Boom Mancini, Ramirez, and Haugen are already in the WBHOF. Than you have in the IBHOF Duran, SRL, and Rosario. Of course, the latter two legends were past their prime but the question was guys he beat not if they were in their prime. So now he has 6 and i am sure Vinny Paz will make either one or both. The Pazmanian devil won the rivalry with Haugen and i feel has accomplished more in the upper weight classes. He won a legit title at 154 and a few paper titles at SMW. Futhermore, Camacho beat Limon a guy who stayed in too long and added unecessary losses to his career. Limon still has an outside shot at one of the HOF. So Camacho between both HOF will likely add a 7th.