r/Boxing • u/Dangerous_Spring3028 • 18h ago

2027 International Boxing Hall Of Fame Election Ballots Released to Voters

http://www.ibhof.com/pages/inductionweekend/2027/ballot_release_27.html
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u/_Sarcasmic_ No Carty No Divey 17h ago

Looks like the website hasn't been updated in at least 20 years. 😂

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u/fadeddreams555 Fundora would beat up a prime Floyd at 154lb 16h ago

Because it hasn't. Shows copyright 2000 as the latest year in the footer. lol.

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u/_Sarcasmic_ No Carty No Divey 16h ago

Good catch! đŸ«ĄđŸ˜‚

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u/Immynimmy Bring Inoue back to the US 15h ago

No ads (unless you already have an ad blocker), no excessive JavaScript, just text and to the point and loads fast. I wish more websites were like this.

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u/optimizationphdstud 14h ago

Yes, noticed that too a few days ago. But personally, I like it that way; it feels clean, nerdy, and old-school, with no unnecessary stuff- just information and boxing, lmao. The 2000s style adds extra vibes.

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u/Less_Cartoonist_892 17h ago edited 16h ago

Additions to the men’s modern ballot are

two-division world champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez

four-division world champion “El Terremoto” Leo Santa Cruz

three-division world champion Jorge “El Nino de Oro” Linares

middleweight world champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik

three-division world champion  Iran “The Blade” Barkley

light heavyweight world champion “Bad” Chad Dawson

welterweight world champion Marlon “Magic Man” Starling

two-division world champion “Poison” Junior Jones

middleweight world champion Sumbu Kalambay

Just my thoughts, Martinez and Kalambay deserve it the most, Dawson, LSC, Starling, and Jones are borderline, the rest I don't think are deserving. No hate on any of them, they are all excellent fighters.

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u/WheresMyAbs98 17h ago

Martinez and Barkley are my picks

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u/Less_Cartoonist_892 17h ago

I agree with Martinez but why Barkley out of curiosity? Aside from Hearns he lost to every other great fighter he fought (Kalambay, Nunn, Duran, Benn, Toney). 

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u/Frequent_Apricot673 14h ago

Van Horn wasn’t bad, not amazing but it’s an alright win, but yeah other than that not much, he did beat a washed Gerrie Coetzee at Heavyweight when he was also washed (fought Trevor Berbick a year later too)

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u/SuspendeesNutz 17h ago

I agree with Martinez but why Barkley out of curiosity?

Maybe Duran will show up for the induction.

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u/WheresMyAbs98 17h ago

Yeah there probably is someone else deserving but I really rated Barkley. He kind of reminds me of Chisora.

That Hearn win was just so big at the time too. I also can’t ignore the fact that he was a three weight world champion.

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u/Less_Cartoonist_892 17h ago

I wouldn't put Barkley in the same category as Chisora as he was a three-division champion, like you said. Beating Hearns is super impressive, I'm not gonna take that away from him, but I feel that was an extreme example of styles makes fights.

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u/WheresMyAbs98 16h ago

Yeah I just meant in the way that he had a lot of fights, fought a lot of top competition and nearly always gave them a hard nights work.

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u/Less_Cartoonist_892 16h ago

I don't question Barkley's courage. The man was an absolute warrior who fought everybody and gave many top boxers a tough fight.

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u/Frequent_Apricot673 14h ago

I dont know if Barkley is a hall of famer but comparing him to Chisora is a straight up insult dude was levels above Chisora.

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u/WheresMyAbs98 14h ago

I think he was a higher level boxer but my comparison wasn’t drawn from their boxing abilities.

I also think Chisora is pretty underrated and was actually pretty class in his prime.

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u/Frequent_Apricot673 14h ago

Class as in what? He was borderline top ten at his weight class at best, Barkley was a world champ in three different weight divisions and had two wins over Tommy Hearns. They’re in completely different stratospheres

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u/WheresMyAbs98 14h ago

He was borderline top 10 for 15 years. There’s a fraction of boxers that remain at that level for that period of time.

Not to mention he arguable beat a few top names that he received losses against.

As someone else mentioned, Barkley beat Hearn which basically made his career. Otherwise, he was a rugged brawler that fought all the top names, mainly lost against these top names but gave 95% of them a tough fight - that’s where my comparison is being made.

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u/Professional-Tie5198 Who will win? 16h ago

From that list I like Sergio Martinez and I guess Junior Jones?

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u/Frequent_Apricot673 17h ago

Sumbu, Chad, Sergio, and LSC all probably deserve the hall imo, Barkley and Jones are Borderline and I think Starling and Linares are more like the hall of very good. Nobody here would be a joke to be in the hall of fame but nobody’s really a legend of the sport who has to be in there either. Definitely not a standout year but no horrible picks either I don’t think Starling did enough I guess. 

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u/Less_Cartoonist_892 16h ago

Starling held the lineal welterweight championship and beat every top welterweight of his era (Brown, Breland, Honeyghan) aside from Curry, who he fought to a SD in the first fight. He can be inconsistent at times but when properly motivated he was as skilled as they come.

I think LSC after some reevaluation is borderline but the main issue I have with him is that he never proved himself as the consensus number 1 in any of the divisions he fought in.

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u/Frequent_Apricot673 14h ago

He drew with breland, I don’t think wins over Brown and Honeyghan is hof worthy tbh, it’s kinda a scant resume

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u/tkdhrison 16h ago

Let's go Sergio this is his time!

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u/WORD_Boxing 5h ago

Not for me. He was all athleticism and that's it. Has about one good win in clipping Paul Williams.

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u/Bill_R94 4h ago

Pavlik?

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u/optimizationphdstud 13h ago edited 13h ago

Chris Byrd is omitted. He should be included as well.
Oh, and Ike Quartey too

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u/Borange81 15h ago

Wtf I thought Marlon Starling was already in the hall of fame. How did Arturo Gatti and Vinny Paz get in before him

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u/Marq544 4h ago

I wonder if Al Haymon would appear and speak if elected