Sports>Sylvester Stallone named to Boxing HOF!
CasaDooley 03:52 PM 12-08-2010
I like Stallone. I,m glad he was Honored.
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icehog3 03:58 PM 12-08-2010
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Inductees were voted on by members of the Boxing Writers Association of America.
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"The two things that brought boxing back to the forefront with the public was the great success of the 1976 Olympic team and when Sylvester Stallone gave us our heavyweight champion -- Rocky Balboa," Hall of Famer Emanuel Steward said.
Pretty large endorsements.
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Bunker 04:01 PM 12-08-2010
It is sad that a fictional character is Philadelphia's greatest sports hero
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icehog3 04:11 PM 12-08-2010
bobarian 04:40 PM 12-08-2010
Originally Posted by Bunker:
It is sad that a fictional character is Philadelphia's greatest sports hero :-)
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Played and smoked both ways!
Once tackled Frank Gifford and knocked him out of football for a year and a half!
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Starscream 04:29 PM 12-09-2010
Originally Posted by Darrell:
What's next? Is someone going to award Tom Hanks the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in Saving Private Ryan? SMDH.
No, Hanks should get the Congressional Medal of Honor for his role in Forrest Gump.
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Pete Rose never wrestled, but he's in the WWE Hall of Fame.
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Bunker 05:28 PM 12-09-2010
Yeah, Joe Frazier beat Ali - but Philly erected a statue of Rocky Balboa
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icehog3 06:48 PM 12-09-2010
Originally Posted by Bunker:
Yeah, Joe Frazier beat Ali - but Philly erected a statue of Rocky Balboa :-)
I'm with ya.
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hotreds 07:18 PM 12-09-2010
Originally Posted by icehog3:
Hockey Hall of Fame has the same type of category, for "Contributions to the Sport". I would guess football and baseball HOFs as well.
Baseball certainly does, esp. those in the early days that never even played a game, but made up the rules and such. Stallone certainly did a lot for boxing, which now is a mere shadow of its former self and will likely never regain that stature again.
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DonAustin 09:14 PM 12-09-2010
Originally Posted by ChicagoWhiteSox:
That's a :-) in the face to the real boxers out there.
I'm not sure they would all feel the same way.
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96Brigadier 12:33 PM 12-19-2010
Originally Posted by kelmac07:
I agree.
x3. That's just stupid.
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