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The International Boxing Hall of Fame has announced the class of 2025, which will include Manny Pacquiao, the only eight-division champion in the sport's history. From the Philippines, Pacquiao amassed a record of 62-8-2 (39 KO), and the list of accolades is staggering: WBC Flyweight Champion Lineal Flyweight Champion IBF Super Bantamweight Champion The Ring Featherweight Champion Lineal Featherweight Champion The Ring Super Featherweight Champion WBC Super Featherweight Champion Lineal Super Featherweight Champion WBC Lightweight Champion The Ring Light Welterweight Champion IBO Light Welterweight Champion Lineal Light Welterweight Champion WBA Welterweight Champion WBO Welterweight Champion Lineal Welterweight Champion WBA Super…

1970 PRELIMINARY RESULTS: Thank you to all who participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are still determining what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946. We have completed the first 24 years thus far. For “1970,” a Preliminary Vote with close to 100 players whose playing career ended by 1964. We are also following the structure in that players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool. Each voter was asked to select…

Apologies, gang, as this should have been done months ago. We have updated our Notinhalloffame.com Rock list to include those for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  This list goes up to 600, and you can find the entire list here. For reference, the current top ten are: #1. The Smiths.  Eligible since 2009.#2. Jethro Tull.  Eligible since 1994.#3. Oasis.  Eligible since 2020.#4. Pixies.  Eligible since 2015.#5. New Order.  Eligible since 2007.#6. The White Stripes.  Eligible since 2023.#7. Iron Maiden.  Eligible since 2005.#8. Gram Parsons.  Eligible since 1993.#9. King Crimson.  Eligible since 1995.#10. Coldplay.  Eligible since 2023. We will…

We at Notinhalloffame.com love that November is the peak of “Hall of Fame Season,” where debates run wild and cut-downs amp up.  Less than 48 hours after the Baseball Hall of Fame unveiled its official 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the Semi-Finalists for the Class of 2025. Two months ago, the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 167 Preliminary Modern candidates for the Class of 2025, and this year, a special committee was tasked with reducing this group to 50 for the first vote.  These are the 25 Semi-Finalists. *Means they…

The Songwriters Hall of Fame has announced the nominees for the Class of 2025.  The nominating committee has until December 22 to submit their ballots, including up to three nominees in both the Non-Performing Songwriters and Performing Songwriters. The Non-Performing Songwriters are: Walter Afanasieff:  Afanasieff is an accomplished musician in his own right and also has extensive work as a producer.  His known work as a songwriter includes: “All I Want for Christmas is You,” “Butterfly,” “Forever,” “Hero,” “One Sweet Day” (with Mariah Carey), “She Bangs” (with Ricky Martin) and “Licence to Kill.” Steve Barri and P.F. Sloan:  The duo…