“I wasn’t paying attention”- Holly Holm reveals how she almost missed the opportunity to be inducted into the HOF


“I wasn’t paying attention”- Holly Holm reveals how she almost missed the opportunity to be inducted into the HOF

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Holly Holm was one of the finest women boxers. She decided to leave boxing in 2011 while she was still the IBF and WBC champion to become an MMA fighter. Since 2013, Holm has been fighting in the most popular MMA promotion of the world. Holly even beat Ronda Rousey to become the bantamweight champion in the year 2015.

This shows how talented and gifted Holly is. But, it is known to all that talent without hard work is nothing and Holly didn’t hesitate to work hard. Her professional profile shows that. She has a staggering record of 33-2-3 in professional boxing. Moreover, she was the fighter of the year for six years from 20005-2010.

“The Preacher’s daughter” was also “the highest ranked female boxer in automated all-time pound-for-pound rankings at the time of her retirement from boxing”. For a boxer with such a resume it was a no brainer to induce her into the boxing hall of fame.

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Holly Holm ignored the calls from officialls before her induction in Hall of fame

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Last weekend Holly Holm joined Christy Martin, Ann Wolfe, and Laila Ali in the Canastota museum for the induction into the boxing hall of fame.

“I’m kind of speechless..I worked hard, and I’m proud of it. It’s not that I don’t think I should be there … it’s just I’m so humbled by it.” Said Holly.

Even though it was expected that Holly would make the hall of famer list, Holm unknowingly ignored the calls from the officials for her induction.

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Holly got the call from Ed Brophy,(he runs the Hall in Canastota) when she was recovering from a knee injury. While Ed was talking, she wasn’t paying much attention to it.

Hey this is Ed at the Hall of Fame, can you give me a call” said Ed in the voicemail. Soon after Holly started receiving congratulatory messages and calls from everywhere. That’s when she realised about her inducement. “We found out, and I was kind of in shock,” said Holly Holm.

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