Voters have until midnight Friday to submit ballots that’ll determine the 2015 induction class for the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y., which could make it an anxious few days for the 20 fighters whose names are up for enshrinement consideration for the first time.

But at least one of those candidates -- 1980s lightweight champion and television staple Ray Mancini -- won’t be spending any of the final 48 hours making desperate calls to campaign for acceptance.

“If some people think my career is worthy of the Hall of Fame, I’m so appreciative of that,” he said. “And if others don’t think it’s worthy, I understand, and God bless you. It doesn’t concern me. It’d be great for a lot of people that have been associated with me over the years, but it doesn’t consume me. It’s not a real big consideration, at all. I was honored. I’m flattered. I’m humbled.

“All of those things that you would think. But I don’t know of any person that goes into sports, whether it’s team sports or as a fighter, thinking ‘One day, I want to be in the Hall of Fame.’ You want to go out there and you want to do your best, you want to have a chance to be successful, win a world title, and maybe make some money and everything else.”

Now 53 years old, Mancini was among the sport’s most popular personalities in the early 1980s, when he rode a TV-friendly style and a compelling back story -- his father, Lenny, was a top contender in the 1940s, but was denied a world title shot after being drafted into military service in World War II -- into a match with World Boxing Council (WBC) lightweight champion Alexis Arguello, 33 years ago this month.

These days, Mancini is a consultant and fight analyst for Fight Network, a 24/7 television channel whose programs including live fights, news and analysis for boxing, mixed martial arts, kickboxing, professional wrestling and traditional martial arts, as well as fight-themed dramas, documentaries and feature films.

Mancini lost to Arguello by 14th-round TKO, but returned for a shot at the World Boxing Association (WBA) share of the title seven months later and won it with a first-round stoppage of Arturo Frias after a nationally televised Saturday afternoon slugfest in Las Vegas. He defended the crown four times before losing it via another TKO -- again in the 14th round -- to Livingstone Bramble in Buffalo, N.Y. in June 1984.

A rematch with Bramble resulted in a narrow 15-round decision loss early in 1985 and prompted a retirement that lasted until Mancini returned for a long-desired bout with Hector Camacho -- which he lost by split decision for a 140-pound title belt in March 1989. Mancini and Camacho had been on track to fight years earlier, but the lucrative showdown was scrubbed by the first Bramble loss.

“He was a terrific fighter, but I felt in 15 rounds I’d break him down, I’d wear him down and eventually catch him. And he didn’t have a great chin, so I thought eventually I’d get that chin,” Mancini said. “We had basically come to an agreement with Camacho, but the WBA said if you don’t fight Bramble we’re going to strip you. When we talked about it the first time, it should have happened back then.”

He retired again following the eventual Camacho defeat and returned just once more -- three years later -- to meet fellow former lightweight champion Greg Haugen, who won by seventh-round TKO.

Mancini conceded that the four consecutive career-ending losses have an impact on the way some writers have treated his Hall candidacy, but his main contention with the voting process is based less on how some modern writers might regard his career, and more on the generational shift that occurred in the mid- and late 1980s, when title fights were shortened from 15 to 12 rounds.

He was ahead on the scorecards through 12 rounds against both Arguello and Bramble, and pointed to other historical fights -- Joe Louis-Billy Conn I, Rocky Marciano-Joe Walcott I and Ray Leonard-Thomas Hearns I -- in which results would have been different had the fights been scheduled for 12 and not 15.

“They should break it up to guys who fought in the 15-round era and guys who fought in the 12-round era,” Mancini said. “The history of boxing has changed. The last three rounds – the true championship distance – has changed the course of boxing. They’re putting guys in who’ve only had to fight 12 rounds, and not 15.”

Weekend Watch List
Fox Sports 1 -- Thursday, 9 p.m.
Danny O'Connor vs. Andrew Farmer -- 10 rounds, welterweights
Sharif Bogere vs. Fernando Garcia -- 10 rounds, lightweights
Jason Quigley vs. Thomas Gifford -- four rounds, middleweights

Showtime -- Saturday, 9 p.m.
Andrzej Fonfara vs. Doudou Ngumbu -- 10 rounds, light heavyweights
Tomoki Kameda vs. Alejandro Hernandez -- WBO bantamweight title
Javier Fortuna vs. Abner Cotto -- 10 rounds, junior lightweights

beIN Sports -- Saturday, 11 p.m.
Tomas Rojas vs. Manuel González García -- 10 rounds, featherweights

UniMas -- Saturday 11 p.m.
Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. vs. Jonathan Arrellano -- 10 rounds, featherweights
Alberto Machado vs. Alvin Torres -- six rounds, junior lightweights