Cuba, the best 4 Latin Boxers of all times, Chocolate, Napoles, Gavilan and Rodriguez

that was in the amateurs.

The pros is a all different game.

BTW you dont have to resort to amateur wins to find a cuban welterweight that is better than Trinidad, not when you have pro fighters like Napoles,Gavilan and Rodriguez to choose from.

Any of those three is better than Trinidad.

 

The facts: Rigondeaux is a legend, top 3 best amateur boxer of all times. Keep in mind that this is at the absolute highest amateur level, all of those top
" amateurs " that Rigo beat for 10 straight years could have defeated any pros at any time. They were the very best from Europe and America.

I go with Rigondeaux with a Cuban boxing clinic, Gomez may have had wicked power and all but you can't hit what it's not there and that's Rigo. :hey

Rigo cannot be compared to Gomez at the pro level because #1 he started super late, #2 only has 8 pro fights and #3- will not have enough time to reach his full potential. :verysad

To all my Latin boxing friends, Cuba is the top Country in boxing and has always been. The problem is that they were completely banned from pro sports when Castro took over. If PR has shined in the pros then Cuba outshines them if given the opportunity to FULLY, NOT PARTIALLY compete in the pros, simple as that.

Just take a look at Gamboa, no one beats El Ciclón de Guantánamo.

 

lol see bias like this is what makes this board fun to come to, i love teaching fanatics about boxing...

you're a fan of cuban boxers and you get blinded by it instead of seeing the real resumes of both you just look for facts that will make your clouded mind believe that rigo could beat gomez

so what you're saying that a guy that made a career fighting four rounders with bigger gloves head gear protection and referees that give standing 8 counts at any site of any boxer being hurt and that hasnt shown **** in the pros yet would beat gomez

a guy that was unbeaten throughout his career at jr featherweight and won every fight via KO

ok bro if that makes you feel good go ahead believe that is a mythical matchup anyways right you can play it out in your mind any way you feel like but honestly it just show how bias and dumb you are

:hat

 

Mexico has produced the best batch of professional boxers out of the Latin countries.

 

and rigondeaux hasnt beaten anybody close to gomez in the pros, all rigo is a four round legend with head gear that's it in the pros even we will never know is safe to say that gomez would knock him out

:hat

 

People still saying Rigondeaux beats Gomez? Wilfredo Gomez makes Guillermo Rigondeaux look like an unskilled journeyman. I'm so sick of these posters bringing up amateur accomplishments. They don't ****ing matter in the pros.

 

The best Latino boxers are as follows: Duran, Monzon, Napoles, Gavilan, and Rodriguez. That's 3 Cubans, 1 Argentinian, and one Panamanian. After that you got Ortiz, Jofre, Arguello, Saldivar, and Chavez. That's 1 Puerto Rican, 1 Brazilian, 1 Nicaraguan, and 2 Mexicans. It's safe to say that the best Latino boxers are pretty varied in terms of where they come from.

 

Amatuer career can only teach you so much. Savon and Stevenson as much as I like them and I know they would most likely have success in the pros I cannot say they are even on Alis level past his prime. I would give Savon credit for knocking out a prime Tua not a prime Savon knocking out a 18 yr old Tua. Its great they have amatuer careers that are unmatched, but the pros son los major leagues papa. Amatuer greatness is a big plus, but does not translate to pro greatness even half the time. Thats why Stevenson, Savon, or any other amatuer great will never get the respect Gavilan, Napoles, Rodriguez, or even Casa get.

 

They're all overrated. My personal favorite latin fight is GOMEZ.

 

Tired of cubans posting this nonsense, at least state that it is your opinion if you do that then ok its your opinion. The 2 best latinos are Chavez and Duran no question about it. If your going to make a top 5 the next 3 spots can be filled by countless fighters from Mexico, PR, or anywhere in Latin Amerca. But the top 2 spots are filled and no one from South America or Cuba can replace them period. those 2 are 2 of the best in the history of the sport.

 

Like always you don't know $hit, they were on the same weight class (135) and Ortiz fought for the belt and won, Napoles was the next in line and Ortiz jump to JWW, Napoles follow him to that weight and Ortiz when back down, never gave him a fight, nobody want any part of Napoles at 135-140 so he jump to WW and there is were he make his mark, but in actuallity, Napoles was a LW-JWW. Learn your history.

 

umm DURAN

 

Ortiz won the 140 belt before he was lightweight champ.