New Thread - Salvador Sanchez - What Happens Next

Absolutely and that's why I think it's increasingly more likely to have success the more he waited before moving up.

I'm not entirely convinced he'd have survived alexis's exact schedule but considering age and battles so far he does have a favourable chance against the gauntlet but it's by no means a given that he'd beat them all in a row. Plus he'd have then had a peak camacho to contend with which would be a 50-50 fight imo.

 

After Pedroza. :thumbsup

He's also most likely got rematches with Gomez (which I believe was in the works) and Nelson.

This resume is getting ridiculous... Of course, he'd have to and very likely could win all of these.

 

The wheels would come off after an ill-fated move up to Junior Welter chasing Arguello and a horrible slaughtering at the hands of lightning Lonnie Smith.

 

Would he stick long enough to fight @ 140? At the time of his death, he was clearly the top featherweight in the world, but there was still some unfinished business at his natural 126 and they would've been wars.

 

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WOW!!!Pure greatness!Everytime I see that fight or clips of it,I get chills.Thanks,Tac:good

 

People don't give him enough credit for beating Nelson IMO.

Sure he was green and unknown prior to the bout for christ sakes. He was a substitute.

No matter my friends, the skills Nelson showed in that fight made him a KNOWN very quickly and there's no doubt in my mind Sanchez was against elite opposition that evening. And Nelson would have his success in the immediate future.

 

I think the area Nelson really improved in was upper-body movement and defence.He was as wide open as Morales against sanchez and very rigid in the upperbody.

However his improvements in defensive awareness generally came about when he sacrificed pace and offense for it(other than having a better guard in general) and he generally took a slower, more measured or Galindez-esque fighting in spurts approach after the sanchez loss.Thats a style that might not have worked against sanchez.

I'm not sure if he was ever as intense again or really got any better offensively.

 

:goodWell put again:good.Not just the skills,though.Azumah's heart,toughness and power were there for all to see.That was an AMAZING fight.

 

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Laporte and Mario Miranda were slated to fight to determine Chava's next challenger. Laporte won that fight, and was therefore next in line to face Sanchez. But it;s uncertain whether Sanchez would have been thrilled about facing someone he had already defeated handily, and might have been inclined to move up.

At the same time, Gomez was planning to move up again, and Pedroza was starting to become known after fights against Ford and LaPorte were televised.

So...Here's a possible timeline.

* Sanchez decides to relinquish his featherweight title. LaPorte named WBC 126 champion and consolidates his claim with a decision over Ruben Castillo in his next fight.

* Chava moves up and faces either Navarette or Boza in his next fight. Since Boza was better known to viewers, I'll say he gets the crack at Sanchez and faces him in Dec of 82. Boza troubles Chava, but Sanchez scores a late kd and secures a hard fought but clear UD over 12 to earn the right to face Chacon after the latter defeat Limon for the 130lb strap.

* Bazooka Gomez moves up in weight, but chooses to target his countryman, Laporte, instead of WBA champion, Pedroza. A seething El Alacran tells anyone who will listen that he's being ducked by both Chava and Bazooka, and becomes even more vocal after he decisions Lockridge in early 1983.

* Meanwhile, Sanchez faces Chacon in May of 1983. Chacon starts well, but Sanchez comes back and cuts the Schoolboy badly in the process. Bobby hangs in there, even as he bleeds all over the place, but eventually the ref decides to stop the fight after round 10 after determining that the cut is getting that much worse. During the post fight interview, Pedroza and Chava exchange words, and a near melee results from the altercation.

* As a result of this skirmish, Chava decides to drop back down to featherweight to face Pedroza for the latter's WBA strap. In late Sept, the two stage a bitterly contested battle over 15, which results in a hotly disputed SD for Pedroza. As a result of the fallout, the WBA orders an immediate rematch, and the two face one another in December of that year. Once again, the two wage a tense battle over the distance, but this time Sanchez emerges with a razor thin MD.

* Pedroza calls for the rubber-match, but by this point Gomez has defeated Laporte for the WBC featherweight strap, and is now calling for a chance to face Sanchez once again. After some wrangling about the distance, Sanchez agrees to relinquish the WBA belt in order to face his old rival for his old strap. In May of 1984, the two meet again, and Sanchez produces another dominant performance en route to stopping a faded Bazooka in the 12th and final round.

* With no more kings to vanquish at featherweight, Chava moves back up to 130 to face a young JCC. He acquits himself admirably during the fight, buy Chavez proves to be a little too strong, and controls from start to finish in order to win a clear UD. Realizing that his skill-set is starting to diminish, Chava decides not to press his luck and instead retires at the still young age of 26.

Just one possible outcome...

 

A more experienced/ mature Nelson, would give him a very hard nights work.Pedroza has a very good chance of beating him,imo. I think he always beats Gomez.

 

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