Top Latin- American Boxers of all time: By Respected Division in their Era. By Ruderic Note just started list so there maybe some missing , and any opinions with reasons and stats welcomed... Heavyweight - 1. Oscar Natalio "Ringo" Bonavena (Argentina) 1970s 2. Ossie Ocassio (Puerto Rico)- 1980s 3. John Ruiz (Puerto Rico)- 2000s 4. Odlainier Solis (Cuba)- Current 5. Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba)- Current 6. Chis Arreola (Mex. / U.S.A) Current 7. Mike Perez (Cuba/ Ireland) - Current Cruiserweight 1. Carlos De Leon (Puerto Rico)- 1980s 2. Ossie Ocassio (Puerto Rico) 1980s 3. Juan Carlos Gomez (Argentina) 1990s 4. Guillermo Jones (Panama) Late 2000s / Current 5. Yoan Pablo Hernandez (Cuba) 2010s / Current 6. Fransico Palacios (Puerto Rico) 2010s / Current Light Heavyweight- 1. Jose Chegui Torres (Puerto Rico)- 1960s 2. Vincente Rondon (Venezuela) 1960s 3. Victor Galindez (Argentina) 1970s 4. Lou Del Valle (Puerto Rico / U.S.A)- 1990s Super Middleweight- 1. Manny Siaca (Puerto Rico)- 1990s Middleweight- 1. Elberto Louis Hardwick (Puerto Rico) 1930s & 1940s 2. Jose Basora (Puerto Rico) 1940s 3. Carlos Monzon (Argentina)- 1960s -1970s 4. Roberto Duran (Panama)- 1990s 5. Julio Cesar Green (Dominican Republic) Late 1990s 6. Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico)- Early 2000s 7. Jorge Castro (Argentina)- Early 2000s 8. Marco Antonio Rubio (Mexico) Mid 2000s 9. Edison Miranda (Colombia/Puerto Rico) Mid 2000s 10. Sergio Martinez (Argentina) 2010s Jr. Middleweight- 1. Wilfredo Benitez (Puerto Rico)- 1980s 2. Roberto Duran (Panama)- 1980s 3. Carlos Santos (Puerto Rico) Late 1980s 4. Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico)- Late 90s & Early 2000s 5. Santiago Samaniego (Panama) Late 1990s & Early 2000s 6. Oscar De La Hoya (Mex./U.S.A)- Early 2000s 7. Sergio Martinez (Argentina)- Late 2000s - Current 8. Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico)- 2010s - Current Welterweight 1. Elberto Louis Hardwick (Puerto Rico) 1930s & 1940s 2. Kid Gavilan (Cuba)- 1940s 3. Jose Napoles (Cuba / Mexico)-1960s 4. Pipino Cuevas (Mexico) 1970s 5. Angel Espada (Puerto Rico) 1970s 6. Wilfredo Benitez (Puerto Rico)- Early & Mid 1980s 7. Roberto Duran (Panama)- 1980s 8. Felix Trinidad (Puerto Rico)-1990s 9. Oscar De La Hoya ( Mex. / U.S.A)-1990s 10. Ricardo Mayorga (Nicaragua) Early 2000s 11. Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico) Middle 2000s Jr. Welterweights 1. Carlos Ortiz (Puerto Rico) 1950s 2. Nicolino Felipe Locche (Argentina) 1960s 3. Antonio Cervantes (Colombia) Early 1970s & Mid 1970s 4. Wilfredo Benitez (Puerto Rico) 1980s 5. J.C. Chavez (Mexico) 1980s 6. Miguel Cotto (Puerto Rico) 2000s 7. Marco Maidana (Argentina) - Current Lightweight 1. Pedro Montanez (Puerto Rico) 1930s 2. Carlos Ortiz (Puerto Rico)- 1950s 3. Ismael Laguna (Panama)- 1950s 4. Roberto Duran (Panama)- 1960s & 1970s 5. Esteban De Jesus (Puerto Rico) 1970s 6. J.C. Chavez (Mexico)-1980s 7. Tony Lopez (Mex. / U.S.A) Early 1990s 8. John John Molina (Puerto Rico) - Early 1990s 9. Oscar De La Hoya (Mexico) Mid 1990s 10. Juan Manuel Marquez (Mexico) 2000s / current Jr. Lightweight/ Super Featherweight- 1. Kid Chocolate (Cuba) 1930s 2. Alexis Arguello (Nicaragua) 1970s 3. Alfredo Escalera (Puerto Rico) 1970s 4. Samuel Serrano (Puerto Rico) 1970s 5. Rafael Bazooka Limon (Mexico) 1970s 6. J.C. Chavez (Mexico) 1980s 7. Hector Camacho (Puerto Rico) 1980s 8. Bobby Chacon (Mex. / U.S.A ) 1980s 9. Acelino Freitas (Brazil) Early 2000s Featherweight- 1. Kid Chocolate (Cuba) Late 1920s & 1930s 2. Baby Arizmendi (Mexico) 1930s 3. Vicente Saldivar (Mexico) 1960s 4. Eusebio Pedroza (Panama) 1970s & middle 1980s 5. Alexis Arguello (Nicaragua) 1970s 6. Eder Jofre (Brazil) Early 1970s 7. Ruben Olivares (Mexico) Early 1970s 8. Salvador Sanchez (Mexico) 1980s 9. Erik Morales (Mexico) Early 2000s 10. Marco Antonio Barrera (Mexico) Early 2000s 11. Celestino Caballero (Panama) Middle 2000s 12. Juan Manuel Lopez (Puerto Rico) late 2000s 13. Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba)- Late 2000s 14. Celestino Caballero (Panama) Early 2010s / Current Super Bantamweight / Junior Featherweight 1. Wilfredo Gomez (Puerto Rico) 1970s 2. Daniel Zaragoza (Mexico) Late 1980s & 1990s 3. Wilfredo Vasquez (Puerto Rico) Early 1990s 4. Oscar Larios (Mexico) Mid 1990s & Late 1990s 5. Erik Morales (Mexico) Late 1990s 6. Paulie Ayala (Mex. / U.S.A) Early 2000s 7. Juan Manuel Lopez (Puerto Rico) Middle 2000s 8. Wilfredo Vasquez jr. (Puerto Rico) late 2000s 9. Guillermo Rigondeaux (Cuba) Early 2010s / Current Bantamweight 1. Sixto Escobar (Puerto Rico) 1930s 2. Manuel Ortiz (Mex. /American) 1940s 3. Eder Jofre (Brazil) 1960s 4. Ruben Olivares (Mexico) 1970s 5. Johnny Tapia (Mex. / U.S.A) 1990s 6. Rafael Marquez (Mexico) Early 2000s 7. Fernando Montiel (Mexico) Mid 2000s 8. Abner Mares (Mex. /U.S.A) late 2000 Jr. Bantamweight / Super Flyweight 1. Robert Quiroga (Mexico) 1990s 2. Felix Machado (Venezuela) Mid 1990s 3. Alexander Munoz (Venezuela) Late 1990s & Early 2000s 4. Omar Narvaez (Argentina) late 1990s to 2000s Flyweight 1. Pascual Perez (Argentina) 1950s to early 1960s 2. Miguel Canto (Mexico) 1970s 3. Santos Benigno Laciar (Argentina)- 1980s 4. Irene Pacheco (Colombia) Early 2000s 5. Eric Morel (Puerto Rico) - 2000s 6. Hernan Marquez (Mexico) - current Jr. Flyweight 1. Chiquita Gonzalez (Mexico) Early 1990s 2. Michael Carbajal (Mex. / U.S.A) Middle 1990s 3. Ricardo Lopez (Mexico) Late 1990s & early 2000s 4. Rosendo Alvarez (Mexico) Early 2000s 5. Jorge Arce (Mexico) Early 2000s 6. Ivan Calderon (Puerto Rico) Middle 2000s 7. Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez (Nicaragua) Late 2000s - Current
Some guys that deserve inclusion, especially over a lot of the ones mentioned: Heavyweight: Nino Valdes Lt. Heavyweight: Jorge Ahumada Middleweight: Rodrigo Valdez, Hugo Corro Jr. Middleweight: Julio Cesar Vasquez, Fernando Vargas Welterweight: Luis Rodriguez Jr. Welterweight: Carlos Hernandez Lightweight: Juan Zurita, Edwin Rosario, Rodolfo Gonzalez, Mando Ramos, Jose Luis Ramirez Super Featherweight: Genaro Hernandez, Joel Casamayor Featherweight: Sugar Ramos, Ernesto Marcel, Jose Legra, Danny Lopez, Antonio Esparragoza Bantamweight: Lupe Pintor, Panama Al Brown, Raul Macias, Jose Becerra, Chucho Castillo, Rafael Herrera, Carlos Zarate, Orlando Canizales, Miguel Lora Jr. Bantamweight: Gilberto Roman, Gustavo Ballas Flyweight: Horacio Accavallo, Guty Espadas, Betulio Gonzalez, Efren Torres, Luis Ibarra, Fidel Bassa Jr. Flyweight: Hilario Zapata, Luis Estaba, German Torres
Good work here. Thanks for taking the time to compile such a comprehensive list. For the heavyweight section, I would replace Occasio and Solis with Arturo Godoy (Chile) and Luis Angel Firpo (Argentina), respectively. While I would most definitely keep John Ruiz and Chris Arreola, I would consider tossing Mike Perez and Juan Carlos Gomez. I'd replace those names with Gregorio Peralta and Luis Ortiz. It's just how I see it, my friend. I hope I didn't seem persnickety when critiquing your assessment. I just believe some of those guys simply didn't achieve enough in comparison. But I completely respect your picks.