Who Was Greater Sanchez Or Pedroza?

I would like to hear how Pedroza's resume was better.

Pedroza has the longevity, but he does not have a greater resume than Ernesto Marcel even.

 

Pedroza had far more hassle with Lujan than Chandler had with a prime Lujan.

Admittedly Pedroza was past his best himself, but in the grand scheme of things, not a very good win (although it was a tremendous bout)

 

I only count successful defences of a real World championship.

It's debatable how long Pedroza was actually the no.1. The strap he picked up was a vacant one.

In terms of opposition faced, and the quality of them, Sanchez has the edge.

It's a crying shame they never fought each other because then we wouldn't be having this debate.

 

I went through the pluses and negatives of their opposition in an earlier post.

Lockridge was Pedroza's best opponent, and they were very close fights.

I'd love to rank Pedroza higher, but he should not have been ranked that highly considering what he'd actually done at the time.

If you care to focus on the negatives for Sanchez's opposition, the same can easily be done for Pedroza's.

 

It's a worthy discussion, and the very fact it's garnered this much talk so far is proof of that.

The question is "Who was greater" and the way one quantifies that decision is based on whether they value Sanchez's better opposition overall against Pedroza's longevity. To me, at least. That argument could be served and volleyed all day.

 

Pedroza had the full career, the three year world championship reign and seven year title run. We got to see all his strengths and weaknesses.

Sanchez died young, that often because we are human, automatically gives a positive bias. He did show some exceptional form, but also a few dodgy moments. Logically, you have to go proven pedigree over potential and place Pedroza higher, but if you are a romantic... I can understand but do not agree why Sanchez is placed higher.

 

I think Sanchez had a slightly better resume but I think its a pick em fight. It could easily go either way.

 

not counting the three gift decisions. you keep neglecting to mention it

 

okay I'll do better. He was stopped three times, once by Alfonso Zamora. I never saw him whip a really good fighter fromt the states either. I thought Taylor, with 14 fights, whipped him

for anyone complaining that Nelson only had 14 fights when Sal stopped him, he still did better than Eusebio who only got a draw

also, Lockridge edged out Eusebio comfortably both times on my card

 

I agree about the Zamora argument and basically anything that RR says needs to be taken with a grain of salt, but I don't think the Cowdell or Ford fights can be used against Sanchez, at least in comparison with Pedroza. Fair's fair......if you're going to do that, then let's compare the Laporte fights between these two. Sanchez handled him much easier than Pedroza did. And you don't think Sanchez would have eaten up Lockridge, aggressive as he was? He was made to order for Sal. Pedroza just barely squeaked by the first time.

That's a styles thing, pure and simple. It speaks to no higher issue of quality.