Daniel Zaragoza - Top 100 All Time?

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  1. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Does he fit in near the ass end of the list? He certainly registered plenty of great wins, making the most out of very few natural physical tools.
     
  2. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nah..his career was to stop start..He got outclassed throughout different points in his career, sometimes by guys who werent particularly good or in their prime.

    The tailend of his career had an excellent wag though..I could find a spot for him in the top150 I reckon..but to me he seems to be a long way off cracking the 100.

    His resume is not compartively that strong and his H2H ability is only so so. The top 100 has a a lot of very very good fighters in it and so it should.
     
  3. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    you can not have morales just 30 spots higher than zaragoza
     
  4. My2Sense

    My2Sense Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nah.

    He was one of those guys who was good enough to be "around" for a long time, but usually fell short against the upper echelon of opponents (ie: Lora, Fenech, Patterson, Morales). The one exception to that was Wayne McCullough.
     
  5. PowerPuncher

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  6. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i do understand your question, zaragoza does have a silver lining, it is a great feat to win a world title at almost 40 years old. thats something that only a very good fighter and even more, it is unheard of to do it at a lower weight class like super bantamweight where the fall of threat is in your mid 30's.

    -very close competitive fight with morales
    -4 time title holder
    -beat and drew with 10 world champions
    -olympian

    i think he's up there. but so are 100 others... for all i know a guy as great as jeff fenech or yoko gushiken could be #100 and i think they accomplished more the daniel.

    top 120 i think.
     
  7. My dinner with Conteh

    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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    Top 10 in 'most resembles a gargoyle' list.
     
  8. bladerunner

    bladerunner El Intocable Full Member

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    Good fighter but not top 100.
     
  9. heehoo

    heehoo TIMEXICAH! Full Member

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    He's a hall of famer, but nah, he's not top 100 material.
     
  10. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    if there were 100 boxers in a room he is on the doorstep smoking a cigarette.

    he coudl win alot of head 2 head matches but he could be beaten, guys like terry norris, joel casamayor, are in the same bag. great careers but you dont know if they could beat the top 100.


    remember people 100 boxers from almost a century and a half. is a massive achievement to be anywhere near that. and zaraoza does this...people forget how big a ladder some fighters climb.
     
  11. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    summed up perfectly

    technically and fundamentally he is superb
     
  12. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    I wouldn't even consider him, to be honest.
     
  13. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    why thank you your too kind:D



    just wondering is Zaragoza 'Nacho' trained? his technique is very solid
     
  14. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    not you although you are 2 (i think)

    he is Bernstein trained as i watched his fight with McCullough and thought wait a minute this guy is like JMM but southpaw and then saw that guy Nacho stick his head throuh the ropes and put vaseline in Daniels eyes
     
  15. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    oh yeah good man.
    the "hay wuz rabbed" fight