10 greatest mexican fighters of all time?

Do you feel that's justified?

 

Sure.It doesn't **** me off or anything, if that's what you mean.

I only mention the likes of Castillo and Herrera, who i think were a bit better than Marquez, Morales and about on par with Marco, to demonstrate the depth Mexico has.Like sweet siad, Jose Medel is someone else that could be mentioned.

Or Gilberto Roman, he rarely seems to get his due at all these days.

 

I have 8-9 Roman fights on DVD and I don't believe he's as good as Barrera and Morales. I imagine I'd come away with the same feeling about Castillo who's record isn't terribly impressive to me. To watch the man at his best, I'd have to watch what fight?

 

He's certainly better than Marquez though.I think he'd beat Morales too.

The best easily available castillo fights are Rose and the first two Olivares fights.

 

I'm not of the opinion that Marquez proved himself to be on the other two modern Mexicans levels anyway so I'm not prepared to argue with you.

 

I think Marquez is as proven as Barrera, mainly because he's better technically to make up for his sub-par resume. If that makes sense.

 

atsch I meant Morales:good

You know where I rank Barrera; Marquez and Morales wouldn't make my top 100 I don't reckon.

 

Well that makes it a little bit better but I still think both Barrera and Morales are more proven than Marquez. I apologize for laughing.

 

Nah that's alright, I set myself up

We've been over this too many times, lets not do it again mate:good

 

Let's see your list, brother.

 

I like to go off the top of my head with these rather than rack my brain over it. But I think my top 5 or so is pretty solid:

Salvador Sanchez (One of the best fighters I've ever seen Mexican, Martian, or otherwise)
Julio Cesar Chavez
Ruben Olivares
Vicente Sladivar
Miguel Canto
Carlos Zarate
Marco Antonio Barerra
Ricardo Lopez
Juan Manuel Marquez
Erik Morales

note: Jose Napoles is #1 or #2 for me but I'm calling him Cuban.

 

I see them as better than everyone except Chavez, Sanchez, Lopez, and Marquez... Morales i had barely ahead of Barrera but I still want to rank him higher McKinney and Hamed are pretty impressive wins. Barrera in his last fight with Pac gave it all he could and still did better than Hatton and Cotto. I think I need to see some of Barreras other fights after the Hamed fight and before the first Pac fight...

Barrera was a force to be reckoned with in his prime...

Morales would have done better and probably have had a longer prime had he used a nutritionist and trainer earlier in his career. it was sad seeing him fight weight drained.

 

I'm a big Roman fan. Love his boxer-puncher style but he was a great mover aswell and had decent reflexes. Just would find it hard to squeeze him into a top 10 of Mexicans.

 

No way is there 100 fighters better than Marquez and Morales:nono
Earlier you said you though Marquez was on par with Barrera,aside from resumes, and i agree with that. Marquez was about on par with both those guys, they just have slightly better resumes which puts them over him. Marquez is underrated so far on this thread.
Morales top 60 now lower than 65
Marquez no lower than 80
Barrera definitley to60