In the Ring May 91 Issue,there was a Featherweight Computer Tournament,largely picked by the then Editor Steve Farhood,the 8 men chosen were. Willie Pep[surprise] Salvador Sanchez Eusebio Padroza KId Chocolate Alexis Arguello Sandy Saddler Abe Attell Vincente Saldivar Results Quarter Finals Pep w Pedroza u dec Chocolate w Sanchez 11rd tko Arguellow Saldivar 6th rd tko Saddler w Attell 11th rd tko Semi Finals Arguello w Saddler 1oth rd ko Pep w Chocolate 11th rd tko FINAL PEP V ARGUELLO WINNER . PEP BY SPLIT DEC Your thoughts on how it went ,and on the 8 chosen would you have replaced some with others ? Would you have a different result to the final ?
Bump, good topic. Will have time to comment further tonight. In the 8 chosen, I see Pedroza as a darkhorse. He could present Pep similar problems to those Saddler did (tall, rough, dirty) and add in very good lateral movement.
You really think Pep could stop Chocolate? The Kid was only stopped twice in like 150 fights and Pep was not a great hitter. Also I doubt Chocolate would stop Sanchez and I believe Saldivar could be a difficult style for Alexis who was not yet the finished article at 126 I think Vicente could outbox him like Marcel did.
Johnny Famechon (whom Saldivar won the title from) and Jose Legra shouldn't have been far out of the frame.
Sanchez beats any FW in history, just a sublime level of ability both physcially and technically that the other topFWs just don't quite reach. HE was robbed from us at such a young age, who knows what he would have gone to do.
I think Sanchez is a" what might have been".It is by no means certain that he would have beaten Pedroza ,imo,Pedroza defended his title 19 times before being beaten ,a fight between them would have been some thing to see.
I agree completely with this assessment. Pedroza was a great fighter in his own right and had the type of tools that could trouble Sanchez. Commenting further on this Ring Magazine fantasy tournament. I think it's absurd to suggest Kid Chocolate would stop Sanchez. Nobody ever came close to stopping Sanchez. As I stated before, I think Pedroza could potentially give Pep all kinds of problems.