Top 10 122lbs(Junior featherweight)

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Adaptation, Nov 26, 2008.



  1. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lupe Pintor wasn't a champ at that weight for long, when he was past his best but I reckon that the Pintor who fought Gomez would of given any Super bantam a good argument.
     
  2. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Sorry Teeto, that wasn't a response to you. It was just a comment.
     
  3. Ezzard

    Ezzard Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Callejas was underrated at this weight, deserves a mention
     
  4. Adaptation

    Adaptation Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Pintor is defenitly hot stuff in my post60's bantamweight top 10 list. But at super, i cant really include him.

    Iv done some more research. I dont think Larios's win over vazquez should be made smaller then it is - an incredible fight that was. But i will look up some zaragoza fights, because looking at boxrec he has a really nice string of Defenses. I will check a few of his fight(zarate&McCullough), and i might change my mind - just with his amount of title defenses i might bump him up over Vazquez, that his if Vazquez dosen't go on to have a few more great matches at 122.(in that case, he would certaintly go down the list).
     
  5. Mantequilla

    Mantequilla Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Pintor could be included, it's not as if the division is flowing with talent.
     
  6. WhataRock

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    Vasquez at least potentially has more of a future to carve out at the weight. He could beat Callabero and Juanma, that would help out his legacy.

    For me though Larios has done his dash and whilst he has a good record there, I would say he is struggling to make it into the top10 with a resume like his.
     
  7. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Something like this:

    1. Wilfredo Gomez
    2. Erik Morales
    3. Marco Antonio Barerra
    4. Jeff Fenech
    5. Vuyani Bungu
    6. Daniel Zaragoza
    7. Antonio Cermeno
    8. Wilfredo Vasquez
    9. Junior Jones
    10. Kennedy McKinney
     
  8. Quick Cash

    Quick Cash Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hey, what's your criteria? Could you tell me more about the fighters in your 5th and 7th place? I'm eager to learn more about these smaller guys; 122 isn't exactly my forte.

    Wilfredo Gomez
    Marco Antonio Barrera
    Erik Morales
    Wilfredo Vazquez
    Israel Vazquez
    Jeff Fenech
    Tracy Harris Patterson
    Daniel Zaragoza
    Sergio Victor Palma
    Kennedy McKinney
     
  9. Adaptation

    Adaptation Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Little Resume so far... This should round up the division's history. The records next to the fighters is the record they have fighting at that weight. I think im starting to get the division right. I gotta say though, the divisions is very likely to change with Caballero, Vazquez, Juanma Lopez, Marquez... the clear champion of these 4 will get in the top 10(or move up in the case of vazquez).

    1.Wilfredo Gómez 40(40KO)-0-1 : I think just his record speaks for itself. At 122, he won every fight by knock out, and he blew out very strong opposition racking up 17 defenses.
    Notable Wins: Dong Kyun Yum[50-2-6], Carlos Zarate[52-0-0], Lupe Pintor[49-5-1]

    2.Erik Morales 31(23KO)-0: ''el terrible's'' best weight, he dominated this weightclass in the 90's and gave us one an ATG fight when he faced MAB.
    Notable Wins: Daniel Zaragoza[55-7-3], Junior Jones[44-3], Marco Antonio Barrera[49-2]

    3.Jeff Fenech 7(7KO)-0 : Had he stayed at that weight for longer, he could have become much better. Unfortunetly, Big Jeff ate too much for his own good. Still, like Gomez, he dominated this class everytime by KO.
    Notable Wins: Daniel Zaragoza[28-3], Carlos Zarate[66-2]

    4.Marco Antonio Barrera 16(12KO)-3 : MAB's second best weight, where he had a good run of 10 defenses. However, losing twice to Junior Jones hurts his credit at the weight.
    Notable Win: Kennedy McKinney[28-1-1]

    5.Wilfredo Vazquez 23(17KO)-3: Wilfredo had a good string of defenses after avenging his first loss to Raul Perez to get an ABC belt.
    Notable Wins:Orlando Canizales[38-1-1], Raul Perez[49-2-2],

    6.Daniel Zaragoza 24[11KO]-5-3: He lost to the very best, but was still a very competent fighter. He had a solid string of defenses, and kept a belt till the very end of his career.
    Notable Wins: Carlos Zarate[66-3], Wayne Mccullough[20-0]

    7.Israel Vázquez 18(13KO)-3: Other then giving us ATG fights and trilogy's with Oscar Larios and Rafael Marquez, Vazquez is building up his legacy as a superbantamweight. His stock is likely to move up some more as he fights more opposition.
    Notable Wins:Rafael Marquez(twice)[37-3], Jhonny Gonzalez[33-4], Oscar Larios(twice)[56-3-1]

    8.Antonio Cermeno (no record for now sorry!) Credit for beating Wilfredo Vazquez, and following with 6 defenses before moving up in weight.
    Notable Wins: Wilfredo Vazquez[42-6-2]

    9.Vuyani Bungu 36-2[18KO] Once he got his belt, was undefeated until he moved up in weight to fight Prince Naseem.
    Notable Wins: Kennedy McKinney[27-0-1], Danny Romero[33-2]

    10.Oscar Larios
    Notable Wins: Israel Vazquez[32-2], Willie Jorrin [28-0-1]
     
  10. Rspen46

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    How do you leave out Sergio Palma who I watched many of his fights during his career, he would beat half or more of the guys on the list and give the top 5 a battle.
     
  11. Rspen46

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    Also how can you not include Pacman who probably easily beats the bottom 5 on your list and maybe some of the top 5.
    He never lost a fight at this weight and none of his bouts lasted the distance. He knocked out useful Reynante Jamili in his 122-pound debut and dusted off unbeaten Seung-Kon Chae in one round a few fights later. He then endured a tough challenge from unbeaten Nedal Hussein, before stopping him in the 10th round.

    Two knockouts later, Pacquiao upset IBF champion Lehlo Ledwaba, 33-1-1, a champion with 6 title-fight wins who was well on his way to making this list. In his first defense, Pacquiao struggled against tough and dirty Agapito Sanchez in a 6th-round technical draw. Former bantamweight titleholder Jorge Julio, 44-3, was a resolute and fine campaigner who had never been stopped–until Pacquiao dispatched him in 2 rounds. Two more quickie knockout defenses later, Pacquiao moved up to featherweight.
     
  12. Vockerman

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    This week
    Wilfredo Gomez
    Erik Morales
    Jeff Fenech
    Sergio Palma
    Israel Vazquez
    Junior Jones
    Oscar Larios
    Jaime Garza
    Daniel Ponce-DeLeon
    Victor Callejas
    Ricardo Cordoba
    Loris Stecca
    Mike Ayala
    Arthur Johnson
    Kennedy McKinney
    Danny Romero
    Celestino Caballero
    Nestor Garza
    Joan Guzman
    Shigeru Nakazato