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.
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).
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.
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
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
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]
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.
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.
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