not lost to me I wrote thousands of words on ‘em recently using lots of primary sources. Salica’s recent form was slammed in the press. I wrote that post years ago I assume, but my research only backed it up really. Ortiz came in at no.6 on my ATG bantam list so absolutely great, but not the greatest or top three bantam some make him out to be, at least not in my opinion
Good stuff. I’ll have all of them read by tomorrow. Just went over the Ortiz one for now. I don’t disagree at all in regards to Salica. None of their fights matched them up prime for prime. I was meaning to throw his name out in a more general sense, just as a top Bantam of the era. Not necessarily when Ortiz beat him. I see how I was unclear. My bad there. What are your thoughts on Carlos Chavez?
I thought Chavez made the article? Maybe not as I’m not sure whether their first bout was at bantam (they mainly fought at feather, and the articles were mainly focused on the bantam careers of the fighters)
Oh yeah I hope the like them all. The McGovern ranking proved relatively controversial but I state in the intro to the series that I go by weight, not by what the weight was called at any given time. Hopefully my criteria makes sense.
Gene Tunney is way more proven and proved to keep calm under pressure and beat better opponents, he had better balance and was more evolved
I think Gregorio Goyo Peralta was underrated. He had four tough fights with Ron Lyle and George Foreman. And he drew against Ron Lyle.
Carlos Baldomir. He's a sex offender and looked limited in the ring, but he also went undefeated from 99 until the Maywaether fight in 2006 against mostly good opposition, and logged wins over Judah (lineal), Clottey (DQ), and Gatti.