TOP 7 MEXICAN BOXERS -SURVEY- Deadline 5/30/2022

I have him #8.

 

No love for Ricardo Lopez yet? Il Finito?

Here goes. Here's some nicknames to match up with fighters mentioned. No use of Google, honest. Just focussed my mind but thought it might be fun.

El Terrible
El Barreta (Baby-faced assassin)
Canas
El Puas
Dinamita
El Cesar de Boxeo/El Gran Campeon Mexicano/El Leon de Culiacan/Superstar (trust this guy to hold multiple titles)
El Maestro
Zurdo de Oro
Canelo

 

Chavez has a lot - El Gran Campeon, The Lion of Culaican, JC Superstar etc;

Olivares mostly goes by Puas. People call him that in person, he also signs it. It means spikes in reference to his spiky hair.

Canas for Zárate. Canas as in canes (sugar canes due to his skinny legs, a name that stuck since his youth).

El Zurdo de Oro (The golden lefty) for Saldivar.

Chava for Sanchez, Chava is a common nickname for the name Salvador.

Baby Faced Assassin for Barrera. Finalist for Marquez. El Maestro for Canto, The Master.

 

True. I've agreed with Chris on the top 7 but here are 8 honourable mentions from fairly recent times as I don't stretch back that far. Most of these could make a top 7 and not look completely ridiculous.

Erik Morales
Lupe Pintor
Jose Luis Ramirez
Miguel Canto
Canelo Alvarez
Jose Luis Lopez
Chiquita Gonzalez
Ricardo Lopez

 

Never got why anyone would ever have called Barrera 'Baby-Faced'. He was born looking 30. To be fair, he looks about 35 now. Aging well but I bet he never got asked for ID.

 

@HDmexiqtioner For some reason (temporary insanity??) I thought the list was about favorite Mexican fighters. I have redone the list to include my top seven Mexican fighters.

1. Julio Cesar Chavez. Sr.
2. Saul Alvarez
3. Ruben Olivares
3. Salvador Sanchez
5. Carlos Zarate
6. Erik Morales
7. Marco Antonio Barrera

 

I must ask.........Jose Luis Lopez?

 

1 JCC
2 Saldivar
3 Olivares
4 Sanchez
5 JMM
6 Canelo
7 Canto

HM Barrera, Lopez, Zarate, Morales

 

I'm not good at this stuff. But shouldn't Baby Arizmendi make it in?

 

I think he could have a place in there, yes, I personally think he’s 10 or 11, but 7 or 8 seems reasonable too. There’s not a lot between many of these greats.

 

1. Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.
2. Ruben Olivares
3. Salvador Sanchez
4. Vicente Salvidar
5. Carlos Zarate
6. Juan Manuel Marquez
7. Canelo Alvarez

 

#1 Julio Chavez sr.
#1 B Sal Sanchez
#2 Olivares
#3 Zarate
#4Salvidar
#5 Canto
#6 JL Ramirez