[RING, Nov. 1981] Greatest Hispanic Fighters of All Time poll

Monzon still the best

 

Whoever voted for Jofre is a dumbass not an expert cause Jofre is not hispanic.

Knowing Pacheco i bet he was one of the idiots who voted for him.

 

Julio Cesar Chavez? In 1981? No.

 

By 1981, Benitez had already beaten Antonio Cervantes and Carlos Palomino, who are both on the list, and was one of only seven men who had ever won titles in three divisions. (No one had won titles in four divisions yet. It was still the era of same-day weigh-ins.)

Benitez belongs in the top 10 all-time in 1981.

Just shows how many great Latino fighters there have been over the last 27 years.

Also shows that Duran's fall from grace had begun since, up to that point in 1981, Duran (with a record of 73-2) had beaten everyone he'd faced as a pro. But the loss in the Leonard rematch really bothered people.

 

I 100% agree...I've always thought Monzon was the greatest Hispanic/Latino boxer of all.

 

Well, they got it right with Monzon, but Napoles is way too low...he should be right after Monzon, just ahead of Gavilan, and it's totally absurd to rank Jose Torres over Victor Galindez IMO.

 

They left Eddie "the Animal" Lopez off the List for some reason.....a Latin Heavyweight.

 

Just stumbled on this list and my God, it is really awful. I get it was written in 1981 and obviously they couldn't judge who would end up where but the lack of knowledge displayed by men paid to know about and write about boxing is astounding. I can't really fathom a logical explanation for having Sixto Escobar as high as he or for having Luis Firpo be so high, especially when Olivares is staggeringly low. I tend to think most of these lists are much of a muchness but this one is just demonstrably horrible.

 

Ricardo Cardona above Vicente Saldivar.

That’s painful.