Mexicans, like most of us, just love blood and guts and mayhem in the ring.
Well, think about it in the context of the era. Until Douglas, Tyson was considered invincible, beating him was seen as impossible for that crop...
I have to say this for Spoon. He was very good and he was exciting (also, he still "owes me" an autograph, Im waiting for it, Spoon!) lol see...
You think Usik could beat Ali, Marciano, Dempsey or Louis?
its real but what i question as you say is the damage...
I know and its true.,
To expand into it a bit, i wonder how Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Rafa Marquez, Israel Vazquez and Erik Morales would have done in...
Had Olivares been in the same era as Pintor there is no way Pintor could have gotten past him.
Olivares Zarate Pintor Herrera Castillo Martinez Zamora Anaya Zamora is one of those guys who is almost a hall of famer. Almost.
I would sya until 1983 because Pintor was pretty dominating as a champion too.
His first ko of Meldrick Taylor wass with a right..
Run every day as if a guy with a gun was coming for you....thats my advice....it builds up lung capability.
Are we talking Heavyweights or p4p?
He won like 80 fights afterwards...
Me too. Im Puerto Rican but when I originated the Gomez-Zarate article on Wikipedia, i made it a point to explain about Zarate's supposed illness...