Benitez, close decision. There wouldn’t be much contact.
I’d take Benitez by close decision in a fascinating fight.
Canto & Saldivar have to be top 10. Raton was a big star, he was significant but I struggle to put him top 20. Becerra was better. I change...
The decline was after Hearns. He’d probably peaked with the Duran fight. With Wilfred, it was the early blows to the head from youth that caught...
No, I never really bring up mythical fights with fighters.
That’s true. He wasn’t peak bantamweight Jofre by then. By the same token, the same Gomez who was hittable and struggling with Pintor wouldn’t be...
No, Arcel never worked with Gomez. When Gomez was training in Panama, he was training under Plomito Espinosa, Plomo’s brother. Jofre was on a...
In fairness, Arguello faced Ramirez when Ramirez was on the up and Chavez got him on the way down. Plus, Arguello faced him in a fairly...
Carlos Zárate, Julio Cesar Chavez, and Ruben Olivares spring immediately to mind as being clearly all-time greats who didn’t defeat a top 100 guy...
Damn, that’s hard: 1/2 - Tito/Jofre 3/4 - Sanchez/Marquez 5/6/7/8- Gomez/Olivares/Zarate/Benitez 9/10 - Arguello/R. Marquez Honorable mention:...
I posted photos on here from the meetings. Benitez had a recent health scare but is steady. Gomez has lost a lot of weight but is often having...
I visited both recently. Two of my favorites.
Arguello wins a close decision in a battle.
Yeah, LaPorte is pretty much the poster boy for this. Early Marquez too.
In Puerto Rico, definitely Tito Trinidad.
