10 greatest mexican fighters of all time?

:yep Yes a forgotten fighter and underrated

 

Arizmendi beat Armstrong! and gave him hell in their other fights. Possibly Armstrongs toughest foe.

I forgot to mention Enrique Bolanos who would have been champ. He fought the Great IKe Williams to a split decision in a bid for the title. Williams beat him the other 2 times. There are quite a few guy that are all on par after the top 13 or 14 theres like another 15 guys that you could make a case for putting in the top 20.

 

I'd have Arizmendi in the middle somewhere (probably around #6), slightly above both Barrera and Morales, with either Kid Azteca or Juan Zurita rounding out the top 10. Herrera and Castillo would just miss the cut as well.

The top 5 would have to be Chavez, Saldivar, Olivares, Sanchez, and Canto, with Zarate just behind.

On another note, has anyone seen Castillo's bout with Enrique Pinder? I'd love to see that one. Both guys were beautifully smooth stylists so I'd imagine a very close, classy technical matchup.

 

Julio Cesar Chavez
Ruben Olivares
Salvador Sanchez
Vicente Saldivar
Erik Morales
Marco Antonio Barrera
Ricardo Lopez
Carlos Zarate
Miguel Canto
Juan Manuel Marquez

By the way, what do you guys think of Raul "Raton" Macias and Jose Becerra??? I ask this because i hardly see anyone mention these 2...

 

You would have Zurita above Ricardo Lopez and Marquez:huh I think Bolanos was better than Zurita and more highly regarded by Mexican fans.

 

Those were 2 of the guys i didnt mention that i thought were on par with the Honarable mentions i listed on the other page. Like i said earlier after the top 13 or 14 there a whooooooooole lot of guys with only hairs splitting them. If i put a top 30 list you could argue all day about after 15 and rearange the list any way you want without much argument.

 

I forgot Chalky Wright ,Great featherweight puncher who was old[30] by the time he lost to the great prime Willie Pep in 1942..I believe that a young uncuffed Chalky Wright would lick Sandy Saddler .Wright was a murderous puncher,and Saddler ,tough but not difficult to hit...Pick em...

 

I was obviously kiddin.

 

Mexico has some great depth.I think i actually prefer some of the more unsung early-'70s bantams like Castillo and Herrera to Marquez or Morales, though i'll probably be in the minority there.

 

Yeah...right.

Morales and Barrera shall have to wait a further 15 years until they get their proper due.

 

Unlike many other fans, i give them recent greats their due already. I have them 5 and 6 but i dont see them going any higher than that. Maybe lower if someother Mexican fighter whos greater comes along.

 

I was referring to lists with Lopez and Marquez above them really, if not Zarate.

 

That's cool. When dealing with fighters limited in footage I go mainly by accomplishments, and Zurita beat the better fighters, in my opinion, than Bolanos. Lopez is difficult to rate conclusively for me, though a case could obviously be made that he belongs in the top 10. Marquez would rank alongside the likes of Herrera and Castillo, being as he was the more accomplished fighter, but lesser skilled at his best than those two.

 

After the top 5 or so, there's a heap of guys that could stake a claim for a top 10 spot.

Consider only a guy like Jose Medel, who hasn't been mentioned here, who has wins over the likes of Fighting Harada, Walter McGowan, Mitsunori Seki, Eloy Sanchez, Sadao Yaoita, Jesus Pimentel, Manny Elias, Jose Tolulco Lopez, Herman Marques, johnny Sarduy, Ignacio Pina, Edmundo Esparza, a draw against Chucho Castillo, a majority decision loss to Lionel Rose and he gave Jofre ALL he could handle in their first fight.

He has a heap of losses too of course but as far as wins goes, there isn't ten Mexicans with better.

 

Most people on here love them, certainly in comparison to someone like Chucho castillo.