Some of the most entertaining and overlooked glass cannon, but was he actually a good fighter? In terms of resume and h2h? Still one of my favorite fighters tho
I think he was the real deal, he just ran into one of the 3 or 4 best bantamweights of all time. And as has happened before when a guys aura is destroyed they never are the same. See John Mugabi ....
I agree. Not only Zamora and Mugabi, but Cooney , Foreman, (1st career) and a few others as well. When they lost that aura of invincibility it seemed they lost their confidence, it showed in all their efforts after that initial lost. Zamora was a very dynamic puncher. And had some very good wins that includes a shocking early stoppage of the great Esubio Pedroza. (Yes,I know Pedroza was green, but still ,Zamora stopped him in 2rds.) Zamora had the misfortune of coming along when a even greater force, Carlos Zarate was patrolling bantamweight.
Of course he was legit. He just came up against a truly great fighter in his prime and fell short. Sure, he never got his mojo back, but his run up until that fight was worthy of high praise.
As someone who rates Zarate at #4 at BW all time, ahead of greats like Harada, Brown and Herman, and has had that rating challenged before on account of Zarate's relatively poor opposition, I'm gratified to see many posters rating Zamora highly.
He's just one of those guys (like Esteban DeJesus and Rodrigo Valdez) that had the misfortune of fighting at the same time and weight as a great who was just one step beyond him.
Like Flash24 said........watch out when the big ko hitters lose. Most often they are never the same and lose about 30% and the rest of their game cannot make it up. Zamora was just another. And the Z man had a ko streak himself going in. It was the biggest match of hitters I've seen in my lifetime and this is why the matches do not get made---the distance the loser falls.
