Best Puerto Rican fighter?

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  1. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1 Gomez
    2 Tito
    3 Cintron
     
    Kush, Jan 21, 2011
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    Finesse74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Smh.
     
    Finesse74, Jan 21, 2011
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  3. Zopilote

    Zopilote Dinamita Full Member

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    Gomez
    Ortiz
    Benitez
    Trinidad
    Torres

    Thats my top 5 Boricua Boxers list.
     
    Zopilote, Jan 21, 2011
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  4. puertorricane

    puertorricane Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    from this list carlos ortiz but he wont get many votes because he is from an old era, benitez had a lot more talent then tito but i vote tito second because benitez didnt reach that talent and wasted it by not dedicating himself. But the best of all time is wilfredo gomez who is not on the list.

    :hat
     
    puertorricane, Jan 21, 2011
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  5. Pistol Pete

    Pistol Pete New Member Full Member

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    Gomez
    Trinidad
    Ortiz
    Benitez (Born and childhood in Bronx NY)
    De Jesus
     
    Pistol Pete, Feb 21, 2011
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  6. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    From the list Tito and just cause I grew up watching him destroy foes.
     
    Kush, Feb 21, 2011
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  7. Kush

    Kush Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thats a bs list:lol:
     
    Kush, Feb 21, 2011
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  8. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Its between Trinidad and Benitez

    Cotto is a Good fighter and has potential to be one of the Puerto Rican Greats

    But he shouldent be mentioned in that list,not right now
     
    MrPR, Feb 21, 2011
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  9. MAG1965

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    Benitez went 15 rounds with 3 legends. Duran,Hearns and Leonard
     
    MAG1965, Feb 21, 2011
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  10. MrPR

    MrPR Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Trinidad went 12 rounds with 3 legends as well

    Pernell Whitaker,Hopkins and Roy Jones
     
    MrPR, Feb 21, 2011
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  11. omiyourhomie

    omiyourhomie Well-Known Member Full Member

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    gettin knocked out by segura!! hahaha oops wrong thread, i'll save it for the Mex. vs. PR. hehe


    no but on a serious note....why tha hell is gomez not there??? he's the best puerto rican in my book :deal
     
    omiyourhomie, Feb 21, 2011
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  12. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    Had he taken training seriously?? Benitez by far.
     
    chimba, Feb 21, 2011
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  13. Boom_Boom

    Boom_Boom R.I.P Boxing 6/9/12 Full Member

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    I voted Miguel Cotto for trolling purposes but I think the answer is clearly Benitez. Im surprised that Tito is winning this.
     
    Boom_Boom, Feb 21, 2011
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  14. darryl1914

    darryl1914 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    As someone who used to live on "La Isla Del Encanto" (Mayaguez)....Tito's appeal and the love he received on the Island was MASSIVE!!!! Boricuas en PR Loved Tito!!!! In the States....Boricuas LOVE Cotto Big-Time, especially the 18-30 Demographic in places like NY, NJ, Philly, CT., Chicago (Humboldt Park), Florida and Ohio (Large Boricua Population in Cleveland). Puertorriqueños over the age of 50 (on the Island) will come to "Fist-a-cuffs" if someone said that Benitez, Tito and Cotto were better than Gomez....I KNOW, I have seen it and had to break-up a couple of these fights in PR because of this argument.

    IMO...Gomez and Benitez are the TOP 2, HANDS DOWN!!! Followed by Tito then Cotto...IMO. But Tito's Popularity on the Island is ****ING CRAZY...EVEN NOW, But when he was active...He was Bigger than Elvis, Michael Jackson and the Beetles....COMBINED!!! IT WAS CRAZY!!!! As soon as Boricuas found out or knew that I worked in Broadcast Journalism, their immediate response/question was "¿Mira, usted conoce a Tito?"
     
    darryl1914, Feb 22, 2011
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  15. anarci

    anarci Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    What kind of poll is this without the best one on here? Wilfredo Gomez and Ortiz is a close 2nd.

    And no way is TITO #1..

    its
    Gomez
    Ortiz
    Benitez
    Tito
     
    anarci, Feb 22, 2011
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