Best South American Boxers

Yeah...both rounds. Am I wrong but wasn't he the brother of Pedro Lovell (AKA Spider Rico from the Rocky movies) and their father fought in the Joe Louis era?

 

I think you're right.

Santiago Alberto Lovell is the only fighter I've ever seen who got knocked down by the referee.

 

Who was he fighting and what was the circumstances? I had a quick look at his record and he certainly didn't have much of a jaw.

 

Who was Lovell fighting?

He was fighting Joe Bugner

 

Just watched it. I think Bug's shove had more to do with it, but Roland Dakin had a hand in it too. I can see why the audience was angered. Man, that dude just started grappling from the get go. As Reg said at ringside, "appalling"!

 

And then immediately after the fight Ali tells Bugner 'You've earned your shot tonight'!!!!

Hahahahahaha!

 

Para mim :

1-Carlos Monzon
2-Éder Jofre
3-Pascual Perez
4-Joe Walcott
5-Antonio Cervantes
6-Nicolino Locche
7-Victor Galindez
8-Santos Laciar
9-Betulio Gonzalez
10-Rodrigo Valdez

 

I may get a few of thes wrong, based on not really knowing what's included in South America over Central. Since nobody's mentioned Duran or Arguello, I'll assume Panama and Nicaragua is off limits.

#10. Happy Lora
#09. Carlos Hernandez
#08. Betulio Gonzalez
#07. Victor Galindez
#06. Santos Laciar
#05. Pascual Perez
#04. Antonio Cervantes
#03. Nicolino Locche
#02. Eder Jofre
#01. Carlos Monzon

 

Panama is the bottom of Central America. Everything below that is South America. Central America stops at Mexico which is North America.

 

The two most significant South American countries in boxing history by far are Argentina and Colombia. Venezuela (B. Gonzalez, Esparragoza) and Brazil (Jofre) obviously have some great individual champions but the greater depth is in those two countries. Central America and the Caribbean (Panama, Nicaragua, Cuba, Puerto Rico) and Mexico, of course, have tremendous depth but aren't part of South America.

 

Delighted that Gregorio Peralta got mentioned more than once.

 

Funny part is Panama used to be part of Colombia.

 

Roy Jones Jr.

Pensacola is in south America.

 

Central America is part of North America as a continent.

 

Julio Ceaser Vasquez
Juan Coggi
Ubaldo Sacco
Luis Mendoza

Jorge Castro

These are some pretty talented boxers from South America.