Cuban heavyweights

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Best Cuban heavyweight all time

  1. Luis Ortiz

    9 vote(s)
    52.9%
  2. Jorge Luis Gonzalez

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Odlanier Solis

    4 vote(s)
    23.5%
  4. Elieser Castillo

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Eliseo Castillo

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. Juan Carlos Gomez

    3 vote(s)
    17.6%
  7. Nino Valdez

    2 vote(s)
    11.8%
  8. Frank Sanchez

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  9. Robert Alfonso

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Wladimir

    Wladimir Active Member Full Member

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    Who was best Cuban heavyweight all time?

    I know Gomez much better in cruiser than heavyweight and Eliseo fought in cruiser many times
     
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  2. destruction

    destruction Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Odlanier Solis is the number 1.

    Like Luis Ortiz, he fought and lost fighting for the WBC title.

    In terms of wins there is not much of a difference between them. Therefore, its based on who you think was the better fighter and I think Solis was slightly more skilled.
     
  3. Wladimir

    Wladimir Active Member Full Member

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    Yeah but Solis lose two times Tony Thompson and Ortiz beat Thompson.

    In amateurs Solis beat Ortiz two or three times but in pro LO had a better resume .
     
  4. Rollin

    Rollin Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Very good thread. A quality question. I would refrain from answering, since Frank Sanchez is not done yet, but an honorable vote has to go to Nino, who stepped into the ring with: Archie Moore (x2), Ezzard Charles, Harold Johnson, Eddie Machen (x2), Zora Folley, and finally the dreaded bear Sonny Liston.
     
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  5. ashishwarrior

    ashishwarrior I'm vital ! Full Member

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    Felix shakes his head
     
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  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    In the pros, it's Luis Ortiz and it's not that close. Nino was nowhere near him h2h.
     
  7. BubblesUK

    BubblesUK Doesn't buy hypejobs Full Member

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    Both mediocre as pro's - Ortiz far more hyped.

    Solis at least had a great amateur pedigree - Ortiz not so much.
     
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    ideafix12 Well-Known Member Full Member

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  9. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Unimpressive list, there's not a whole lot of difference between #1 and #9
     
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  10. Ice8Cold

    Ice8Cold Hype Jobs will be hype jobs until proven so. Full Member

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    If only the Savon's entered the professional ranks.

    I know amateurs doesn't say much but I would bet a lot of money that the Savon's were much better than all these guys. I'd say Ortiz if I had to pick off that liat.
     
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  11. Wladimir

    Wladimir Active Member Full Member

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    Savon beat Ortiz and fought against Solis couple time in amateurs.
     
  12. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    I'd say Solis. His pro accomplishments are thin but so are every other Cuban pro heavyweights.

    Solis beat Ortiz in the amateurs 5 times and looking at the scoring on boxrec none of them were close fights. I can't see an argument for Ortiz ranking higher even as a pro given their very one sided history in the amateurs.
     
  13. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    I was looking forward to some kind of Haye-Solis fight in the pro ranks.

    Didn't come about unfortunately.
     
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  14. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Ortiz emphatically beat a top five contender and gave a champion two tough fights, plus washed Thompson who beat Solis twice. We aren't talking about the ams.
     
  15. Kratos

    Kratos Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ortiz, if he only had 20 more seconds in the 7th round in the first Wilder fight he would have stopped him and become WBC champion, that last punch had Wilder bobbing back and forth, he would have gotten knocked out cold with a few more hooks. Very unfortunate for him.
     
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