Frank Sanchez

Massively overrated by some on here

He has no plan B if Plan A isn't working and wouldn't beat any of the top 5 right now

I wouldn't be against watching him try however

 

That's because he's so boring to watch to the point where no one wants to watch him or fight him.

 

I love the man. I love the style. My father insisted we watch him despite my preference to put on TV a fight that won't result in a boredom-induced coma. He fell asleep midway through, I found my favorite of the current heavyweight landscape, eventually matching my admiration for Kazuto Ioka, Naoya Inoue, and John Ryder.

He was a successful amateur I reckon. 216-6, 2015 Cuban National Champion, beat Erislandy Savon twice, and per Sanchez himself was shafted out of the Olympics in favour of Savon due to politics --- Erislandy being the all-time great amateur Felix Savon's nephew could have been the reason. Maybe he was still seen as the better man. Who knows. Perhaps a medal would be a negotiation leverage for Sanchez during the professional career he was hell bent on starting.

Sanchez' strong desire for turning pro, leaving his homeland and traveling on a pilgrame to Vegas, strikes a chord for me. He defected Cuba, ventured into the unknown arriving at the shores of one of the greatest boxing nations in the world and adopted home of the great Jose Napoles-- Mexico--only to be eventually directed towards the Capital and Mecca of Boxing, the City of Sin and Lost wages, the (in)famous Las Vegas.

Mythical stuff if you ask me, but then again, most fighters risk a lot, incessently rolling the dice.

 

There are a lot of good non-American and non-British heavyweights being sidelined.

I know Sanchez got rocked in his last fight, but he is a talent and a top 10 heavyweight. The same goes for Jalolov. They're both fighting low-level opponents and certain forces are keeping them from moving up. These guys need better opposition to show their pedigree.

 

That was his McDermott moment. Sanchez didn't fight his fight and decided to slug with Alexander. To be fair to Sanchez, he didn't switch to a plan b. He adjusted and continued to slug and got him out rather quick.

 

There are quite a few fighters knocking on the door of being in the top 10 heavyweights, Sanchez, kabayal, bakole, Anderson, miller, makhmudov. Time for these guys to finally put themselves forward against the likes of zhang,hrgovic,Joyce and see what they are made of

 

Sanchez can be extremely dangerous when he really lets himself flow. Tricky, present-minded, educated. His recent development of the Caneloesque high guard torments me however. Robotic, plodding, ineffective. He may still take on the best in the division, but given his likely average chin, he might end up inactive, and eventually as a victim of a more well developed, well promoted fighter.

 

Sanchez is nothing special. He’ll be a gatekeeper soon enough.

 

After the win over Efe Ajagba, he did not get a chance for stronger fights, but weaker ones

 

It seems that he has sound boxing skills vs the current oposition. But, are his skills equally sound vs top oponents? That's the question that I want him to answer in the ring.

He's doing great.... up to now. Let's see if he can continue doing great as the level of his oponents rise. I will enjoy watching him trying, no matter if he succeeds or not.