I need to be educated on Hernandez. I see that he is held in quite a high regard by a lot of knowledgeable posters such as Nonito Smoak but can someone explain to me why. I don't want to be told anything about lineal this or that. I hate those arguments. Lineal doesn't prove anything to me about your quality. I want a breakdown of the top fighters he has beaten. I have seen a few of his fights. I watched him get worked over by Floyd and Oscar (no shame there). And i also saw him struggle with a 40 year old Azumah Nelson (not so great in my opinion). So please tell me what you think of this fighter? RIP Genaro Hernandez. I mean you no disrespect.
Genaro Hernandez was a Tall, Dominant, Strong Super Featherwight that I comfortably rank amongst the Top 10 All time great Super Feathers His main problem, was the rise of Oscar De La Hoya & Floyd Mayweather who just happened to turn pro at his weight class...Which meant they were punching p4p harder & had the best range P4P at 130lbs Both Oscar De La Hoya & Mayweather were freakishly so Dominant at 130lbs like they will never be in no other weight class, those are his two RTD loses against TWO HOF in their best days...The RTD in both cases, hurt him as he possibly didn't want to be KOed by any of them.
Genaro Hernandez was a natural like Mikey Gonzalez as he had no amateur career. He was taught a lot of his skills by a local black trainer in LA which is why he was a bit of slickster. He had some hand or wrist issues that hurt his ability to finish opponents with his pressure to the body. He was a Tekken fighter and fought a lot in Japan. When he fought Oscar De La Hoya he did poorly because Mosley broke his nose sparring. Genaro's physician said that the nose injury would not be an issue. He is the brother of Rudy Hernandez and the cousin of Javier Capetillo. His best fight that I remember was his first with Jibaro Perez he landed a vicious body shot that almost killed his opponent...yet it was ruled a technical decision.
You know jack about the sport and less about Genaro Heranandez. DLH was'nt a 130 pounder, he had one fight there for the vacant 130 pound title just so he could accumulate a belt in that division. From the beggining DLH liked the idea of belts in different weight classes, beating the weakest link did'nt matter to him. Genaro fought went up in weight and fought DLH at 135 lbs. Thats what DLH did back then, get name fighters on the way down from 126 lbs, and 130 lbs to move up in weight so that he could overpower them. Fighters like Genaro, Paez, Leija, Gatti, etc. It was DLH's way to add champions to his resume. !: Btw, Genaro only had one fight at 135 lbs, that was against DLH. Genaro went right back down and finished his career where he belonged, at 130 lbs. .....and to the guy that said the Proffessor troubled Hernandez, you need to watch the fight. Hernandez clearly outslicked and outboxed a well past prime Azumah Nelson. A prime Nelson would have wiped the ring floor with Hernandez. Hernandez was a solid champion but because of severe hand and wrist problems, he never developed any punching power in those hands. Hernandez was a solid lateral mover who worked the body and head while on the move very well. I'd rank Hernandez as very good. An above average champion but not a great one. I proudly sported Genaro Hernandez' avatar to pay homeage to his memory. Hernandez grew up near the neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles where I grew up and still live. Watched a bunch of his fights on tv when he was fighting out of the Great Western Forum. Un saludo Chicanito te manda todo Sur Central, que descanses en paz!
What made Genaro special was his movement... his brother Rudy is an underrated trainer--he can read a fighter real well and gives great advice and is one of the UFC cutmen.
