Greater fighter: Kid Gavilan, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Jose Napoles

Based on resume/achievement, I'd probably rank them,
1. Gavilan
2. Rodriguez
3. Napoles

H2h, I think,
1. Gavilan's jab & long range boxing gives him the edge over Napoles,
2. Rodriguez's inside smothering tactics may give him the edge over Gavilan,
3. Napoles' short range/inside counterpunching gives him the edge over Rodriguez.

 

I wonder why Nàpoles and Rodriguez didn't fought,both were in the same era, different weight division perhaps?

 

Napoles
Gavilan
LMR

imo.

I have Napoles #3 all time at WW. His work there is very impressive, even moreso from a p4p perspective when you consider he was a natural LWW in his prime years.

 

Bump.

Kid Gavilan
Luis Manuel Rodriguez
Jose Napoles

Napoles was the smaller man than Rodriguez going into middleweight and arguably faced better opposition with more dominance,but Rodriguez also almost beat Nino Benvenuti if not for the left hook,plus Rodriguez arguably should've won the quadrilogy vs Griffith and he also stopped plenty of middleweight contenders.

Still quite interchangeable tho.

 

I would put Gerardo on top of the list. I'm in the process of making up my mind as to who the silver and bronze would go to out of Jose and Luis.

 

Yeah, it's hard to compare both Napoles and Rodriguez's resume,one dominated his weightclass but flipped on bigger weightclasses,while the other never dominated any weightclasses fully but become a dangerous force for all weightclasses he fought.

 

I still have not watched any Kid Gavilan, just don't feel like it but Luis and Napoles are immaculate fighters H2H Napoles > Luis he's the best of the best.

 

Watch the Basilio and Turner fights,and you'll tell how he beats Napoles.