Nacho Beristain is usually the guy who gets the most recognition, which makes sense given that he trained the Marquez brothers, Zaragoza, Gilberto Roman, Chiquita Gonzalez, Victor Rabanales and others. I don't know much about Jesus Rivero outside of his masterpiece, Miguel Canto. I think Oscar should have stayed with Rivero, based on how complete he looked against Miguel Angel Gonzalez. I don't know anything else, but I've talked to several people who know more than me who really raved about Rivero's defensive mastery. Who were some other great trainers out of Mexico?
Rudy Perez, who passed away this month, deserves a shout among the best of this era. It was under his guidance that Marco Antonio Barrera completed his self-transformation from crude slugger to chess master. He also helped Izzy Vazquez rebound in the Marquez trilogy, working his corner in his victories in parts II & III.
Whaaaat?! Did Oscar really say that? WTF if so. Also, Rudy Perez probably impressed me most when he used a six week training camp to hone the crude Jorge Rodrigo Barrios-a fighter with all the grace and flexibility of one of those little green plastic army men toys-and turned him into a slipping, ducking, shoulder rolling boxer puncher who was dominating Rocky Juarez, until Juarez' left hook slice half of Barrios' cheek off.
Just did some research. Apparently Rivero tried to force Oscar to read the complete works of Shakespeare, in addition to playin classical music during training and talking constantly about Greek mythology and economics.
Ignacio Beristan is a great trainer of champions. I also liked Jose the Buffalo Martin who trained Julio Cesar Chavez and Azumah Nelson.
Jimmy Montoya was another great one. He trained prime, tip top Macho Camacho, Alexis Arguello, Salvador Sanchez, Tony 'The Tiger' Lopez, Ritchie Sandoval, and most recently he successfully retooled Mikkel Kessler, when it appeared Kessler's flame was going out.
Didn't know about the above or what he had done previous.......apart from the obvious (training Kessler) My google bar will be brimming Jimmy tomorrow. Cheers :thumbsup
Joe Goossen, who is known for being pretty sparse with kind words, has always praised Montoya highly, saying that Montoya inspired his own no nonsense demeanor in the corner.
Who trained Olivares and Pimentel? I thought I read years ago Olivares had the same trainer from his pre pro days on?
