My top 10 featherweights of all time

But thats just the thing. Even if Sanchez didnt get you with one punch, he would get you through attrition. Azumah Nelson was arguebably a better featherweight than Pedroza. Compared to swifty Azumah, Pedroza would be like a sitting punching bag. Sanchez was a great all around attrition puncher....and when he poured on the pressure in the late rounds most did not survive. Pedroza never faced a man who poured on pressure but had punching skills and accuracy like Sanchez. Lockridge poured on the pressure and gave Pedroza a near even fight, but lockridge lacked the all around punching skills and accuracy Sanchez had to get the job done. Pedroza could be knocked out, and would be Sanchez. Sanchez was the sharper faster more powerful hitting machine than Pedroza...and Sanchez would not be dettered by any of pedroza's cheap shots.....Sanchez is going to use angles, he is going to beat pedroza to the punch, he is going to outspeed and outclass pedroza, pedroza is going to be broken down late. Pedroza did not prove himself capable against a prime all time great fighter IMO.

 

Listen. In my opinion Pedroza was a very good fighter. Good Boxing skills, Very elegent left jab, Good inside work for a tall fighter, and a Dirty fighter. But I dont think he compares to an all around ATG fighter like Salvador Sanchez. Pedroza never fought an ATG puncher with terrific skills like Sanchez. Whenever Pedroza did STEP UP IN COMPETITION during his career...he did not bode to well. Alfonzo Zamora knocked him out(I mean his chin literally failed him BIG TIME against perez and arnel which makes me question him vs punchers)...Even when he stepped up to face real featherweight contenders he struggled tremendously...Lockridge took him to the brink of death twice, laporte nearly beat him, he couldn't beat Bernard friggin Taylor, and though he was past his prime he lost badly to barry Mcguien. These were the best fighters he faced and he struggled tremendously in all of these fights....Pedroza simply never had that dominating win over a good fighter like sanchez did and never beat a great fighter like sanchez did. I personally think Azumah Nelson was a better featherweight than pedroza. Azumah was young when he fought Sanchez, but I happen to think like witherspoon against holmes, Azumah made a near peak performance in that sanchez fight combining all of his youthful prime tools with a solid brain.


Pedroza is going to be iced when he faces an ATG puncher with ATG skills like Sanchez. Pedroza got dominated early on by Lockridge, and rocked badly in the 5th round. Laporte also dominated the early rounds and twice badly staggered pedroza. Pedroza was like a sitting duck early for those right leads and hooks. Pedroza could be hurt badly. sanchez will take an early lead on pedroza and when pedroza tries to make a late comeback he will be met by an ATG force. Sanchez is going to turn the heat on late, and trash him. Pedroza's antics may work against 2nd teir fighters, but against a fighter calbre of sanchez it wont work. Sanchez wicked combinations and precision shots are going to pick pedroza apart. Sanchez wont be befuddled by pedrozas dirty antics either which he blantatly used in the laporte fight. Sanchez is just going to outclass pedroza.

It seems to me some of you guys take "styles" way to seriousely. sometimes you have to look at it as simple as "This fight is in another class than this fighter, and styles do not matter. he is simply going to overwhelm him because he is the much better all around fighter, and much more proven fighter against great opposition."

 

I think a interesting fight would have been had Pedroza tried to unify his title vs Danny Lopez. heres a fight where lopez has a strong chance to take pedroza out early IMO

 

Wow never seen so many Pedroza fans in my life. On other forums like Cyberboxing, boxingsscene, Boxrec....Sanchez is considered the overwhelming better man than pedroza. Then again, we got people here saying Luis Rodriguez was the better welterweight than Emile Griffith. Perhaps people need to take a look at Rodriguez getting picked apart by Curtis Cokes and knocked out for the Vacant title, to realize rodriguez was defintley not the better welter than Griffith. I scored the rodriguez-Griffith series 2-2, and besides griffith was much more dominating and beat better opposition than rodriguez on the whole.