No Way Arguello Beats Sanchez

Who is that in your avatar?

 

:nono Wrong he has had a few. His fight with JL Ramirez could have gone either way he also got dropped.

 

"Debatable split decision?" I'd like to see your score-card if that's how you feel. It was closer to a shut-out than a debatable decision IMO.

It was verging on a schooling considering what went on in there.

 

Stopped reading here.

 

I'll say at 126 i'd take Sanchez personally. It's just that resilience and constantly looking to throw shots or jab, Sanchez is always doing something in the ring. I know he was never stopped but it could happen here in my honest opinion though. I think Sanchez breaks up the timing of Arguello and wins on points.

At 130 i'll go for Arguello simply because fighters around them weights have moved up in the past and fell apart against top level comp, even when they were top level themselves.

 

The crooked cop chick (whatever her name was, killed her family) Dexter killed

 

There really is no basis for picking Sal in this fight. There are many reasons for picking Arguello. You're putting Chava in a division he never fought in, and you're matching him with a guy who was arguably the best ever at that weight.

I do not see how anyone who saw Sanchez/Lopez II could pick Sal to win this. Arguello's height, reach, timing, power, and ring savvy add up to one thing: Alexis wins a good fight with a late TKO. I don't see any other outcome.

 

Alexis beats Salvador in a tough fight, probably flooring him down the stretch Juan Escobar style.

 

I had it dead level, and I dont think I'm an unreasonable judge.

I think calling it a 'verge on schooling' and a 'shut out' is definitly not in line with what the fight was.

 

I was never one to project Sanchez going all the way up to 135 and beating greats (think he would've handled the Claude Noels and Gato Gonzales), but I do still think he'd be formidable at 130. I can't pick him against Arguello though.

What's wrong with Sanchez's effort in the 2nd Lopez fight? Lopez was much more aware of the talent in front of him and came out very determined. But Sanchez gained control and methodically stopped him. Another note, that ring was tiny (I believe 16 feet_).

 

Perhaps I should try to articulate my thoughts more clearly. There was nothing wrong with Sal's effort in the 2nd Lopez fight. However, compared to Danny in 1980, Alexis at 130 had superior height, reach, timing, ring generalship, and fire power. Superior enough to mean stopping Sal in the "championship rounds."

 

:good

 

Fernandez was able to beat Arguello because that one was scheduled for ten rounds. Nonetheless, a majority decision was a very fair reflection of how competitive it was, and Alex was arguably better in that one than Duran, Kenty and Howard Davis, Jr. were over their first ten rounds with Vilomar. (I thought at the time that Fernandez may well have done enough to take Kenty's title, and have no doubt whatsoever that he was egregiously robbed against Howard.

Sanchez was momentarily buckled by a badly wounded Gomez trying to climb back out of too deep a hole. Little Red was at a serious deficit in hand speed with Sal. Some opponents of Arguello (notably Busceme), admitted afterward that he was quicker than expected. His placement was impeccable, as he generally aimed at the sternum, and Sal wasn't as fluidly elusive as Gomez at his best.

Ruben Castillo might be the ultimate authority on Arguello versus Sanchez though, as he took on both at their best weights within a three month period in early 1980. (He warmed up for Alexis by knocking out Sanchez nemesis Escobar one month prior.)

I don't recall any pundits at the time giving Sal more than a few early rounds of fleeting success before Alex lowered the boom. Sanchez was discouraged from trying Arguello, while Arguello was urged in turn not to test himself with SRL.

 

Since when was Sanchez this speed demon you're making him out to be? I think you're well overrating that aspect of his game while underrating Arguello's own handspeed and precision.