Pearls of the Orient: The 20 greatest fighters to have come from the far East

I'd probably put him over Galaxy myself, I just don't feel he deserves the number one spot.

Win over a very old, ringworn Saddler as well, who still beat Erode in return.

Sandy was notorious was underperforming at times as well.

 

:good Thanks. As long as the argument is civilized, that's one of my strong points. Otherwise, I'll be a ***** just like any other.

 

Also, has anyone seen Chris John in action?

Has he done enough already to rank here?

 

You actually think he could beat God Mijares?:rofl

 

Great post :good

The type of analysis you'd never get from looking at fighters' records.

 

Both decisions were totally legit.

I think a case could be made for Jofre in the second fight, perhaps by a point, but I still had him losing it. Can't really see how anyone could score the first fight for Eder, though some have.

 

Excellent post, my response will not do it justice:

I have not seen all of the McGowan fights. I know McGowan was rated highly, but people came away with a lot of respect with Chionio after the battles. At the time, to loser on cuts was fair game and a legitmate if some what cruel way to win.

As for the Perez fights, yes Pascual was comming to the end of his excellent career, but he was still there to be beaten and Chionio did it, much like a McGuigan beat a Pedroza.

Pone may of got the benefit of a hometown (country) decision against Harada, but the Japanese team must of known the score; if they went to Bangkok to fight a Thai....

My list is limited to a very conpetmporary bias, because of my shocking lack of knowledge of fighters in the era pre 1985ish.

 

Have you seen him fight?

What's he like?

 

Kingpetch also got his head handed to him by Burruni in a fight where he looked nowhere near washed up.

Venice Borkhorsor was the better Thai Flyweight.

 

Bull, i thought Borkhorsor won by something in the region of 3\4 points.

he would have been the one to end Ohba's run, had Masao not been tragically killed.

 

On a seperate note I`d like to say that it is refreshing to see a thread that finally gives some attention to some of the great asian fighters of the past, as they are far too seldom talked about let alone mentioned on any given boxing forum. I`ve made it a point to learn as much as I could over the years on fighters from Asia, and have come to appreciate them a great deal.

There have been many a good fighter to come from the far east, some were great while others merely good contenders such as Shoji Oguma to name one, but the one thing they all have in common is that they come to fight! If there is one thing you can count on with asian fighters is that they are always in shape and will go out on their shields, especially the japanese who do not know the meaning of the word quit.