Salvador Sanchez Overrated?

Just wait.

 

Let's remember Sanchez didn't win the title from a slouch either. Danny Little Red was a fine champion fighting as well as he ever had. Sanchez put a stamp on it by not only the way he won but in a rematch as well. He got his reign off to a very good start.

 

Good Stuff Rich as usual.
But in my opinion theirs no need to denigrate Pedroza who was excellent in his own right.
He also beat some very good fighters in his own right like Lockridgex2 Taylor, Ford (Beat him
more convincingly then Sanchez did, right after Sanchez fought him) and Laporte (Well , he actually
mugged Laporte, but it's Laporte's responsiblilty to retaliate in kind. he didn't do that)
Though I think Sanchez was the overall better fighter, Pedroza was a great fighter himself.
It's a shame they didn't meet in the ring.

 

No he was all around solid. He wasn't flashy but didn't have any real weaknesses.

 

True, Thanks for the compliment my friend.

 

I'm just watching Pedroza's career atm, i'm amazed how well he paces himself in a fight. Probably one of the best 15 round fighters i've ever seen.

 

Good post, true Pedroza took his title on tour but most of his title defenses were against fighters that we never heard of, Salvador Sanchez did fight better known competition, fought in familiar venues, had great matches that everyone wanted to see, Wilfredo Gomez vs Sanchez comes to mind. Sanchez dethroned a greater champion than Cecilio Lastra, whom Pedroza dethroned for his title. Salvador dethroned a greater well known champion, Danny Little Red Lopez, not once but twice by TKO. When things got difficult in the ring, Sanchez did not have to resort to dirty tactics like Eusebio did, Sanchez figured out his opponent and won. Pedroza was a talented fighter but to gain an edge by hitting low or back handing your adversary is not impressive. A match between those two would have been a good fight. All I can say is how greater Sanchez might have become is pure speculation, he was killed on August 12 1982 at the age of 23.

 

Acutally they had several common opponents

Patrick Ford
Juan Laporte

Also, Pedroza fought the very tough Rocky Lockridge and Bernard Taylor

 

Lopez was a very hard punching , exciting fighter with a ton of heart but his defense was terrible. He was not a great fighter and he was made for Sanchez who beat him like Qwai did Saad Muhammad, brutally .. complete one sided beatdowns ..

 

Lopez was a good champion.

 

IMO, Sanchez approximated to the ilk of a Carlos Monzon.

Each time out, you might estimate that next time, this or that more flashy guy will beat him. But it didn’t happen. Now if Carlos’ career was similarly cut short, we might be reasoning that he wouldn’t have won the fights that he DID go on to win. A highly skilled, unwavering machine that ultimately wins even if the complexion isn’t always their way.

The Nelson fight can be argued in Sanchez’
favour somewhat. Lesser greats might’ve succumbed to shock defeats. Sanchez stuck to his game absolutely against a completely unknown but formidable quantity. Despite inexperience, Nelson was great in that fight, perhaps even overachieving relative to his substantive development. Adrenaline sky high with extremely vocal support and drum banging from his native contingent in the audience.

He fought a devil may care fight but that actually advantaged him in his many successful moments. Next time, Sal is so much better informed and Azumah perhaps that much more metered and paced - which might not necessarily see an improved outcome for Azumah.

 

NO

 

See my post of yesterday, said he fought like a FW version of Monzon. stay safe.

 

So you did Mike. Sometimes it’s not possible to read through every/whole thread before dropping a post. Great minds think alike.

 

Watch the Salvador Sanchez fight against Pat Cowdell from Dec 12 1981, it was sort of a letdown fight following Sanchez spectacular victory over the highly anticipated fight against Wilfredo Gomez on August 21 1981, TKO 8. Salvador showed his ring intelligence an calm demeanor as he figured out Cowdell, decking him in round 15 to seal the victory against a very awkward opponent.