Duran more than fully morphed at 135 and had MORE than a full career behind him. He too had peaked at that weight. We both know what he did thereafter and Sal had so much more professionalism. It's entirely possible he might have added to his status. As for others and potential, Sal certainly realised most of his potential at Feather, tho a fight vs Pedroza may have further enhanced it even more. She had summin stronger This content is protected
............As to the rest of your post (sorry; I'd just never seen lemon-lime beer before and got derailed) I think we can both safely say that Duran is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to maintaining that level so late in his career. There aren't many Durans in that area. It's been played out far more often that the fighter, particularly a lighter-weight fighter, will peak early and then fade. In Sanchez's case, with his capacity for recovery and endurance coupled with his professionalism, it's possible that he could have gone on for a couple more years at that level, but as far as exceeding the level we had already seen.........I doubt it.
Please give respect where it is due..... The greatest Mexican ever is Julio cesar Chavez, Sanchez might be 2nd but he never did enough in his 23 yrs to eclipse El Gran Campeon, no way.
You said "decent chin." Now it's been a long time since I watched either Lopez/sanchez fight, but the kid went 27 rounds with Danny freaking Lopez! It would seem to me that 27 rounds + Danny Lopez = proven chin.
Good post ,though , of course its also entirely possible that after defending his version of the Featherweight title 20 times,several defences being around the world Pedroza could have met Sanchez and beaten him.Then Sanchez's legacy may have been diminished.
I got ya. At first I thought you were saying "decent" as in "average," and guys with average chins found 5 rounds with Lopez to be a bit much, and Sanchez did 27.
Fair call mate. Personally i like Sanchez in a tight one, but at least two experts were picking Pedroza around the time.
I think I agree with salsanchezfan here. It's a big assumption that he'd have gone on to achieve significantly more than he already did do. His activity level and amount of rounds/fights he'd already had, we probably saw the peak version. He probably would have beaten pedroza but it's no given. The guy could have burned out by that fight. Tragic loss.
With his incredible conditioning and discipline, he could have gone on for years with the championship distance in place. The trouble is that Jose Suckamain abolished that limit for the WBC (whose version of the FW Title Sal held) after Mancini-Kim took place )less than four months after Sanchez was killed). Deprived of the championship distance, Sal may indeed have bolted boxing for medical school. An alternate scenario may have been for him to change course on a unification with Pedroza, as the WBA stuck with the championship distance until 1987. Sanchez, so justifiably proud of his iconic stamina, is unthinkable as a titlist without the championship distance to compete in and work with. (Something JCC, through no fault of his own, never had a chance to prove himself in.)