Salvador Sanchez

he's so good that when he was around 21 or 22 you can already call him a 'complete' fighter. amazing run as a featherweight, one of the best ever

 

The guy's record is littered with the names of top fiighters. Guys like Cowdell and Laporte were fantastic contenders. The division was deep IMO.

Pedroza was great too and also had the right style to beat Sanchez. he might have pulled it off, who knows...

The fights were there for Sanchez and he would have taken them. He had already beat more top fighters than the P4P top guys have at the time of writing (except maybe Pac).

 

Sanchez was much better than Pedroza and would have been the favorite as well.

 

...........I would agree that his overall skills and pedigree are better, but Pedroza's style would have played hell with him.

 

That's how I see it and Pedroza wasn't much below sanchez in skills. Eusebio would have been a difficult puzzle and knew how to survive and fight... Would have been a classic

 

Sanchez is too poised to let that kind of dirty style play with him. Pedroza wasn't that great, he had a couple of controversial fight's, stayed away from puchers(cause he was stopped three times), and never beat anybody close to alot of the great fighter's Sanchez beat.

 

.............Ahhh, c'mon, he wasn't that bad. I wasn't referring to Pedroza's roughhouse tactics, more along the lines of his boxing skills and movement, which were very real. Boxers gave Sal issues, that's no secret.

Pedroza also didn't necessarily shun punchers. Laporte was a real banger, Lockridge had good power, etc. But that doesn't really come to bear here anyway, because Sanchez wasn't known as a puncher. This is a chess match all the way.

And yes, Sanchez has the better resume over all, but styles, styles, styles........

 

Sanchez may have had trouble with boxers, but he always adjusted. Pedroza had decent movement but I don't think he was great on his feet.

 

Gomez did pretty decently in the mid-rounds of that fight, in between KD's and the recovery stage. He actually had Sanchez hurt at one point. Sanchez was fantastic though, I actually thought his best was against Lopez though.

 

..............I know the punch you're speaking of; a left hook while Sanchez was against the ropes, and he was not hurt.

 

...........I agree that Sanchez would have adjusted. He certainly proved he was adept at that. That's why I would favor him against Pedroza, but it's still a tough fight.

 

Sanchez was a machine IMO. Technically smooth, great boxing ability, solid chin, quick hands, and superhuman stamina.

 

Juan Escobar was the one he had the draw with;amazingly, they never fought again.