Sanches vs Pedroza?

Very intruiging match up ,most posters would automatically say Sanchez,I think he may be slightly overated on here because of his untimely death,Pedroza had a comparable resume and of course ,proven longevity.I would give Sanchez aslight edge ,a victory by split dec,but it would be no cake walk for the Mexican.

 

Maybe a split decision for Pedroza, could go either way, especially if Pedroza pulls some dirty tricks.

 

Drew101 and I had a judged debate on this very subject on another site. He'll be by quite soon, I'd imagine.


I see it as a very tough fight for Sanchez, but he takes the close decision.

 

This would be a big fight Sanchez was the big fight man. Pedroza was a good boxer but he had an average chin and the only great fighter he beat was a past his prime Olivares. I'd take Sanchez by 13th round TKO.

 

The only great Featherweight Sanchez beat was a short notice novice, Nelson,and he took him nearly15 rds.

 

Pedroza by TKO on a combination consisting of a right kidney punch, left elbow to the face, and a right uppercut to the groin.

 

Azumah was a future great. You don't consider Little Red to have been a great featherweight? (Not saying I do or don't, just asking you.)

After watching Pat Ford give Sal 15 rounds of hell, then get systematically taken apart by Pedroza, I felt sure that Eusebio could decision Sanchez. It's a match Pedroza told Cosell he wanted, but Sal never acknowledged him that I'm aware of. Sanchez enjoyed greater name recognition in the U.S., especially thanks to his dethroning of Lopez, so he hardly had any motivation to make a unification match with Pedroza.

If Sal had lived, he probably would have gone after Arguello before Pedroza, as Alexis had been a huge star in the States for years.

Nobody was better conditioned than Sanchez, but Pedroza's endurance was good enough so that stamina would not have been an issue. It would then become a matter of speed, skill and experience, and I think Eusebio had the edge in those departments. He also would have had a lot more to gain in such a matchup than Sal. Sanchez stopped Lopez twice, his eventual successor Nelson, and Gomez, as well as decisioning his immediate successor LaPorte. There was absolutely no incentive for Sal to take such a contest.

Pedroza W 15 Sanchez, but it's not an opinion with any great conviction behind it.

 

Salvador Sanchez by close decision

 

You bellowed?

I think, on a one-off, Pedroza's vastly underrated defensive ability, and infighting ability (he knew every trick in the book...and pretty much all of the tricks not in the rulebook, too, if you catch my drift) would be enough to offset Sanchez's edge in power and handspeed, so I pick Pedroza to win by razor-thin decision. I think Sanchez would likely have picked up at least one fight in a three fight series, though. There wasn't a lot to separate the two.

Kind of like the debate we had, which ended in a draw. Go figure. :good

 

No ,Lopez wasnt great,imo he was great as a puncher but lacked some in defence.Sanchez was taken 15rds to a split dec by good but not great Pat Cowdell,Cowdell was taken out with surgical precision by a prime Nelson courtesy of 1 chilling uppercut,I think Sanchez is a bit like James Dean,,died early and his reputation has grown,not saying he wasnt great ,but his resume isnt that fantastic to me.Pedroza and SS would be 50-50 ,I think.

 

Yeah, I remember Sanchez/Cowdell. Would Lopez haved stamped himself as a great if he'd succeeded in dispatching Gomez as Sal eventually did?

As I think about it, Sal sometimes seemed to perform to the level of his competition. The better his competition was expected to be, the higher the quality of his showing. Perhaps this would have been a positive omen for a featherweight unification superfight in favor of Sanchez.

Lopez was slower than most top featherweights, and he had balance issues which resulted in his sustaining flash knockdowns. But he also demonstrated an underrated chin against Sanchez, as well as the potential to bleed in losing his title. He sure was exciting though, the one dominant lighter weight world champion the United States had until the 1976 U.S. Olympic boxing squad came of age, a sure ratings winner. (And also has the distinction of posing for the first color poster in the inaugural issue of KO Magazine.)

 

Gomez was coming up in weight.Lopez was great to watch ,hows that?

 

:think :good

 

30 years ago on regular TV boxing fans could see lighter weight Champions like Jolten' Jeff, Chacon and Boza etc. Pedroza had a few of his fights televised on the weekends also and I remember him being a tall rough and tough, and vary tactical /dirty fighter. (Sandy Saddler?) Basing my decision on memories from back then I would have to go with Sanchez. Anyone who saw him knew he was something special. I think he had the better outside game and once the distance was closed I think he had the power to trouble and hurt Pedroza.