Top 10 Mexican fighters of all-time?

Sanchez
Chavez
Olivares
Saldivar
Canto

In any order

Zarate
Chucho
Marquez
Morales
Herrera

In any order

 

#10. Marco Antonio Barrera
#9. Chucho Castillo
#8. Juan Manuel Márquez
#7. Érik Morales
#6. Carlos Zárate
#5. Salvador Sánchez
#4. Vicente Saldívar
#3. Julio César Chávez
#2. Miguel Canto
#1. Rubén Olivares

Top 5 is locked imo, the order is completely subjective. I'd say Sanchez is 5th but 1-4 can be argued in any order. The way you split them imo is based on what you like, Chavez's consistency, dominance and longevity could tip it to him. Saldívar's résumé and run at FW, same with Canto at fly. I went with Olivares though, as he has a healthy mix of all of these attributes, and I have him top 2 at BW.

As for 10-6, it's much harder to get the names right imo. It should be, there's more of them! Zárate is just a shade below Sanchez, he'd probably be above him if it wasn't for the 7 year retirement. Then again, if Sanchez hadn't died he could've been #1. Alas, Zárate is at #6. Morales is probably the controversial opinion here, I'm of the opinion that his win over Pacquiao is better than Márquez's, based on Pac being better at SFW in '06, than he was at WW in '12. I also had the third Barrera fight 115-113 to Morales. Imo Morales came out on top of a better Barrera than Márquez, and has the better Pacquiao win. The rest of their wins are on very equal terms. Both had good longevity too, especially Márquez. Chucho has one of the best wins on the list, plus the Rose fight. Underrated résumé, I can definitely see a switch with him him and Barrera but I hold Olivares as a stronger force than Morales so I swung his way. Barrera could definitely be higher, but it doesn't sit right with me to have him above Morales or Márquez, Zárate too. His losses to Jones, Morales(imo) plus doing the worst against Pacquiao hold him back.

Lopez might be a technical marvel, but he ain't got the résumé for this lot. Herrera is very underrated and I can see him swapped with Chucho or MAB. I'm not as informed on him though so I didn't.

 

C'mon, Locks. You know better.

 

Great fighter. He destroyed and I dont believe he was loaded.

 

Ramos was born in California.

 

When he retires, I can see Canelo on the list.

 

I came up with Arizmendi too.He has wins over;
Labarba
Wright
Day
Armstrong
Belloise
Brown
Miller
Shea
Dado

 

Good points. I had Márquez-Pacquiao 2/2 iirc. 1&2 being for Pacquiao, 3&4 being for Márquez. As for Morales-Pacquiao 2&3, it's a good point but I thought that Morales was a bit past it for the first so I did for 2 as well(especially after losing to Raheem), and definitely for the third. Eh, either way, it's close but I give it Morales. I would love to give credit for Márquez's controversial losses, but I haven't seen all of them. Morales' other(lesser) notable wins imo, are better than Márquez's.

 

Good lists on here , yours is the closest to my opinion

 

That list was making some sense until.... Miguel Angel Gonzalez top 10????? Not even top 100 in my opinion. In talent or resume. And, although I always liked Zaragoza, no way is he top 10.

 

1. Ruben Olivares
2. Julio Cesar Chavez
3. Salvador Sanchez
4. Vicente Saldivar
5. Carlos Zarate
6. Juan Manuel Marquez
7. Miguel Canto
8. Erik Morales
9. Ricardo Lopez
10. Rafael Herrera

 

Already second guessing myself here. Baby Arizmendi definitely deserves a mention, even if it's just as a footnote. Wins over Armstrong(twice!) Chalky Wright, Freddie Miller, Newsboy Brown ect. I'd probably put him somewhere like 8-10. Canelo too, although he wouldn't make 10 yet.