Three Vicente Saldivar fights I recently uploaded on youtube. The Rojas and Ramos fights are poor in quality. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2gSEjNFqs[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5iBjEAD8aI[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GKvkP-I_yM[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYKf_UWJyAc[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HExOCBMl-7Y[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb_baAeW554[/ame] [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwT6dAv0WDo[/ame] Any thoughts on this southpaw featherweight champ from Mexico?
I've watched the Seki fight recently, and made it a point to watch the Rojas fight as I just saw that it was up. Didn't even know you'd uploaded the Ramos fight until just now. Will give it a watch as well when I'm feeling up to it. I'm a Saldivar fan. As straight-forward and technically acute a pressure fighter as you're likely to see. Great offensive arsenal with the straight left hand to the head and especially the body, and a great body attack in general which he used so masterfully to break his opponents down for the championship rounds. One of the best 15 round fighters I've seen.
The Ramos fight is about as brutal a beating as you're ever going to see in boxing. Ramos was "saved" by the bell in round 10 and the Saldivar corner started the celebrations a bit too early. He was saved by the bell again in round 11 but finally the corner had seen enough and didn't allow Ramos to go out for round 12. Ramos had a chin of iron and Saldivar was just unloading combinations on him.
Ramos was an excellent fighter too.Huge for a featherweight, with good skills, power and quick hands. One of the things i like most about Vicente is the lack of wasted motion, yet unlike a Donald Curry, he could get wilder and slug when he needed to, or felt it was appropriate.
This fight here is Saldivar's greatest performance, and a must-see for anyone looking to properly assess his quality. The fight is very atypical of Saldivar's usual performances. Normally, he looked rather methodical in his fights, not doing anything showy or spectacular, and just doing enough to stay a step ahead of his opponent. In this fight, he really stepped up his game - and he had to, because Ramos really put the pressure on him. Round after round, Ramos kept unloaded those big, fast punches on him, but Saldivar's defense never wavered and he never stopped firing back with those counter lefts. Ramos never found a way to avoid that left hand, and finally it broke him down. This fight more than any other shows the full extent of Saldivar's ability IMO. Incidentally, Ramos was one of the biggest, strongest-looking FWs I've ever seen; he looks like he has the upper body of a jr. welterweight. :admin He had fast hands, was a good technician, and was very powerful. He had been red hot on his way to winning the title, and once winning it, he looked like he would reign for as long as he could make the weight. He never was the same after this fight, despite challenging twice for the LW title afterward.
