He didn't always train the best... he lingered on too long... tho he had the typical sprinkling of losses of a guy with 120 fights, most of his prime, high profile defeats were against top notch guys like Norris, Jones, Jr. and Jirov. He was craftier than given credit for, could punch and despite an absolute hate of roadwork had stamina. Tough as nails, game as the day is long, only really KO'd twice when quite a bit older. Beat crafty fighters in Johnson and Jackson multiple times. Where does he rate?
He reminded me of a lower case Victor Galindez...not nearly as good, but there was a superficial resemblance.
You are severely underrating the force that was Locomotora, one of the great KO artists in the history of the sport.
In Panama... Beat Duran in 1997, also. We can speak of Duran's greatness in hanging so tough with a recent champ in another thread.
He was a very tough guy, but not too skilled His best win was probably when he outlasted John David Jackson.
