who are the 10 greatest featherweights from mexico?

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  1. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i have it a toss up between sanchez, saldivar and baby arizmendi as number 1.

    sanchez looks to have been the greatest but arizmendi and saldivar have great arguments themselves.

    sanchez was untouchable in his prime with his best wins of gomez, nelson and lopez (2x).

    arizmendi had equally great wins over hof's lebarba, armstrong, miller and wright

    saldivar also had equally great wins too over famechon, laguna, ramos and legra

    there also many others as we all know,

    barrera, morales, j. marquez, oliveras, medina, alejandro gonzalez and paez.
     
    good right hand, Jul 8, 2009
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  2. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    well i take a stab at my own post,

    1. sanchez
    2. arizmendi
    3. saldivar
    4. barrera
    5. marquez
    6. morales
    7. medina
    8. oliveras
    9. gonzalez
    10. paez
     
    good right hand, Jul 11, 2009
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    I haven't got a complete list made up of all the Mexican featherweights, but I do know that the top 2 are:
    1. Sal Sanchez
    2. Vincente Saldivar
    and by the way, what a super great fight Sanchez-Saldivar would have been! I would have Sanchez winning a close 15 round decision. It would have been a classic.
     
    red cobra, Jul 11, 2009
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  4. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    great post,

    i think if saldivar retired right after he beat famechon he would have that same mystique around him and regarded just a good as sanchez.
     
    good right hand, Jul 11, 2009
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  5. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    By the way i re-watched Sanchez-Nelson today, Sanchez-Saldivar would be a true classic.
     
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  6. GPater11093

    GPater11093 Barry Full Member

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    Sanchez vs NBelson is a classic
     
    GPater11093, Jul 12, 2009
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  7. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Excellent post.However,Sanchez died in that car accident when he was only 23 years old,so we will never know what his prime would have been.
     
    Clinton, Jul 12, 2009
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  8. la-califa

    la-califa Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Here are some more Mexican World Champions: Gregario Vargas, Marcos Villasana, & Oscar Larios.
    Fighters Mexican-American: Stevie Cruz, Bobby Chacon, Danny Lopez, & Johnny Tapia.
     
    la-califa, Jul 13, 2009
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Could be..that retiring undefeated works wonders with your legacy, IMO...if Joe Frazier had only done the same thing..
     
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  10. teeto

    teeto Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Haha, really though, what Sanchez might have achieved, imagine if he didn't attempt to move up in weight, can you say 'Carlosalvadaor Monzonchez'?
     
    teeto, Jul 13, 2009
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  11. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    1. Sanchez
    2. Saldivar
    3. Arizmendi
    4. Olivares
    5. Chalky Wright (born in Durango, Mexico)
    6. Barrera
    7. Marquez
    8. Morales
    9. Medina
    10. Paez
     
    Drew101, Jul 13, 2009
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