Who are your top 20 latino fighters?

I didn´t include any american with heritage from Latino countries (Mexico in Oscars case), I think the others didn´t do that because of that detail as well....
But Manuel Ortiz is the best mexican-american that I can think about right now......In that case I would include Ortiz before Oscar, and I like DLH, just think that Ortiz was greater.....

 

Yeah, I guess to fix my list I should remove Ortiz, as he was a New Yorker, and add Jofre.

 

I have no problem with people rating Monzon, Chavez, Arguello, etc above Eder.....but Jofre looks pretty low in your list....especially because he is below Valdez, I like Valdez, really good fighter, but I think a dominant champion like Jofre would deserve a higher place than Valdez.....at least...IMO.

 

Damn!! Another one I've omitted by oversight Vic...Rodrigo Valdez!! My list needs repair!!

 

Oh, I agree that Jofre ranks above Valdez..but I've got to include the Colombian Panther in my list..and I know there will be some resentment over me ranking Jofre over Duran..

 

1. Roberto Duran
2. Salvador Sanchez
3. Juan LaPorte
4. Julio Cesar Chavez
5. Hector Camacho
6. Jose Luis Ramirez
7. Jorge Fernando Castro
8. Carlos Monzon
9. Juan Manuel Marquez
10. Jose Luis Lopez
11. Rodrigo Valdez
12. Eder Jofre
13. Carlos Zarate
14. Oscar DeLaHoya
15. Kid Gavilan
16. Jose Napoles
17. Erik Morales
18. Marco Antonio Barera
19. Ricardo Lopez
20. Rosendo Alvarez


21. Orlando Canizales
22. Jorge Lujan
23. Ismael Laguna
24. Miguel Angel Cotto
25. Miguel Angel Gonzalez
26. Alexis Arguello
27. Wilfredo Gomez
28. Sixto Escobar
29. Richie Sandoval
30. Baltazar Sangchili

31. Gaby Canizales
32. Ivan Calderon

 

I personally don´t rank Jofre above Manos de Piedra, but well, I´ll start to consider this Red :yep

 

Probably because 4 some reason (language alone) they r not considered Hispanics (but neither do d Spanish) .
However I consider Italians and 2 a lesser extent Romanians and French Latin although no "Latino" :yep because i know it is not popular 2do so .

 

Citizens from Countries of America Latina = Latinos.

 

Jose Napoles can legitimately be argued as highly as #15 all-time, never mind just from Latin America, and above Carlos Monzon. The depth of his opposition was extensive, and he was a dominant and spectacular force in the late '60s especially, before snatching and defending a title that was slightly too big for him. Extra points for that.

 

Seriously... no one is including Panama Al Brown?

 

atsch I forgot.....I´m a fan of Al Brown.....

 

Naturally, most ESB'ers will say Duran...but Jofre was likened to a bantam Sugar Ray Robinson...a very heavy thing..I personally see Jofre and Harada as the two greatest bantam champions of history. Can't seperate Harada from Jofre here..as great as Jofre was, Harada was just fantastic in beating him, esp. in that first fight. I think that despite that there are some Jofre fights on You Tube and elsewhere, he is still the "greatest fight no one has ever seen"(in the U.S. of course)

 

This is more like it..
Carlos Monzon
Jose Napoles
Eder Jofre
Roberto Duran
Carlos Ortiz (even though I think Ortiz could beat Duran)
Wilfredo Gomez (at 122 he was peerless)
Alexis Arguello
Julio Cesar Chavez (don't know what I was thinking in the first list)
Nicolino Locche
Wilfred Benitez
Antonio Cervantes
Ruben Olivares
Vincente Saldivar
Miguel Canto
Rodrigo Valdez
Marco Antonio Barrera
Carlos Zarate
Eusabio Pedroza
Victor Galindez
Pasqual Perez
Honorable mention: Luis Rodriguez, Jose Torres, Rafael Herrera, Hugo Corro, Ismael Laguna

 

Wasn't Ortiz originally from Puerto Rico?