Who is/was the fastest Mexican fighter??

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by saul_ir34, Feb 25, 2011.


  1. falcom

    falcom Active Member Full Member

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    im glad the mexicans are not slick, coz slick is boring.except nonito:bbb:bbb:bbb
     
  2. jpab19

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  3. aramini

    aramini Boxing Addict Full Member

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    This is the right answer, high speed and high workrate, Mares is fast on all counts.

    In response to my earlier post, yeah, whites are clumsy in general, but they come from such a huge genetic mix its more difficult to categorize. The little quick guys like Willie Pep and Wayne Mcculloch or Paulie M seem a different species than the Klitschkos or Valuev.

    You just don't generally see this variety from Mexico in particular: they are all successful in the smaller weight classes and lack a certain mobility of foot that tends to be natural to the black athlete. The biggest disparity you could find would be probably Chris Arreola and Abner Mares, but even then Arreola is unusual and a stand out for being so big, successful, and a non-puerto rican hispanic. Even Vargas is unusual in being so successful beyond welter.

    There is a genetic predisposition to muscle type which can be marginally changed. I will never be a distance runner but I will always be ok at sprints, but within a bottleneck or closed population I think it is probably 30% training and 70% natural predisposition.
     
  4. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I was just watching Mares-Darchynian and to be honest with you i dont think Mares would do very good against Donaire. I think Agbeko would be the better fight. Mares when he left Beristain became more offensive but let his defense slip quite a bit. I liked him when he was a mold of JMM. He was a counter puncher which would suit him being that he is so short.
    A short guy like that should not be brawling with bigger guys. He should be timing them and getting out of the way of their shots.
     
  5. ross

    ross Active Member Full Member

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    Johnny Tapia had some fast hands.
     
  6. Doc

    Doc Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    :thumbsup

    He should have stayed to continue the Beristain style...
     
  7. box101

    box101 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    jorge maromero paez was pretty quick an deserves a mention
     
  8. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Raul Macias was quick......
    I forgot Vicente Saldivar...He had quick hands....
     
  9. huitzi

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    Rafael marquez
     
  10. W1LLPARK3R

    W1LLPARK3R Well-Known Member Full Member

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    he did..he always used to look disinterested while he was fighting and start clownin' :patsch
     
  11. ross

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    I always think how much more he could of accomplished had he actually shown more interest in the sport. I remember hearing back in the day (before internet) that he was more interested in chasing chicks instead of training and it showed in the Troy Dorsey fights. He actually gave Whitaker a better fight than Chavez because of his fast reflexes.
     
  12. saul_ir34

    saul_ir34 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    That is the guy i remember watching live when i was a kid. My grandpa would take us to fights when we were kids. I remember Paez because of the flips he would do during his entrance.