Your Salvador Sanchez featherweight ranking?

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  1. Quickhands21

    Quickhands21 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I rank him right there with Saddler and Pep at 3
     
  2. Sweet Pea

    Sweet Pea Obsessed with Boxing banned

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    Somewhere in the second half of the top 10. I don't have Saddler and Pep as #1 and #2 though, Saddler is probably more around the #5 or #6 spot for me, with Pep in the top 3 (all things considered).
     
  3. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I find him hard to rank due to the fact we only saw him at his peak. For example, how would Don Curry have been rated at welter if God forbid something happened to him before he fought Honeyghan. What about Sugar Ramos if he hadn't been around for the Saldivar fight. Nobody even talks about him now.
    Not disputing he wasn't a great fighter though.
    My no1 at feather is Pep.
     
  4. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Number 10 IMO:

    10: Salvador Sanchez
    9: Joey Archibald
    8: Azumah Nelson
    7: Johnny Kilbane
    6: George Dixon
    5: Henry Armstrong
    4; Eusebio Pedroza
    3: Abe Attell
    2: Willie Pep
    1: Sandy Saddler

    Honorary mentions: Young Griffo, Terry McGovern, Jim Driscoll, Benny Bass, Bat Battalino, Hogan 'Kid' Bassey, Davey Moore, Sugar Ramos, Vicente Saldivar, Eder Jofre, Antonio Esparragoza, Naseem Hamed, Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao

    Mentions: Ben Jordan, Young Corbett II, Johnny Dundee, Kid Kaplan, Tony Canzoneri, Kid Chocolate, Baby Arizmendi, Chalky Wright, Howard Winstone, Alexis Arguello, Danny Lopez, Juan LaPorte, Jeff Fenech, Marcos Villasana, Tom Johnson, Kevin Kelley, Eloy Rojas, Manuel Medina, Wilfred Vazquez, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Marquez and Chris John.
     
  5. Sweet Pea

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    Not even a mention for Benny Bass? He may well deserve a place among the top 10.
     
  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I always think of him as a 130lber, but he was an NBA Featherweight Champ in 27-28, so you are right he deserves a mention, an honourable one.

    I did the list a few years back, to rank Naseem post Barrera; after further research I am very high on Johnny Dundee at the moment, but I do not know if that is a flavour of the month thing and if not, he should be rated at 130.
     
  7. booradley

    booradley Mean People Kick Ass! Full Member

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    It's very hard for me to be objective about Sanchez. Little Red is #2 on my list of personal all time favorites, and Sal beat Danny twice when I believe Danny was pretty close to his peak. Naturally I rate Sanchez just below God, but obviously, that's a bit biased.
     
  8. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Oh come on, Sanchez is higher than that, he was real for starters.....;)
     
  9. BUDW

    BUDW Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Sanchez #1
     
  10. Rebel-INS

    Rebel-INS Mighty Healthy Full Member

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    I love Sanchez, but I don't see how it could be feasible to place him at #1.