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View Full Version : The Best Latin American Boxer, ever? mod 11-05-2009, 09:55 PM Who is the best Latin American Spanish or Portuguese speaking :boxing:? http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/kinghippo14/motivatortradition.jpg :friday: JAB5239 11-05-2009, 10:44 PM Who is the best Latin American Spanish or Portuguese speaking :boxing:? http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/kinghippo14/motivatortradition.jpg :friday: ........Duran lucasch1a 11-05-2009, 11:25 PM Monzon hands down:boxing: oldgringo 11-06-2009, 12:05 AM roberto duran eder jofre julio cesar chavez carlos monzon alexis arguello salvador sanchez wilfredo gomez carlos ortiz ruben olivares ricardo lopez Obama 11-06-2009, 12:08 AM I believe Duran clearly takes it. Monzon isn't even in second pace. Maybe if he beat people his own size, ie, Light Heavyweights. 1SILVA 11-06-2009, 12:16 AM Who is the best Latin American Spanish or Portuguese speaking :boxing:? http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b299/kinghippo14/motivatortradition.jpg :friday: I am partial to the late, great Alexis Arguello Obama 11-06-2009, 12:18 AM I am partial to the late, great Alexis Arguello How high do you rate him for him to be ahead of Duran? mod 11-06-2009, 02:29 AM Is Morales in the top 10? I thought he beats Chavez' record? 1SILVA 11-07-2009, 02:04 AM how high do you rate him for him to be ahead of duran? arguello is my favorite latin fighter of all time. That being said, i will not argue against those who rate duran ahead of him. JAB5239 11-07-2009, 02:54 AM arguello is my favorite latin fighter of all time. That being said, i will not argue against those who rate duran ahead of him. Arguello is also my favorite from Latin America. But Duran just seemed to carry his greatness further up in weight, even though he had some inconsistencies at times. Jmo. RightCross94 11-07-2009, 02:57 AM Arguello is also my favorite from Latin America. But Duran just seemed to carry his greatness further up in weight, even though he had some inconsistencies at times. Jmo. Plus Duran is the only guy to ever beat a prime Ray Leonard JAB5239 11-07-2009, 03:01 AM Plus Duran is the only guy to ever beat a prime Ray Leonard Yeah, that is a huge factor when determining this in my opinion too. 1SILVA 11-07-2009, 10:27 AM Arguello is also my favorite from Latin America. But Duran just seemed to carry his greatness further up in weight, even though he had some inconsistencies at times. Jmo. One thing Arguello did do better than Duran is carry his incredible punching power to each division he fought in. The one punch ko of Kevin Rooney is one of the most devastating ko's of his career. and Rooney was a welterweight. Also, that right hand he hit Pryor with would have knocked out any other 140 pounder. BennyST 11-08-2009, 03:48 AM One thing Arguello did do better than Duran is carry his incredible punching power to each division he fought in. The one punch ko of Kevin Rooney is one of the most devastating ko's of his career. and Rooney was a welterweight. Also, that right hand he hit Pryor with would have knocked out any other 140 pounder. True, but I think you have to take into consideration that Arguello was still bigger than most of his opponents even in his highest weight class. Duran was already smaller than most of his LW opponents and considerably smaller than everyone he fought after 135. That probably had a huge impact on his KO record after 118 to 135. Nonetheless, Arguello was just a huge puncher and his right hand had monstrous leverage to it. Being taller than everyone would have always helped obviously as it allowed him to get extra leverage. Kind of like Cervantes and other big guys like that that were usually much taller than their opponents. Hearns too. As to the topic, it would be Duran, Monzon, Jofre, Chavez, Arguello, Napoles, etc etc etc. Lots and lots of guys to choose from. |