The Mexican/Puerto Rico Rivalry....

Its fun to watch and hardcore fans from both sides are so emotional. Two countries that have a long boxing culture go head to head

We even had our self proclaimed gran campeon. Chavez was announced by jimmy lennan jr as "el gran campeon Mexicano" then his rein was over and Tito was named "el gran campeon puertoriqueno" the competitiveness of these 2 countries is beautifull

The Mexico – Puerto Rico boxing rivalry is a highly competitive sports rivalry that exists between boxers from the two countries, as well as their respective sets of fans. Historically, Mexican and Puerto Rican boxers have fought many important fights against each other. It should be observed that the supposed rivalry between boxers from Mexico and Puerto Rico has been a balanced one, as the winning percentage for these two groups of boxers against the other group is about the same. Source : Wikipedia.. :lol1: :rofl:

You can't win a fight with just heart and no skill dumb @ss. U can have the biggest balls in the world but if u have no fighting skill you're going to sleep. Some guys might not b able 2 float like a butterfly but they have punching skill. Anyway I think the rivalry started after the Sanchez - Gomez fight. My pr friemd told me it was a very sad night for the whole country. He said his family went to their neighbors house for comfort. It had to b that fight coz if any 1 saw that full fight could tell u that even b4 the fight started the mariachi band was battling the f#ckin salsa band. They were going back and forth playing their music.

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Since I have been following boxing (60s) Mexican and Puerto Ricans boxers have dominated weights under middleweight. This has created the best fights on those divisions creating the rivary you refer too. The rivary is good for both the giant Mexico and the small Island. (30x90 miles) Smart fans know that the rivary is healthy for their champion because there's no better motivation than a rivary. Smart boxers know that it's not personal, it's business. Mexico is 1000 times bigger so just the fact that Puerto Rico is in the rivary is amazing since the population is much smaller. I like the rivary, but hate the ignorant fans that want to make it a feud or personal.

It's as simple as math. In the lower weight classes there are 90% latinos, so obviously the two fight eachother constantly, thus the rivalry. About blacks being the better fighters, as petterson about that one.

The ring-wars between the two nations technically got under way back in October of 1978 when famed Puerto Rican Wilfred Gomez set out to defeat the once-thought-to-be unstoppable Carlos Zarate, who remains the only boxer in history to put together two streaks of 20 or more knockouts. The winner of 55 fights in a row with all but one coming by way of KO, never in a million years did anyone think - despite his greatness - that Wilfred Gomez would be able to pull off the victory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qVXJ6PspPE greatest mexican boxer of all time, for me, better than any puerto rican fighter best youtube video ever

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