Sanchez wins this. Like someone said in this thread Sal never even really entered his prime and he accomplished more than any other at that young of age in boxing history. Sal knew when to box which he did as good as any boxer P4P in boxing history. He also knew when to brawl and he could do it with the best of them. Not to mention that beard that he had!!! Funny thing with Chava is that many times and he even admitted to this is that he had many chances in early in fights to KO his opponents but he wouldnt go for the kill because he wanted to work on his boxing skills. Hell the Gomez fight he could have finished him in the 1st or 2nd but in that fight he wanted to make Gomez pay for his trash talk so he never went to the kill instead he beat him down enough round by round till he finally Ko'd him! Against floyd he would wear him down slowly in a tough fight and then either win by decision if it was a 12rd fight or win by late KO if its a 15 rd fight!
I dont think many people here truly know how good Salvador Sanchez was and the scary part is that he was just getting started! He would have no doubt in my mind been one of the top 10 ATG's if it wasnt for his tragic death...
I am not black but that's kinda racist I advise you to edit that and say Salvador would never lose to any man in his prime. Just a suggestion.
At second thought, it's not that racist nevermind.
Kinda racist? And not racist at all? I hope you're not serious and the idiot who said that just wants a response by pissing people off.
I got Sanchez in this one. The man never really entered his prime, a damn shame.
To be honest he did enter his prime as a fighter which was 1981 onwards. His performance's in 1981 were brillant he defeated Roberto Castanon(TKO 10), Defeated the best ever Super Bantamweight in Wilfredo Gomez stopping him in 8 rounds, Gomez was 32-0-1 and had made 17 defences of his title and all wins had come back K.O.
Sanchez looked breathtaking in this fight, and broke Gomez apart. In 81 also defeated Nicky Perez (50-3) who was a good contender and a former world title challager.
In the year 1981 also he was awarded the The Ring Fighter Of The Year Award along with Sugar Ray Leonard.
So i think 1981 was his him at his best and in his prime, all do in the Dec of 81he did struggle with tricky Pat Cowdell who was a very good amature, Sanchez got past him on SD. But that was his 4th fight of 81, and he said he really gave his best performances on the big occasion's.
After 81, he would have two more title defences before dieing in a car crash. In those defences he defeated Jorge Garcia(23-2) and a green Azumah Nelson (13-0) who gave him all he could handle before being stopped.
Alot of people don't know this but Sanchez said before he died he only wanted 1 more year in boxing, and then he was going to quit and study to be a doctor. Which is pretty shocking but true.
I am not black but that's kinda racist I advise you to edit that and say Salvador would never lose to any man in his prime. Just a suggestion.
At second thought, it's not that racist nevermind.
Dont pay any attention, Sanchez lost to a guy with a 3-1 record, he def could have lost to somebody else.
I got Sanchez in this one. The man never really entered his prime, a damn shame.
Dont go there. For all you know the guy could have been like Vargas or Benitez. Out of his prime before turning 25 years old.
130? isn't that Super featherweight? and isn't Floyd regarded as 1 of the best super featherweights of all time? Just asking..
Yes. Floyd was about as accomplished as any 130 pound fighter ever. His skill and resume at that weight undoubtedly make him one of the 3-5 greatest to ever fight there.
It's kinda hard to gauge Sanchez' potential because he died at such a young age and he also seemed to fight to the level of his competition. We never saw him at 130 so who knows if it would have affected him one way or another. The man was an awesome fighter though. Very relaxed, very skilled, very cerebral. He was a thinker much like Floyd. He could adapt many times throughout the course of a fight and always seemed to do enough to assert his superiority.
I'd say Floyd if I was going for a safe pick.