Who Is The Greatest Cuban Fighter Of All Time?

[HaglerSteelChin]

Excellent analysis. My father felt the same.

Thanks LOL. Its funny my dad grew up there but didnt care too much for boxing he was more into judo and wrestling. I do question my uncle's opinion since i beat him once in a boxing bet. I was only a teenager and predicted that Trinidad would beat the than undefeated Yuri boy campas; he gave this speech that he saw boxing decades before i was born and felt confident Yuri boy would win; we all saw how that turned out.

[JAB5239]

Napoles, in my opinion.

[TheGreatA]

I've seen most of the film on Kid Chocolate, Jose Napoles, Kid Gavilan. I think of Kid Chocolate as an amazing talent that went somewhat unfulfilled. At 23 he was finished as a world class fighter while Napoles and Gavilan were just getting started. He beat great fighters but lost to them too.

The only weakness that one can point out in Jose Napoles is his skin. He cut easily but otherwise was a complete boxer who combined together offense and defense very smoothly. From 1963 to 1975 he continued to perform at a high level, only losing on cuts and to the much bigger Monzon.

Kid Gavilan has a claim to being the most robbed fighter ever. He couldn't buy a decision no matter what until he became the champ and even then he was robbed off the title and continued to be robbed over and over during the late part of his career.

Luis Manuel Rodriguez arguably deserved all 4 decisions over Griffith and beat a high level of opposition both at welterweight and middleweight.

[cooper5]

For me it's Kid Gavilan or Jose Napoles and then Luis Manuel Rodriguez.