Mexico & Puerto Rico...

[Wild Blue Yonda]

...give us your studious top-5 for each of these two rivals. The very best, down through history. In or out of order, as you please. I may order these a little later, but to simply **** them out to get the ball rolling, let me submit...

Mexico:

Ricardo Lopez
Ruben Olivares
Julio Cesar Chavez
Salvador Sanchez
Carlos Zarate

Puerto Rico:

Wilfred Benitez
Carlos Ortiz
Wilfredo Gomez
Cocoa Kid
Edwin Rosario

[Barn]

Mexico:

Julio Cesar Chavez (tie)
Ruben Olivares (tie)
Ricardo Lopez
Salvador Sanchez
Carlos Zarate/ Canto

Puerto Rico:

Wilfred Benitez
Wilfredo Gomez
Carlos Ortiz
Cocoa Kid
Macho Camacho

[HaglerSteelChin]

Agree with your Mexico Picks, although you can make a case for Marquez or Morales over Zarate. But Zarate started off with such an incredible record that he can easily be regarded as one of the greatest bantams of all time. He had a loss to Fenech that seem to go to the scorecards prematurely due to a cut and the Pintor fight was close.

For PR, I would take Chapo and Cocoa Kid off and replace them with Samuel Serrano & Esteban Dejesus, or Trinidad despite never being a big fan of Tito.

[NChristo]

No order

Mexico:
Julio Cesar Chavez
Ruben Olivares
Ricardo Lopez
Salvador Sanchez
Vicente Saldivar

Puerto Rico:
Wilfred Benitez
Wilfredo Gomez
Carlos Ortiz
Felix Trinidad
Jose Torres

[Heavy Bag]

(In no particular orders)

Mexico
-Julio Cesar Chavez
-Salvador Sanchez
-Ruben Olivares
-Ricardo Lopez
-Vicente Saldivar

PR
-Wilfredo Gomez
-Wilfredo Benitez
-Carlos Ortiz
-Felix Trinidad
-Edwin Rosario

[Heavy Bag]

Interesting Trinidad dosen't alot of list's? Any particular reasons? Always thought he should most certainly be on a top 5 PR list.....

[Cafe]

1.Carlos Ortiz - one or the greatest Lightweight of all tyme
2.Wilfredo Gomez - the best 122 pounder ever
3.Wilfred Benitez - youngest champion ever, one of the best defensive fighters
4.Jose Basora - Defeated Jake La Motta, and Drew with Sugar Ray Robinson
5.Jose Torres - defeated **** Tiger, great Light Heavyweight
6.Pedro Montanez - boxing historians agree. One of the best fighters to never hold a title
7. Felix Trinidad - great KO, power puncher but one dimensional, 3 divsion champion

thats a rough draft, let me know what you think

[Wild Blue Yonda]

Interesting Trinidad dosen't alot of list's? Any particular reasons? Always thought he should most certainly be on a top 5 PR list.....

I feel just the opposite for Trinidad. I see him make a lot of lists, but I chalk at least some of that up to his fame & branding. To me, watching him, there is no feasible way this fella is the fifth-best fighter the Island has produced or better...its long history is just too rich for that (& if you see some of my posts, both here & in Fantasy Fights, I am usually pretty complimentary of Tito). There were a few names fighting out fifth spot on my list, but I could not reasonably see Trinidad as one of them.

He is one of those fighters who achieved more in their career than their talent alone should've allowed them to do, & you always have to respect that. Trinidad earned an impeccable win streak over many years, won titles in a few divisions, & most impressively, always, always gave 110% to the cause at hand, regardless of the opponent --- but again, his weaknesses & flaws leave him short of this particular Pantheon beyond doubt, IMO.

[Wild Blue Yonda]

1.Carlos Ortiz - one or the greatest Lightweight of all tyme
2.Wilfredo Gomez - the best 122 pounder ever
3.Wilfred Benitez - youngest champion ever, one of the best defensive fighters
4.Jose Basora - Defeated Jake La Motta, and Drew with Sugar Ray Robinson
5.Jose Torres - defeated **** Tiger, great Light Heavyweight
6.Pedro Montanez - boxing historians agree. One of the best fighters to never hold a title
7. Felix Trinidad - great KO, power puncher but one dimensional, 3 divsion champion

thats a rough draft, let me know what you think

Well, you are two over the scheduled limit, & you are lacking a Mexico list, but the names you mentioned are pretty sound.

[Joey Giardello]

Mexico
1 Chavez
2 Olivares
3 Salvador Sanchez
4 Erick Morales
5 Juan Manuel Marquez

Puerto Rico
1 Felix Trinindad
2 Wilfredo Benitez
3 Wilfredo Gomez
4 Carlos Ortiz
5 Edwin Rosairo