If Salvador Sanchez never died.....

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Element of surprise? Nelson was an inexperianced 13-0 when he challenged Sanchez. He was ahead on the scorecards when he was stopped in the 15th and final round. The next few fights Nelson improved dramatically.

Element of surprise meaning that Nelson was a late replacement on short notice, and sanchez probably didnt take him to seriously,,, Nobody expected a young inexperienced guy like nelson to give hell to sanchez,,, Hence why i said it was a Element of Surprised,, Were you not surprised by his competitiveness, or did you know beforehand that azumah was that good,, No one knew who Nelson was,, I dont see how you can say he didnt have the Element of surprise, when nobody knew he was

[just the facts]

Element of surprise? Nelson was an inexperianced 13-0 when he challenged Sanchez. He was ahead on the scorecards when he was stopped in the 15th and final round. The next few fights Nelson improved dramatically.

Nelson wasn't ahead going into the 15th, Nelson did indeed improve but I think Sanchez would have always beaten him and that says a lot

[RubenSonny]

Literally everything was stacked against Nelson and people are making excuses for Sanchez

[just the facts]

Literally everything was stacked against Nelson and people are making excuses for Sanchez

excuses? Sanchez was far enough ahead that Nelson needed a KO in the 15th to win, but it was Sanchez who got the KO. It was a great fight

[ShoulderRoll]

Sanchez wouldn't even fight the next best fighter in his weight class....

Who are you referring to?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Who are you referring to?

Yeah, i was wondering that as well,,, I hope he answers back, because i have no clue who he could be talking about

[Scott9945]

Who are you referring to?

My guess would be Eusebio Pedroza. He had a good run as the WBA champion at the same time.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

My guess would be Eusebio Pedroza. He had a good run as the WBA champion at the same time.

Ok, thanks,, that makes sense,, I didnt watch back then so hard for me to know who was hot and who was not.....

I dont think sanchez ducked him,,, just that he died before any big fights could get made,,

a pedroza-sanchez fight would have been a barn burner, and someone would have gotten stopped

[Scott9945]

Ok, thanks,, that makes sense,, I didnt watch back then so hard for me to know who was hot and who was not.....

I dont think sanchez ducked him,,, just that he died before any big fights could get made,,

a pedroza-sanchez fight would have been a barn burner, and someone would have gotten stopped

I wouldn't accuse Sanchez of ducking. People often forget that fighters don't make fights, promoters and TV networks do. If the right offer came along the fight would have happened. The problem with unifying titles is that both parties are used to getting the bigger share of the purse. And there is no math to make that work.

[just the facts]

Ok, thanks,, that makes sense,, I didnt watch back then so hard for me to know who was hot and who was not.....

I dont think sanchez ducked him,,, just that he died before any big fights could get made,,

a pedroza-sanchez fight would have been a barn burner, and someone would have gotten stopped

Not many who were around would have picked Pedroza to win. So much so nobody ever claims Sanchez ducked him