Red at the time was considered unbeatable due to his crippling one punch KO power. Sanchez put on one of boxing best defensive counterpunching displays to break Red down and stop him.
Old left hook shows his ineptitude! Sanchez died a young man. Leonard completed his career in its entirety. Impossible to compare the two except to say that Sanchez had he lived would have probably built one heck of a resume.
--- Sal has the better title and career record. You could look it up, but sounds like given the usual ineptitude of boxing fans, that'd be mostly fruitless.
I'm an old dude, many of you guys know me. Sal is my number 1 ATG. As a high school student, when my uncles who made me box told me he died, I was devestated... I didn't believe it was possible that an iron chinned Mexican warrior could die in a car crash... I'm Jew..... I sat shiva... I wept...
How good was S Sanchez?
I think he would suffer greatly from the shortened rounds, and proliferation of PEDs. But I would only pick Lomachenko to be his obvious master. But Lomachenko is one of the absolute greatest fighters of all time, bar none.
I honestly think against Rigo it's a "pick 'em". Sal didn't like guys who didn't come to meet him. He also was too comfortable taking punches, and would be meeting someone who could match/exceed Little Red's ability to melt faces.
Other than that he cleans up shop even more convincingly than he did in his own era. Loma and Rigo are the only guys who would really make him look human.
The dude was insanely talented, and every performance was aesthetic masterpiece.
I think he would suffer greatly from the shortened rounds, and proliferation of PEDs. But I would only pick Lomachenko to be his obvious master. But Lomachenko is one of the absolute greatest fighters of all time, bar none.
I honestly think against Rigo it's a "pick 'em". Sal didn't like guys who didn't come to meet him. He also was too comfortable taking punches, and would be meeting someone who could match/exceed Little Red's ability to melt faces.
Other than that he cleans up shop even more convincingly than he did in his own era. Loma and Rigo are the only guys who would really make him look human.
The dude was insanely talented, and every performance was aesthetic masterpiece.
Lima Vs Sanchez occupies my thoughts when I zone out on the train. Sal is my all time favorite fighter.
My uncles were expecting a Lopez to get hit, cut and dropped, but they were certain Lil Red was going to win by late stoppage. Sanchez was precise and crisp . Great fight.
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