Greatest Mexican fighter of all time

[Hydro]

That was Zamoras father if I remember correctly. That fight ruined Zamora for good.

No, not at the end of the fight. When that fan came to the ring early in round 1 and he was dragged out.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Zarate-Zamora was one hell of a fight, Carlos Zarate was at worst the second best bantam ever. I forgot about Saldivar completely he was a damn good Southpaw and his two losses to Jofre shouldn't hurt him too badly. Another guy who was around at the wrong time but was a vicious puncher and didn't get a title shot till late in his career is Jesus "Little Poison" Pimental. You should add Yaqui Lopez to that long list and probably tough guys like Rafael Herrara and Chucho Castillo. Napoles was a cuban who fought out of Mexico though. If he was Mexican he would be close to top 5 caliber.

I didnt know that about Napoles, thanks learn something new everyday

[adietheforestfa]

Vincente Saldivar was pretty handy.

[GranTorino]

Are you kidding me? There's no question. JCC won 90 straight fights.

[PBDS]

.....I got Salvador in this one, and IMO it's not even close.

[Hydro]

.....I got Salvador in this one, and IMO it's not even close.

Please.

Chavez was a world champ who was on the p4p list for nearly a decade, beating world champs from 130 to 140.

[CletusVanDamme]

Although after originally picking Sanchez I just watched Latin Legends again and I am now voting for Chavez. I am not sure if Sanchez could have dominated at Lightweight like he did at Feather. Chavez is one of the only fighters I have ever seen get better after he rose a couple of weight classes.

[-Hyperion-]

anyone who has seen finito fight more than 5 times know he is the best is like a mini super much more skilled, fast accurate........JMM

Sanchez was great but his legacy is not what it couldve been....

jcc i love the man, my father told me evrything about him, as im mexican(really mexican), but ive seen his fight and he pretty much was an unstoppable warrior that could be outboxed easily and his record is extremily padded...thats why i rank morales and barrera higher...

olivares is just behind them(asi ve really only seen like 5 fights of him), but really you could make an argument about those 6 to be the GMFOAT.

[Chups]

1. Sal Sanchez
2. JCC
3. Finito

[Hydro]

jcc i love the man, my father told me evrything about him, as im mexican(really mexican), but ive seen his fight and he pretty much was an unstoppable warrior that could be outboxed easily and his record is extremily padded...thats why i rank morales and barrera higher...

The only guy who outboxed him in his prime was Taylor, and even he did more trading at close quarters than most guys who "outbox" guys. Whitaker outboxed Chavez when both guys were 2 divisions or so above their best weight....who didn't Whitaker outbox?

The guys who gave Chavez the most trouble were the ones who stood their ground and traded with controlled aggression. Taylor did it for most of their fight, Randall did it, even Whitaker outmuscled Chavez and backed him up at times.

The guys who tried to outbox Chavez and use the ring and movement, Chavez cut off the ring and punished.