As others have mentioned, his longevity and successes in multiple weight classes, he also beat some very good fighters in his prime, of course there will be some tomato cans in there if a fighter is fighting once every couple of months, can't expect him to fight top tier opposition every time out.
Sanchez had better ability and technique though and probably would have been greater than Chavez had he not died.
I posted this in another thread about "the greatest mexican fighter of all-time".
Chavez is. Sanchez didn't have the longevity, obviously a tragic situation and through no fault of his own.
This tomato can **** (regarding Chavez) is ****ing tired. The man fought more championship rounds than 99% of these other great fighters. I believe he lost to Whitaker and technically should have lost his first fight with Mel Taylor, but the man was still an incredible fighter.
For real though, spaced out over 25 years and three weight classes, that's absurd. Those are all quality wins. He only fought the best win/lose/draw. Dude stepped into the ring with everyone I mentioned plus Oscar, Tszyu and Pea. JC Superstar is a legend...nobody will ever approach a record of 107-6-2 again...not fighting the types of fighter he fought anyway.
As for the topic at hand, I consider these guys the 10 best ever:
Those who rate JCC higher will obviously claim that it's largely due to just length of career.
Well, that goes without saying. You can't rate a fighter on potential alone. There are many, many fighters whose potential was staggering but never actually made the accomplishments of someone like JCC. Like it or not, he was a stunningly brilliant fighter and anyone who says crap about him fighting terrible fighters has absolutely no idea what they're talking about. He's probably fought close to the greatest amount of title fights and against great champions together.
If you actually look properly at his record and who he fought, it really is quite amazing. Think of him as a bum all you want but when he is beating the fighters he beat, there is not much you can say. It's very rare to find a fighters that fought and beat as many great champions as he did.
I posted this in another thread about "the greatest mexican fighter of all-time".
Chavez is. Sanchez didn't have the longevity, obviously a tragic situation and through no fault of his own.
This tomato can **** (regarding Chavez) is ****ing tired. The man fought more championship rounds than 99% of these other great fighters. I believe he lost to Whitaker and technically should have lost his first fight with Mel Taylor, but the man was still an incredible fighter.
For real though, spaced out over 25 years and three weight classes, that's absurd. Those are all quality wins. He only fought the best win/lose/draw. Dude stepped into the ring with everyone I mentioned plus Oscar, Tszyu and Pea. JC Superstar is a legend...nobody will ever approach a record of 107-6-2 again...not fighting the types of fighter he fought anyway.
As for the topic at hand, I consider these guys the 10 best ever:
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