Puerto Rico vs. Mexico

[NAPO]

****ing great countries, however i do think mexico's best fighters were better than puerto rico's...but thats just my opinion....

its just something that were just going to go back and forth jeje trust me man if u go to da spanish boxing forums is like more than 5,000 post on a thread like this.

mexico's best were on the lower weight classes puerto rico's best in all weight classes.

like i said back and forth discussion it would never end.

[snoopy360]

I'm Puerto Rican and I'll tell straight up I love both countries (had some great times in mexico). Boxing for us is a matter of pride for us as well as mexicans. They don't just represent themselves like Mayweather does (not bashing just stating a fact), they fight for their country, their legacy and finally for money. They fight knowing that the pride of their country is at stake and thats why Puerto Ricans and Mexicans have so many great champions. I could careless who has the most champions, what I do care about is that everytime one of ours or one of theirs steps in the ring, I'm gonna see a fight fought with heart, will and determination. Thats all I care about, if they guy isn't the most skilled boxer but can dominate because of his heart then I give him credit. i.e. Mayorga (I know he's not mexican) vs. Vernon Forest, Forest stylistically should have put Mayo in a coma but couldn't do it.

[onetwopunch]

Both Mexico and Puerto Rico have produced great champions/fighters/hall of famers in the sport. Regardless of who has the edge in championships etc..they are both forces in boxing..and the best of PR vs the best of Mex could go either way..there is no clear cut winner here. Mexico has produced more and thats understandable becuase Mexico is larger and has a larger population than PR.

[Luisr]

When ever this subject comes up, those favoring Mexico will bring up Sanchez, Chavez, Cuevas and maybe one or two others, but that's it. They have no one else. In Mexican vs Puerto Rican fights, the Puerto Rican usually wins. Don't take my word, check the records.
Also, when the Mexican loses, they say it was an offnight, but when the Puerto Rican loses, it's an excuse. Tito fouled Vargas and that is why Vargas lost, right? Gomez hit Zarate on the floor and that is why he lost, right? Did the best Sanchez face the best Gomez? There was a tv report done on that fight, previous to the fight, in which Gomez was shown to be going through the motions, and when the reporter asked him why he was taking it so easy, and pointing out that Sanchez was training hard for Wilfredo Gomez, but Gomez appeared not to be training for Sanchez, he responded that Sanchez had never fought anyone of note, and that Little Red Lopez was a sitting duck before the fight started. Mr Wilfredo Gomez would be a different fight altogether. Was he ****y? Of course he was, anyone scoring 32 kos in a row would be ****y. Was he right to overlook Sal? No, no opponent should be overlooked. Was this fight, as one sided as many make it out to be? No, they need to sit down and watch it again. In that first round, and early into the second, Gomez took a beating and a half, but after that the fight became very competitive (check the scorecards), with Gomez the aggressor throughout. He lost badly, but one has to wonder how he would have done, had he trained properly, and as dedicated as Sanchez had. In a rematch it would have been the best Sanchez vs the best Gomez.
The Chavez-Camacho is another fight that could have it's questions. We all know the type of fighter Camacho was before he faced Rosario, was not the same one that faced Chavez. Before Rosario he was an in your face aggressive type, but after that fight he became a safety first, runner type. The very thing that should have built up his confidence (being staggerred and almost taken out, twice, rds 9 & 11) and surviving, without being dropped, robbed him of all confidence. He was never the same fighter again.
Mexicans like to say that Puerto Ricans talk too much, but they forget how their people and media use words freely, that in their culture are meaningless, but in the Puerto Ricans insulting. I know, I use to buy their "Ring Mundial" and other boxing books and newspapers, and I use to be shocked at how easily they used these terms against Gomez for almost 2 years, until the fight with Zarate was held. I recently saw a documentery on Sanchez and in it, Gomez was put down, as though he were a member of the bum of the month club. This was much after the fact, years after Sal's death, yet they still refer to Gomez in bad terms. They overlook the fact that Gomez has been one of the few fighters, who goes to Mexico practically, if not, every year, to memoralize Sanchez.
One thing is for sure, whenever you have a Puerto Rican facing a Mexican, there will be more than their records or titles at stake.