Comments Thread For: Don’t Cry for Them – Argentina’s Boxing Resurgence

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Thats an easy answer, we have more records, we actually have triple division champs(six to be exact) with just 42 champs, we have at least one champion in 16 divisions(all 17 counting Ruiz). Those are stats of Puerto Rico.

Individually of course we could mention more.

How will you defend Argentina?

Why do you defend PR when nobody questioned PR's greatness in boxing? To discredit Argentina though is ignorant and not knowing who Bonavena is is a serious lack of fundamental boxing knowledge.

My suggestion is you should do your home work and watch some vid of the man, he was a beast.

Argentina has had some great fighters, no doubt.

[boxingnewsflash]

LMAO Argentinean Boxing... A Joke Right?

for the last 5 years or so, floyd mayweather jr has been the biggest joke and fraud and boxing

[Tomasio]

A lot of people are underestimating Narvaéz when he's actually a VERY GOOD fighter with good boxing skills, conditioning, could take a punch & has a little pop in his punches.. Donaire's height is not gonna be a problem for Narvaéz, since he's fought guys that tall(Rayonta"Sting Ray"Whitfield & Cesar Seda) & beat them easily(1 by KO & 1 by UD)I think it's gonna be the weight..Cause Narvaéz has never fought at this weight & no one knows how weight is gonna affect his skills(speed & movement ect) & add the fact that he's getting his 1st test at batam against a great fighter like Donaire who has very good skills, is very strong at this weight & has a LOT of power.. It should be a very good & interesting fight & even thou Donaire has the advantage, I don't think Narvaéz is gonna be easy..

[LAFIRPO]

Get back to me wen Argentina has more double division champions than Puerto Rico has triple division champs. Its the least Argentina could do.

How bad is argentine boxing when they have to glorify a guy whose best performance was losing to a true champ.:gay:

Haha, we have many boxing champions and boxing is like the 5th or 6th most popular sport. And even with that, we have great champions. Sergio Martinez is a p4p fighter, how many fighters does P.R. have in the p4p list?

Oh sorry, all the P.R.'s asses have been handed to them by Mexicans.

[LAFIRPO]

I know that but right now Im in Argentina and every argentine person tells me Sergio is as argentine as Messi.

Dude was born here, but was made in Spain. Paul Williams was overrated the moment Quintana beat him.

You truly are an idiot. He went to Spain because there were no opportunities for him in Argentina.

Messi went to Spain because Barcelona was willing to give him growth hormones so the kid could grow.

Yet, with all that, Martinez enters the ring with the Argentine flag, and Messi represented Argentina in every national game.

That's called pride. Maybe you would know what pride is if you had a country. But you don't even have that, your country is owned by the good ol USA.

[LAFIRPO]

Ill come back later with vids of their boxers quitting.

You're just some dumb, uneducated, kid, maybe when you're older you'll know a little more, until then, be a good boy and watch Cotto get his has handed to him by Margarito.

As you know, Puerto Rican fighters are fed glass, because that's all they have in their jaw, is glass.

[Greg House]

Just searched, woo hoo lets glorify a guy for getting koed in 15 rounds by Ali

All that hate just because Narvaez beat Cesar Seda?

Don't take it personal, kid. Narvaez was just doing his job, no need to hate on him or his country because of that.

[puga]

A lot of people are underestimating Narvaéz when he's actually a VERY GOOD fighter with good boxing skills, conditioning, could take a punch & has a little pop in his punches.. Donaire's height is not gonna be a problem for Narvaéz, since he's fought guys that tall(Rayonta"Sting Ray"Whitfield & Cesar Seda) & beat them easily(1 by KO & 1 by UD)I think it's gonna be the weight..Cause Narvaéz has never fought at this weight & no one knows how weight is gonna affect his skills(speed & movement ect) & add the fact that he's getting his 1st test at batam against a great fighter like Donaire who has very good skills, is very strong at this weight & has a LOT of power.. It should be a very good & interesting fight & even thou Donaire has the advantage, I don't think Narvaéz is gonna be easy..

omar beat seda easily?....i thought seda won that fight tbh...and urina gave him hell aswell....the problem with narvaez imo is that he is too flatfooted and he squares up when tryin to catch his opponent which imo is a bad thing vs nonito .....the good thing is that he has good overhand punches which works well vs taller fighters ...so we shall see, but my bet is that omar will not last 6 rounds....but then again, stranger things have happened in past...

[Mr. Fantastic]

Damn, Hurricane kid got owned in this thread.

[!! Shawn]

By Thomas Gerbasi - If you weren’t paying attention, you might have thought that New York fans were paying their hard earned money to watch rising star Nonito Donaire shadowbox in the ring alone at the WaMu Theater in Madison Square Garden this Saturday night. That’s how much attention has been paid to his real live opponent, Omar Narvaez, despite the Argentine’s stellar 35-0-2 record and status as a two-division world champion.

In fact, Narvaez has had a title belt strapped around his waist for much of the last nine years, and when he won the WBO flyweight championship by decisioning Adonis Rivas in July of 2002, Donaire was 4-1 as a pro and far removed from his current status as the next Manny Pacquiao and a proud member of the pound-for-pound list.

For “The Filipino Flash,” fight week in New York has been a coming out party, with open media workouts, a visit to the Philippines Consulate, talks regarding Filipino-American History month, and all the trappings that go with being the next big thing.

And that’s probably okay with the 36-year old Narvaez, though we can’t know for sure since he’s been so quiet. Yet the reason why we can deduce his acceptance of his role as the unknown soldier is because Narvaez and his countrymen are pretty used to this deal by now. They come over to the United States for the big fights with amazing records, no US TV appearances, and an anonymity that doesn’t intrigue, but just makes you assume that the record was built up on a steady diet of easy marks and that they’re just coming here to pick up a paycheck, make a killing on the exchange rate back home and go back to business as usual. [Click Here To Read More]

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