Los Mejores: The Greatest Fighters in Mexican History

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Whether you’re a Barrera or a Morales fan, you have to concede to the fact that with his masterful performance the other night, Marco has to be considered the over all victor of their epic three fight trilogy. I mean Barrera entered the fight more than a two to one underdog, he was fighting at a weight that was better suited for Morales, and he had been previously knocked out the last time he faced a fighter who wasn’t a prohibitive underdog. Still Barrera’s crisp combinations and faster hands made him the clear winner. Even though the fight was hotly contested, Morales’s face told the whole story. He looked beat up and tired while Marco looked fresh and elated. Even though it’s really too early to tell how we should evaluate the overall greatness of these two fighters, I’m going to rank the greatest fighters in the history of Mexico and somehow try to place Morales and Barrera on the list by evaluating their careers up to this point. Remember, the fighters have to be born in Mexico. Boxers like Jose Napoles and Oscar De La Hoya don’t count because they weren’t born in Mexico.

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I'd rank Cuevas ahead of Gonzalez, RMarquez and Ramirez, then Lupe ahead of Jorge. These are just some of the vertical movements I'd recommend. There are a few others...

I don't share the reluctance of putting Sanchez at second if Julio must be put at first. The consistent quality of Sanchez's victims, relatively a short list as it is, offsets the length of the other fighters' lists, ecclipsing majority of the names contained in JC's. A case can even be made for putting Salvador on top, although, I am not about to do that here at this time.