Video: Salvador Sanchez Tribute

[Ranger2408]

Bruce Lee is not hyped, the idiots that put Bruce Lee down have no clue what Bruce Lee was. Yea you can say that 2 Pac & Biggie etc. That's show business, it's not boxing, you can't compare the two. I suggest you should go find a collection of Sanchez fights on some DVD or VHS before you think he's overrated.

Bruce Lee is in no way overrated, its just people remember him more because of his tragic and mysterious death, speculation keeps his legend alive, somewhat.

Same with Sanchez, i didnt say he was overrated, i said he could be right, now talk with me like you are an adult.
Give me some fights, have you any idea how hard to get they are? i saw maybe 2.

[morancito]

Sanchez....

A great fighter....but overrated because of his untimely death.
In between his biggest wins....were tough, distance-going fighters who were obliterated by other fighters.
Sanchez barely beat Pat Ford. He won a very close decision over him. The same Pat Ford was brutally dissected & stopped by Eusebio Pedroza.
Pat Cowdell......made Sanchez look ordinary, taking Sal the route. The same Pat Cowdell was knocked unconscious in one round by Azumah Nelson.

Sanchez struggled terribly with guys who didn't play right into his counterpunching hands.
Danny Lopez was so ready to be taken, when Sanchez took him. "Little Red" was the personification of a face-first fighter.
Wilfredo Gomez ? A great win for Sal....but let's remember that all of Gomez's great work was done at 122.
Nelson was a 13-fight substitute when he gave Sanchez all he could handle. A more seasoned, mature Nelson would have defeated Sanchez.

Chavez.....dominated 130, before a struggle to make weight forced him to rise.
So...what did this "fraud" do ? He went up to 135, where he completely destroyed Edwin Rosario. All Rosario was at the time....was a conscensus top 5 lb4lber, & arguably the sport's biggest hitter. Chavez gave him one of history's worst beatings.

Chavez moved up to 140....& engaged in a classic battle with the sport's second-best fighter, Meldrick Taylor. Yeah.....he moved up & did this.
The fight was controversial, indeed. But, it was incredibly well fought.
How would have Sanchez done if he moved to 130 & fought a 130lb version of Meldrick Taylor ? He'd have lost, considering he struggled with guys half as talented as Meldrick, down at 126.
Chavez lost to Whitaker. Pernell Whitaker is one of the greatest fighters ever, & is considered one of the best pure boxers of all time.


I'm not telling you Sanchez was not great. He was. But, his death, & the fact that so many on here weren't around while he was champ, has lead many to completely overrate him.

Chavez won three titles.....& fought the best competition out there. Call him a "fraud" ? Anyone who does so, is a fraud of a fight fan.

Here's the thing: Sal always used to box down to the level of the fighter in turn. That's why he always seemed to have problems with lesser opposition, and stand up to the ocassion when he had to fight greats, like Gomez and Nelson, or very goods, like Laporte or Lil Red. That used to annoy the **** out of his trainer and most of his fans.

Still, you won't find too many boxers with that kind of resume before their 24th birthday.

I do think Chava is the best fighter this land has ever produced, with Chavez a very close second. JCC's curriculum is by far the best, that's for sure.