Greatest Featherwight?

[The Noose]

I won't argue against anyone who pick Pep or Saddler or Armstrong or Eusebio Pedroza (whose name is not on the poll even though he had the most title defenses at Featherweight in the entire history of the division) or.... Different strokes for different folks, really.

As for me, I'll stubbornly stick with Chava, if you guys don't mind.

Ur right. I thought about having him as an option, but believed no one would have picked him.

My apologies to him and his family.

[Rockin']

Eusebio Pedroza was coming to our gym for a week or two at Galaxy. That guy was tough and skilled. He was older but you could still see the greatness and fluid movements is his work. It was an honor to me to work beside him. When I first got really interested in boxing I watched Barry McGuigan beat an older version of Pedroza on the television.

Rockin'

[grayfist]

Ur right. I thought about having him as an option, but believed no one would have picked him.

My apologies to him and his family.

Sorry for responding to this post rather late, Bobby.

Yeah. Sad though that not too many appear to remember El Alacran. 19 consecutive title defenses, a division record that still stands and, it seems, shall stand for quite a long time. He failed to unite the then existing belts (WBA and WBC), though. The matches craved were between him and Salvador Sanchez in the early 80's and vs. Azumah Nelson towards the mid-80s. They blamed Pedroza for not taking on these two--unfairly, I think.

Defended against another Hall of Famer Ruben Olivares (TKO12), Royal Kobayashi, Rocky Lockridge (2x) among others.

His passport was crowded as he was not averse to defending his title in the hometowns of his challengers (vs. Spider Nemoto and Kobayashi in Japan, Sa Wang Kim in Korea, Johnny Aba in New Guinea, Carlos Pingago and Angel Levi Mayor in Venezuela and Kiko Solis in San Juan, Puerto Rico....among others.

I think, when evelauting Pedroza, some view his record as having been tainted by his early KO (2) in the hands of Alfonso Zamora in his first try at a world strap (WBA Bantamweight). He had one other loss as a Bantamweight too, to Alfonso Perez. But, they seem to overlook one fact: Pedroza lost only once (to Barry McGuigan) as a Featherweight. He moved to Jr. Light and Light after losing to McGuigan where he had 5 more fights, three of which he won, before calling it a day.

[grayfist]

Eusebio Pedroza was coming to our gym for a week or two at Galaxy. That guy was tough and skilled. He was older but you could still see the greatness and fluid movements is his work. It was an honor to me to work beside him. When I first got really interested in boxing I watched Barry McGuigan beat an older version of Pedroza on the television.

Rockin'

You.'re lucky to have walked with a HERO, Rockin' One who is a true blue boxing rolyalty.

[JOM'S]

don't know much about pep, sandler and armstrong, but i have seen their names topping polls for the best all-time FW ...

but to those I have seen, one of my all time favorites Arguello maybe is a better candidate for best SFW ... and at feather I will stick with Salvador Sanchez...

[Rockin']

You.'re lucky to have walked with a HERO, Rockin' One who is a true blue boxing rolyalty.

It was a cool experience, that whole gym was. But Pedroza stands out.

Can you name the Former Featherweight Champion whole holds the record for title defenses with the IBF belt that bought the gym from Jackie Kallen when she got out.

Rockin'

[grayfist]

It was a cool experience, that whole gym was. But Pedroze stands out.

Rockin'

I'm sure it was and I'm sure he did. Kings always do, more so a king who reigned so long. I can only hope that late as I am getting in life and remote as the chances are, I still can find myself in something similar.

[Papa Ace]

1. damn no morales mention???
2. where's johnny right now? any news?
3. pac beats morales and barrera again he should be there top 3 the very least.

[grayfist]

It was a cool experience, that whole gym was. But Pedroza stands out.

Can you name the Former Featherweight Champion whole holds the record for title defenses with the IBF belt that bought the gym from Jackie Kallen when she got out.

Rockin'

Caught the edit just in time. Are we lookin at BOOM BOOM? Tom Johnson?

[Rockin']

1. damn no morales mention???
2. where's johnny right now? any news?
3. pac beats morales and barrera again he should be there top 3 the very least.

Were talking kings here. Those guys are all really good but................

Rockin'