Little guy appreciation thread

[Santa_]

2005 Fight Of The Year.

[Santa_]

No chance IMO. I don’t think he’ll even make it onto the ballot. There’s so many fighters not even on the ballot that were better than him. I liked him but he’s not getting close.

Bookmarked thread.

Will bump when Arce gets in with highest honors.

[BLASTER1]

I don't pay much attention to anything lower than 130.
I know they all have extremely good technique and skills but we're is the power.
I don't get excited to see small guys standing in front of each other throwing 100 punches. Lol.
Maybe I'm wrong and should give these dudes more respect.

[Boxing_1013]

My favorite division of all-time is quite possibly bantamweight. Here’s a list of fights and fighters I would highly recommend that are super bantamweight and below :-

Eder Jofre - One of the most complete and perfect boxers in history.

Ruben Olivares - If Matthew Saad Muhammad isn’t the most entertaining fighter in history he is

Wilfredo Gomez
Carlos Zarate
Fighting Harada
Masao Ohba - Japan’s Salvador Sanchez died at 23 in his prime
Ricardo Lopez
Mark Johnson
Yuri Arbachakov
Hiroyuki Ebihara
Chang Jung-Koo
Rafael Marquez
Israel Vazquez
Jose Medel
Rafael Herrera
Chucho Castillo
Gilberto Roman
Johnny Tapia
Daniel Zaragoza - not a big hitter or graceful boxer but had so many great fights
Jeff Fenech

Here’s about 20-30 fights I think are must watch for any boxing fan :-

Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor
Eder Jofre vs. Jose Medel I
Eder Jofre vs. Fighting Harada I & II
Ruben Olivares vs. Chucho Castillo I & II
Ruben Olivares vs. Katsuyoshi Kanazawa II
Rafael Herrera vs. Venice Borkhorsor
Fighting Harada vs. Jose Medel I & II
Masao Ohba vs. Chartchai Chionoi
Masao Ohba vs. Betulio Gonzalez
Wilfredo Gomez vs. Carlos Zarate
Carlos Zarate vs. Alfonso Zamora
Rafael Marquez vs. Israel Vazquez I, II & III
Rafael Marquez vs. Mark Johnson I
Daniel Zaragoza vs. Paul Banke I & II
Daniel Zaragoza vs. Wayne McCollough
Gilberto Roman vs. Jiro Watanabe
Gilberto Roman vs. Santos Laciar I, II & III
Humberto Gonzalez vs. Michael Carbajal I
Humberto Gonzalez vs. Saman Sorjaturong
Johnny Tapia vs. Paulie Ayala I
Jose Medel vs. Jesus Pimentel
Somsak Sithchatchaw vs. Mayar Monssipour

Thanks man very good post - I know you are a boxing historian of sorts so I appreciate it.

[chrisJS]

I don't pay much attention to anything lower than 130.
I know they all have extremely good technique and skills but we're is the power.
I don't get excited to see small guys standing in front of each other throwing 100 punches. Lol.
Maybe I'm wrong and should give these dudes more respect.

Watch Olivares, Gomez, Zarate, Zamora, Jofre and you’ll see power. Pimentel, Medel, Inoue also some serious lights out punchers. There’s plenty.

[chrisJS]

Thanks man very good post - I know you are a boxing historian of sorts so I appreciate it.

Thanks for the kind words and you are welcome. If you are going to start anywhere with this list I’d go Olivares-Kanazawa II, Gomez-Pintor. These will blow you away. Both in my top 10 favorite all-time fights.

[Thraxox]

I don't pay much attention to anything lower than 130.
I know they all have extremely good technique and skills but we're is the power.
I don't get excited to see small guys standing in front of each other throwing 100 punches. Lol.
Maybe I'm wrong and should give these dudes more respect.

Watch Sor Rungvisai vs Roman Gonzalez or Inoue vs Nevete, you'll see absolute power.

[Boxing_1013]

Thanks for the kind words and you are welcome. If you are going to start anywhere with this list I’d go Olivares-Kanazawa II, Gomez-Pintor. These will blow you away. Both in my top 10 favorite all-time fights.

Thanks again my friend. Almost always enjoy seeing your posts - which is high praise for this site!!! Lol.

[Boxing_1013]

Watch Sor Rungvisai vs Roman Gonzalez or Inoue vs Nevete, you'll see absolute power.

That Rungvisai Gonzalez 1 fight was awesome.

[CauliflowerEars]

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My favorite division of all-time is quite possibly bantamweight. Here’s a list of fights and fighters I would highly recommend that are super bantamweight and below :-

Eder Jofre - One of the most complete and perfect boxers in history.

Ruben Olivares - If Matthew Saad Muhammad isn’t the most entertaining fighter in history he is

Do you recall a little guy, mid to late 80's, very thin,Hispanic probably, had long hair like a rat tail-short on sides, --- used to fight real real low, like bent completely over and throw punches from like this bent over position. He had a lot of movement and was difficult to hit. Pretty positive he was below Welterweight, below 130 most likely.
Any recollection ??? No names on your list are ringing a bell. Driving me crazy, a little.
Thanks.