Thread: The 5 best Mexican fighters ever

http://www.eastsideboxing.com/news.php?p=11974&more=1

Nice read,nice list.

If you are not going to read it(I recommend you see the their more in depth list),it reads:

5. MAB

4. Salvado Sanchez

3. Erik Morales

2. Ricardo Lopez

1. JCC

What would your top 5 look like? Surely they should have Rocky Juarez on the list?

Not in any order

JCC
Salvador Sanchez
Ruben Olivares
Ricardo Lopez
Carlos Zarate

Honourable Mentions

Erik Morales
MAB

In no order

MAB

Morales

JCC

Zaragoza

Sanchez

Morales baby! Number ONE!!!! Whoo - Hooo!!!!! Yeahh!!!!!!!!!

Zarate had an awesome awesome record but what were his biggest fights?Probably Pintor and Gomez,he lost both. I don't know much about Batista or Zamora,who were both unbeaten when Zarate beat them. He was good,awesome power but not as good as the rest imo.

Good call on Olivares.

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

In no order

MAB

Morales

JCC

Zaragoza

Sanchez

No list is complete without Lopez.

Originally Posted by Gyrokai

Morales baby! Number ONE!!!! Whoo - Hooo!!!!! Yeahh!!!!!!!!!

I honestly havent seen enough of lopez to judge..

I know of his fights, have seen highlights and a couple of full fights and i aint no authority on mexican boxing history.. I couldnt stick him in because i had to do my list off of my own opinion and knowledge and i couldnt/wouldnt bs people by acting like i knew how great he either is or is percieved to be..

Originally Posted by El Gamo

Zarate had an awesome awesome record but what were his biggest fights?Probably Pintor and Gomez,he lost both. I don't know much about Batista or Zamora,who were both unbeaten when Zarate beat them. He was good,awesome power but not as good as the rest imo.

Good call on Olivares.

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

In no order

MAB

Morales

JCC

Zaragoza

Sanchez

No list is complete without Lopez.

Originally Posted by Gyrokai

Morales baby! Number ONE!!!! Whoo - Hooo!!!!! Yeahh!!!!!!!!!

Maybe your right Gamo but i love Zarate as fighter had to put him in there will be interesting when CutMeMick sees this thread he knows alot about Mexican boxers his list will be interesting.

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

I honestly havent seen enough of lopez to judge..

I know of his fights, have seen highlights and a couple of full fights and i aint no authority on mexican boxing history.. I couldnt stick him in because i had to do my list off of my own opinion and knowledge and i couldnt/wouldnt bs people by acting like i knew how great he either is or is percieved to be..

Nice,good to see honesty. I highly recommend you see his fights with Rosendo Alvarez,some of the best boxing matches I've ever seen.

Fair enough ICE,I was basing it more on accomplishments but if you are talking about excitement then sure Zarate may be in there somewhere. Which fights have you seen?

The Morales-Barrera debates is one of those great boxing debates that doesn't have a right or wrong answer.

Of course, if Barrera pulls off an unbelievable upset over Pacquiao, that all changes...

1) Salvador Sanchez

2) Ruben Olivares

3) Julio Cesar Chavez

4) Ricardo Lopez

5) Carlos Zarate

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

In no order

MAB

Morales

JCC

Zaragoza

Sanchez

Zaragoza was a good fighter. But I wouldn't call him great. There are several Mexican fighters I would include before Zaragoza

Ricardo Lopez
Juan Manuel Marquez
Rafael Marquez
Jose Luis Ramirez
Miguel Angel Gonzalez
Manuel Medina
Jorge Paez

And those are just a few I can think of

Originally Posted by Tito_BHB

In no order

MAB

Morales

JCC

Zaragoza

Sanchez

Zaragoza was in my top 10, along with Saldivar they were close but just missed out.
Good call on him though!

I'm only going with fighters I've seen, so 1980 to present....

1. JC Chavez
2. Erik Morales
3. Salvador Sanchez
4. Ricardo Lopez
5. Marco Antonio Barerra

this is my list which is the best and accurate list ofcourse

1)JCc

2)
a.Eric-
b.Mab

3)Lopez

4)JMM

5)Rafa-IsreaL

I have eric and marco 2a and 2b because they are nearly identical, but I have to give a slight edge to eric because he knock out a guy who own marco twice(junior jones) then he u.d a guy who slaughtered marco(pacquioa)

I have Rafeal and Isreal tied at 5th because they are 1-1 at this moment. After the trilogy I believe Isreal is going to show the world how great he is young age of 28.

JCC and Lopez is self-explainatory

Jmm at 4th because his like a combination of eric and marco but lacks the dominant brawler eric and marco can switch gear to.

Can never get tired of doing a list... Right BIG H?

Heres my top Mexican Fighters:
1. JCC
2. 'Finito' Lopez
3. Olivares
4. Sanchez
5. Roman
6. Erik
7. Marco
8. Pintor
9. Zarate
10. Zaragoza