Greatest Cuban Boxers of all time

[JazMerkin]

The Ring Magazine has a list of the 10 greatest professional Cubans, here it is:


1. Kid Gavilan (108-30-5, 28 KOs; 1943-5: Known best for “bolo” punch but beat slew of Hall of Famers.

2. Kid Chocolate (136-10-6, 51 KOs; 1927-3: The first great Cuban champion had it all.

3. Luis Rodriguez (107-13, 49 KOs; 1956-72): The master boxer gave Emile Griffith all he could handle in four fights.

4. Jose Napoles (79-7, 55 KOs; 1958-75): One of the most-dominating and complete fighters of the ‘60s.

5. Sugar Ramos (55-7-4, 40 KOs; 1957-72): Two-time featherweight champion could box and punch.

6. Florentino Fernandez (50-16-1, 43 KOs; 1956-72): Biggest punching Cuban of all-time.

7. Joel Casamayor (36-4-1, 22 KOs; 1996-present): Quietly, but capably built what could be Hall of Famer career.

8. Jose Legra (134-12-4, 49 KOs; 1960-75: Two-time featherweight champion built record primarily in Spain.

9. Benny Paret (35-12-3, 10 KOs; 1954-62): Beat Emile Griffith to win welterweight title but died in third of three meetings with Griffith.

10. Kid Tunero (97-32-16, 37 KOs; 1929-4: Beat such big-name fighters as Ezzard Charles, Ken Overlin and Holman Williams.

I was thinking who would your top ten be from BOTH professional & amateur ranks?

[JazMerkin]

My own list is

1. Teofilo Stevenson

2. Kid Gavilan

3. Luis Rodriguez

4. Mario Kindelan

5. Kid Chocolate

6. Felix Savon

7. Jose Napoles

8. Joel Casamayor

9. Ariel Hernandez

10. Sugar Ramos

[El Kabong]

There is no freaking way Stevenson is better than Gavilan!!!! At least Kid fought in the PROS!!!!


I agree with the first list....but Savon and Stevenson belong on the list.


People think Savon and Stevenson would be great pros just because they were great amateurs but hell Jorge Luis Gonzales was 6'7 and an awesome amateur fighter, he beat Riddick Bowe AND Lennox Lewis in the amateurs and then went on to be a pro and went 31 (27 KO)- 8 and 7 losses by KO, some of his good losses came at the hands of the all-time greats Cliff Couser, Derek Bryant, Michael Grant, and Ross Purrity.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Jose Napoles

[holmcall]

Jose Napoles

Good call

[El Kabong]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imPJLHLt5EM

[JazMerkin]

There is no freaking way Stevenson is better than Gavilan!!!! At least Kid fought in the PROS!!!!


I agree with the first list....but Savon and Stevenson belong on the list.


People think Savon and Stevenson would be great pros just because they were great amateurs but hell Jorge Luis Gonzales was 6'7 and an awesome amateur fighter, he beat Riddick Bowe AND Lennox Lewis in the amateurs and then went on to be a pro and went 31 (27 KO)- 8 and 7 losses by KO, some of his good losses came at the hands of the all-time greats Cliff Couser, Derek Bryant, Michael Grant, and Ross Purrity.

I've seen more of Stevenson than Gavilan, and from what I saw I thought he was marginally better, although obviously its quite subjective because of the difference in amateur & professional class. Also I think the amateurs I have included were guys who would have been very successful professionals

[Ernesto]

There is no freaking way Stevenson is better than Gavilan!!!! At least Kid fought in the PROS!!!!


I agree with the first list....but Savon and Stevenson belong on the list.


People think Savon and Stevenson would be great pros just because they were great amateurs but hell Jorge Luis Gonzales was 6'7 and an awesome amateur fighter, he beat Riddick Bowe AND Lennox Lewis in the amateurs and then went on to be a pro and went 31 (27 KO)- 8 and 7 losses by KO, some of his good losses came at the hands of the all-time greats Cliff Couser, Derek Bryant, Michael Grant, and Ross Purrity.

I've seen more of Stevenson than Gavilan, and from what I saw I thought he was marginally better, although obviously its quite subjective because of the difference in amateur & professional class. Also I think the amateurs I have included were guys who would have been very successful professionals

I know that ! because Gaviilan had more heart and balls than Stevenson ,he was also better boxing
Stevenson had only one big problem : he was a coward

[CutMeMick]

I would have it the same minus Tunero since I'm not familiar with him...
Instead of him I'd have Isaac Logart.

[Violent Demise]

It's gotta be Kid Gavilan at #1.

Yeah. Casamayor second