Salvador Sánchez?

[powerpuncher]

I’ve watched multiple of his fights and know somewhat about him, but what kinds of criticism would he receive? I haven’t dug into his career and background that much.

From what I’ve seen, he had beaten multiple HOF fighters and was still very young by the time he died. I don’t know enough about him to know who he avoided or which part of their prime all of his opponents were in.

There is nothing from his fights to criticize. But 80/81/82 is the only time he fought top guys. 2 HOFers. It’s a small sample size. That’s kind of my point though, it’s a lot of eye test because his career was cut short. Yet we see many say he “would” have been the best. We don’t see much “might” have been the best. I generally think the “would” have is right. But would we give him that or would we say it was too short?

Getting his career cut short could have been better for his legacy but maybe he could have become one of the best. I think that a lot of young fighters that achieve great feats end up having short careers. If he would have fought and lost to a few great fighters in his next few fights, then he would just be known as a good fighter who was just a step below great. However, we can never really know.