70 Greatest Mexican Fighters Ever

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One of the hardest lists to come up with in Boxing is a Greatest Mexican fighters ever list. The top 5 ain't to hard. In a Top 10 you already start seeing a difference of opinion. Top 20 and you already looking at a bunch of different lists. Mexico's has had so many great fighters that it's pretty hard for a fan with good knowledge to accurately rank them. Truth be told not everybody should be allowed to make a list. Cuz it's that hard. Even a expert will find it challenging. Good thing for y'all muthafukkas here, The Boxing encyclopedia Violent D himself frequents these boards. And he works the graveyard shift where 4 out of the 8 hours at work he literally don't do shit. So he gifts you guys the top 70 Greatest Mexican Fighters list ever. I could of gone to a 150 on this. So yes there are some fighters that were left out. But I stand by my choices and it's the closet to accurate list you can possibly get. Anybody that disagrees is free to give there reason why. Anybody that disagrees just to disagree can go fuck themselves.

1. Ruben Olivares
2. Julio Cesar Chavez
3. Ricardo Lopez
4. Juan Manuel Márquez
5. Baby Arizmendi
6. Miguel Canto
7. Erik Morales
8. Carlos Zarate
9. Vicente Saldivar
10. Salvador Sanchez
11. Carlos Palomino
12. Marco Antonio Barrera
13. Rafael Marquez
14. Chalky Wright
15. Fernando Montiel
16. Humberto Gonzalez
17. Gilberto Roman
18. Daniel Zaragoza
19. Rafael Herrera
20. Lupe Pintor
21. Battling Shaw
22. Israel Vazquez
23. Pipino Cuevas
24. José Luis Castillo
25. Jose Luis Ramirez
26. Kid Azteca
27. Antonio Margarito
28. Juan Zurita
29. Alfonso Zamora
30. Cristian Mijares
31. Marcos Villasana
32. Jose Becerra
33. Jesús Pimentel
34. Jorge Arce
35. Hugo Fidel Cazares
36. Rodolfo Gonzalez
37. Raul Perez
38. Humberto Soto
39. Rafael Limon
40. Jorge Paez Sr
41. Guty Espadas Sr
42. Julio Cesar Borboa
43. Victor Rabanales
44. Ulises Solis
45. Manuel Medina
46. José Luis López
47. Miguel Angel Gonzalez
48. Lauro Salas
49. Alberto Jimenez
50. Giovanni Segura
51. Edgar Sosa
52. Chucho Castillo
53. Carlos Gonzalez
54. Jhonny Gonzalez
55. Yory Boy Campas
56. Omar Niño Romero
57. Antonio Avelar
58. Juan Jose Estrada
59. Miguel Vázquez
60. Raul Garcia
61. Jesús Chávez
62. Alejandro Gonzalez
63. Gabriel Ruelas
64. Oscar Larios
65. Rafael Ruelas
66. Martin Castillo
67. Efren Torres
68. Daniel Ponce de León
69. Julio Diaz
70. Cesar Soto
    

Great list VD this is why i've always said, your one of the most knowledgable posters i've ever met.

But i have to say i think Ruben Castillo maybe a little bit overrated being ranked number 1, i haven't seen loads of his fights. I've seen quite a few though and know a bit about him.

But im no expert by any means, but he only made 6 defenses at Bantamweight right ? and when he moved up he was unsuccesful mostly.

His best wins above Bantamweight were against young Ramirez, Chacon. But he failed against Kotey, Lopez, Arguello, Pedroza.

Now i realize this is above his best weightclass, but did he really dominate enough at Bantamweight to be ranked number 1 ?