30 Seconds With Ruben Olivares

[THE THIRD MAN]

A part of me just died slowly as I read this thread...

I don't know why all i've said is that i don't think Ruben Olivares, is the number 1 Mexican fighter. IMO i've seen plenty of better Mexican fighters aswell as Mexican fighters with better records.

He was very good for short period then he lost twice to Rafael Herrera convincingly, in his prime and at his peak weight. And then moved up in weight and lost to pretty much every elite Featherweight except Bobby Chacon.

I just go by what i've seen and know, and in my personal opinion i think fighters like Sanchez, Zarate, Barrera, Morales, Marquez, ETC. Are greater fighters.

The words overrated & Olivares just don't click... Which is why I made my comment.
Ruben fought in argueably the best Bantam generation we have seen in a shit load of years.

Agreed, he fought the best out there in a divison that was stacked with hard hitting Mexicans and slick boxers from all over the place. Castillo (a great trilogy), Herrera, Pimental, Medal, Rose etc
These were the days when fighters fought every month, Olivares had 13 fights in 1968 and 10 more in 1969, he fought 62 times in just 5 years before his first loss to Castillo!



Olivares, Castillo, Rose, Armstrong and Medal with Lionel Rose playing guitar and Olivares telling Castillo "this does not sound like La Cucaracha to me"