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Quote Originally Posted by penalosafan
There was this guy named Carlos Zarate in the 80's who had an incredible record of something like 50 wins, 50 KO's before it was broken. But the issue of his opponents being cab drivers spoiled that record, though.
Zarate was good but the moment he got in the ring with someone really good he was pulverized by Wilfredo Gomez. He fought a lot of chumps in his time.
He moved up in weight in that fight and many sez that there are some problems in adjusting both physically and mentally when a fighter moves up in weight class so maybe Zarate can be excused on that fight, or am I being too kind to him. I think that was his first defeat.
It was his first defeat, he also lost to Pintor, Fenech and Zaragoza late in his career. He has no wins against A-grade fighters IMO. Plenty of padding on the resume.