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Well taans they have Salvador Sanchez ranked 14th all time.

Of all weights or just Feather?

I could never work out how to rank Mr Sanchez.

If Tyson had died aged 23 he would have been undefeated Heavyweight Champ with a 37-0 (34) record. I remember - very very well - how much sportswriters thought of him back then. They were seriously discussing TWO defences in one night.

At the same age that Chava died Wildredo Benitez was 44-1-1 with his only loss to Sugar Ray Leonard and he'd been champ for over SIX years beating many many great fighters along the way.

Both of the above examples are all time Hall of Famers but both would have been ranked MUCH higher if they had died aged 23.

Of the Featherweight all time list.

In regards to Tyson I personally don't think Tyson had faced anyone of the caliber of the fighters that Sanchez had faced by then.

Possibly, but Sanchez's record against Lopez, Castillo, La Porte & Gomez may be superior to Tysons' wins against Berbick, Tucker, Holmes & Spinks but the fact I'm stating is that Tyson was rated a WHOLE lot higher prior to his loss to Douglas (and it was pretty much downhill after that) than he was after.

Sanchez was great, but he might have slid just like my examples above. We'll never know. I, possibly unfairly, never use him in my examples or arguments because of this.

I see what your saying now. I think I was going in one direction with the discussion and you were going the other.
I def. agree on Sanchez as a topic it's pretty much up in the air as to how you think his career might have gone after Nelson.
I think his toughest test and possibly his 1st loss would have came in the hands of Alexis Arguello.

Alas, we'll never know.