- The Greatest 'Latin American' boxer - (Not Mexican or P.R.)

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We often talk and list the 10 greatest Mexican fighters and Puerto Rican fighters as they tend to have the larger pool of fighters.

I put together a list of the top 10 Greatest Latin Fighters (NOT Mexican or P.R)
As usual keep in mind that I will not list fighters whom I have not seen and or feel I don't know enough of so you wont see Panama Al Brown on here among others...

1. Roberto Duran - Panama
2. Alexis Arguello - Nicaragua
3. Carlos Monzon - Argentina
4. Jose A. Napoles - Cuba
5. Kid Gavilan - Cuba
6. Kid Chocolate - Cuba
7. Eder Jofre - Brazil
8. Antonio Cervantes - Colombia
9. Nicolino Locche - Argentina
10. Ismael Laguna - Panama

Honors: Sugar Ramos - Cuba, Eusebio Pedroza - Panama, Santos Laciar - Argentina, Hilario Zapata - Panama, Betulio Gonzalez - Venezuela, Carlos Hernandez - Venezuela.


Quite possible the hardest list I've ever had to put together gave it a lot of thought and after changing it about 15 times I stopped with this one.

Thoughts opinions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks fellas...

Pretty good list. I might switch Monzon and Arguello but just about agree with everything else. Plus, even if you added Mexican and Puerto Rican fighters I'd still have Duran #1.

I switched Arguello & Monzon back and forth about 4 times. Same thing with Napoles & Gavilan.
Thanks for your input.
Would also like to ask why you feel Monzon should be #2.

Pretty much I guess for the same reason I'd have Duran at #1, being that he was completely dominant at middleweight, as Duran was also (probably moreso dominant) at lightweight.