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

[CutMeMick]

Good topic CutMeMick!

C-Tier fighters

Mayorga- Nica
Baldomir- Argentina
Miranda (Better than C- Tier) Venzuela
Frietas (Yes Brazilians are Latino's also)
Castillo- Spain
Casamoyer- Cuba

Good choices also - although I am surprised while Miranda garners that added comment, instead of, say, Casamayor? Do you really think Miranda will go down as the better fighter p4p?

Juan Carlos Gomez (Cuba) also merits an honorable mention imo. At least for his results at cruiserweight - the jury is still out on his HW future...

A few guys with the potential to make it onto the list:

- Jorge Linares (Venezueala) - definitely.
- Yuriorkis Gamboa (Cuba) - probably.
- Edwin Valero (Venezuela) - perhaps.
- Odlanier Solis (Cuba) - perhaps.
- Yoan Pablo Hernandez (Cuba) - perhaps.

CC#74 on me Mikkel....

Awesome thread Mick. These rare threads you,the Jap fighters,Africans and now this one,are awesome! And for once,I knew who those top 10 were! Loving the latin fighters!Great work,keep it up.Cool Click.

Thanks Gamo, CC has been returned...

So why is Cuba in and Puerto Rico left out..

Oh and Mick it would be a lot easier if you would say 'Latinamerican' boxers.

Don't mind the first line I was just being grumpy..

I'll repeat it again.
I left out Mexico & PR because for the most part lists of they're greats are always made.
How often on here do you see a list of Mexican greats or PR greats? Very often....
So I thought it would be a little different to list great Latin American boxers not including Mexico & PR because those list of fighters are done so often....

How about some of the great talents that Cuba hs produced but who never went pro.

Cuba's 'machine' for finding, and nurturuing talent has probably never been matched .... and someone like Teoflio Stevenson is a great heavyweight ... period ..... it does not make him worse just because he never went pro I would have thought?

I see your point 'X' but how can you measure what a profesional fighter did vs. what an amateur did?
I don't think you can. You would have to measure them with different guidelines...
What I could do is modify my post and make a section for fighters who as you mentioned didn't turn pro but are considered great. Again, I can't see myslef listing a fighter who never went pro above or in a same list as let's say Napoles who's argueably Cubas greatest...

To Taeth and others:

I didn't create this thread to debate who's what.
History is just that history it's in the past.

Today Castillejo is considered European and not Latin.

Its just I don't understand why you would classify Cuba, who's entire indeginous population was wiped out and is made up of african slaves brought over would be classified as latin more than people from Mexico or even moreso the people from Peurto Rico.

I'll repeat it again.
I left out Mexico & PR because for the most part lists of they're greats are always made.
How often on here do you see a list of Mexican greats or PR greats? Very often....
So I thought it would be a little different to list great Latin American boxers not including Mexico & PR because those list of fighters are done so often....