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

[Spicoli]

Rodrigo Valdez -Columbia. Pasqual Perez - Argentina.

Also gotta mentio the only 2 top Heavies to mix it up with the top dawgs...

Nino Valdez - Cuba & Oscar Bonavena - Argentina.

No doubt Mick.Valdez was a monster.Nice topic and a chance to speak on some guys who sometimes get passed over.
I want to add Miguel "Happy" Lora at Bantam,Not a great but very respectable.Out of Columbia.I had first had the pleasure to see him against the superb Raul Perez Before a hiatus and then watched him make a comeback on USA Fights vs Gaby Canizales (WAR).
You know the kind of Fighter you see at the end of Career and then Play catch up on and feel you missed out on??He was one of those for me.Beat some top notch guys,W.Vasquez,A Davila,Minus,Zaragoza.Pretty smooth tactician.

Miguel Lora theres a name you don't hear often....
What a tough little fighter he was always gave it his all. 'Jibaro' Perez yet another name you don't hear often. I've had the pleasure of meeting him and talked to him about his career.
Spicoli you always bring up these names that don't get mentioned often names that I'm very familiar with...

I attribute alot to the Forum In L.A Mick.Ive never been but The fighters that have plied there trade and created great memories for fans can fill a phone book.It was the highlight on Monday nights throughout the 90's to tune in and listen to the stories told,(I got a late start as a fight fan 88 roughly,before that it was all about the oakland A's and Dodgers baby ).I was not lucky enough to catch a peak & prime Perez,The first time i had seen him was against Greg Richardson in 91' and that was painful.I'll never forget his fight with Genaro Hernandez in there second meet ...One of the most devastating body shots Ive seen.Pure class guy Hernandez insisted Perez wear his belt leaving the ring. Its important to keep these pure top notch fighters in the limelight and at the forefront.Sometimes s!!! gets real repetitive and we think the fight game revolves only around HBO Lol and we only see "The now".
Whats Perez like Mick.Not to sound like a total Fluffer but I'm envious of those opportunities,Delving into a fighter outside of the ring and peeling back the veil so to speak.

[Mikkel_K]

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....

Thanks. CC returned. Just thought of another one: Joan Guzman. Does the Dominican Republic count?

Also, according to Wikipedia, the Phillipines is part of the Latin Union. That gives a bunch of more options

[ICB]

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?

Oh theres been many X.

Felix Savon
Teófilo Stevenson
Jose Gomez
Juan Hernandez Sierra
Mario Kindela
Jorge Hernandez
Angel Herrera Vera
Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz
Juan Carlos Lemus
Hector Vinent

I could be here all day.

Damn ICE are you shure you are only 18. Sometimes I think you are that old guy with the cigar and the sombrero...can't remember his name yet. You shure know your boxing.. Maybe you should get a job as a boxing writer if you don't already have one.

I've been brought up on boxing Rookie Fan thats why and coming here i have learnt so much more as well.