Lately, I’ve come throughout a number of articles on Mexico’s WBC World Featherweight champion, Salvador Sanchez, 44-1-1, with 32 knockouts. That’s a powerful document.
(Credit score: WBC)
The one time I ever noticed Sanchez struggle was in September of 1980, profitable a majority determination over Guyana’s Patrick Ford, 16-0, when he was 36-1-1, on the Freeman Coliseum, in San Antonio, Texas, through tv. I believed Ford did sufficient to get the choice.
Sanchez would go on to win his subsequent seven fights earlier than he misplaced his life in an auto collision on August 12, 1982, colliding with a truck whereas rushing, per police report.
Sanchez received the title, stopping Danny ‘Little Purple’ Lopez, 42-3, in February of 1980, in Phoenix, AZ. He later stopped one of many best boxers from Puerto Rico, Wilfredo Gomez, 32-0-1, in August of 1981, in Las Vegas. He would win his subsequent three fights, ending with stopping future champion Azumah Nelson, 13-0, at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Trying on the nice world tremendous Featherweight, Light-weight, and light-weight welterweight champion Julio ‘J.C.’ Chavez, 107-6-2 with 85 knockouts as compared with some 29 title defenses.
Chavez had wins over Roger Mayweather, Rocky Lockridge, Juan Laporte, Edwin Rosario, Rafael Limon, Jose Luis Ramirez, Sammy Fuentes, Meldrick Taylor, Lonnie Smith, Hector Camacho, Greg Haugen, Frankie Randall, Tony Lopez, Giovanni Parisi and Joey Gamache. Misplaced to Randall, Oscar De La Hoya and Kostya Tszyu.
Each fighters had been inducted into the Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame.
Who do you suppose was the best Mexican champion between the 2 of them?
Final Up to date on 04/16/2025
