The best fighter from Puerto Rico?

[Sweet Dick Willie]

For me easily Hector Camacho, as he is my number 1 boxer of all time. Maybe so much that I've dismissed other great Puerto Ricans. Who's on your list?

[gilgamesh]

Wilfred Benitez and Felix "Tito" Trinidad are probably my 2 favorites.

I was also a big fan of Miguel Cotto who was always in good fights.

[goose 5]

Carlos Ortiz is the greatest Puerto Rican fighter ever, but he was not developed on the island but in New York.

[Caractacus]

what about Jose Torres ?
he was also NYC based too.

[Sweet Dick Willie]

what about Jose Torres ?
he was also NYC based too.

Actually I'm not sure I've ever seen him fight... He was olympic champion no?

[Expug]

Torres was trained by Cus Damato. Had that peekaboo style Tyson had. Patterson too of course.
When I think of Torres though, the Charlie “ Devil” Green fight comes to mind.

[elmersalsa]

The 10 Best Puerto Rican Boxers ever in my opinion:
1. Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gomez
2. Carlos Ortiz
3. Wilfred Benitez
4. Felix "Tito" Trinidad....The most loved from the Island.
5. Miguel Cotto
6. Hector "Macho" Camacho.... Perhaps, the most complete boxer from Puerto Rico.

7. Edwin "Chapo" Rosario
8. Wilfredo Vazquez......The most underrated from the island.

9. Esteban De Jesus....The first man ever to beat Roberto Duran. The only man that really beat Duran in Duran's prime. My personal favorite.

10. Sixto Escobar.....First world champion from Puerto Rico. He was bantamweight king 3 times!


Honorary mention: Jose "Chegui" Torres, Alfredo "El Salsero" Escalera, Samuel Serrano, and Pedro Montañez

[Sweet Dick Willie]

Nice, great list elmersalsa

[Sweet Dick Willie]

A bit gutted you would rank Cotto before Macho Time though

[Flump]

My favourite would be Cotto. The best I would say, Wilfredo Gomez. It goes without saying that they are a proper boxing nation who have provided some top level fighters.

[Expug]

Probably wasn’t the best but he was the first champ from Puerto Rico.
Sixto Escobar, could be on the list somewhere

[Caractacus]

who was the first to fight for a title ?
(win or loose).

[Expug]

who was the first to fight for a title ?
(win or loose).

I believe it was Escobar

[Caractacus]

Pedro Montanez was considered the "Uncrowned Lightweight Champion" at one point in the late 1930's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Montanez

This fight had also been on the Mike Jacobs The Carnival of Champions card at the Polo Grounds
that Sixto Esobar was defending his Bantamweight Championship belt from Harry Jeffra was also on
-1937-

[Ambling Alp II]

The 10 Best Puerto Rican Boxers ever in my opinion:
1. Wilfredo "Bazooka" Gomez
2. Carlos Ortiz
3. Wilfred Benitez
4. Felix "Tito" Trinidad....The most loved from the Island.
5. Miguel Cotto
6. Hector "Macho" Camacho.... Perhaps, the most complete boxer from Puerto Rico.

7. Edwin "Chapo" Rosario
8. Wilfredo Vazquez......The most underrated from the island.

9. Esteban De Jesus....The first man ever to beat Roberto Duran. The only man that really beat Duran in Duran's prime. My personal favorite.

10. Sixto Escobar.....First world champion from Puerto Rico. He was bantamweight king 3 times!


Honorary mention: Jose "Chegui" Torres, Alfredo "El Salsero" Escalera, Samuel Serrano, and Pedro Montañez

That is a pretty good list. More really good-great fighters from Puerto Rico than many would have thought.

[goose 5]

Jose Basora was terrific, too.

[elmersalsa]

Also in honorary mention:

John "The Quiet Man" Ruiz
Jose Basora

Some say that Cocoa Kid was also Puerto Rican. But he mostly fought out of Connecticut.

[Caractacus]

[Anglobox]

I would DEFINITELY have the same top-4, perhapa slightly different order. I would switch Camacho & Cotto....and I MUST have DeJesus higher.
GREAT LIST! You have ALL of the real Pueeto Rican Top 10 in there! PROPS!

[goose 5]

John Ruiz and Miguel Cotto were not born in Puerto Rico- Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

[goose 5]

Benitez was born in New York.

[Caractacus]

yeah, they may have been born in the States,
but did any of them live in Puerto Rico ?
(that should count)