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SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Patrick Ford may well have beaten Sanchez and Pedroza completely dismantled him.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:He was one of my favorites growing up. Definitely a rough customer and it's also disingenuous to come off like Sanchez ducked him. The WBA/WBC were in a TR/GBP type cold war. None of the other guys mentioned avoided him either, but he was an all time great. No matter how bad Rocky Lockridge kicked his ass.

elmersalsa wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:He was one of my favorites growing up. Definitely a rough customer and it's also disingenuous to come off like Sanchez ducked him. The WBA/WBC were in a TR/GBP type cold war. None of the other guys mentioned avoided him either, but he was an all time great. No matter how bad Rocky Lockridge kicked his ass.

First of all, it was obvious they ducked him. Pedroza was no easy slouch to begin with. He was tall, quick, with excellent boxing skills and a great jab. Could fight inside and outside and had an extraordinary body attack and also, like Sanchez, had extraordinary stamina. I could see why they avoided him: Too much risk and not enough pay.

Secondly, he whupped Lockridge, not once, but twice. I don't know what fight you was watching.

elmersalsa wrote:Pedroza was too detrimental for these so called stars of the early 80s. Danny Lopez never unified the crowns and I could see why. Salvador Sanchez? the same way. Wilfredo Gomez? He lost to Sanchez and when Sanchez died, he went after Juan LaPorte's crown instead of Pedroza's....I wonder why. Pedroza whupped LaPorte. Gomez did not wanted to be another Pedroza's victim. And when Gomez took the title from Rocky Lockridge at 130lbs, he said that he was gonna give Pedroza a title shot. What happened to that title shot? Pedroza is still waiting until this day. Azumah Nelson? Pedroza called him and the so called "Professor" looked the other way. And Sanchez, instead of unify the crowns to see who was the best featherweight in the world, wanted a fight with a fading all-time great in Alexis Arguello at 135lbs. That reminded me the same thing of what Benny "Kid" Paret did. He did not wanted to fight the great Emile Griffith for a third fight after he "regained" the crown from Griffith. A fight that I don't know what the judges saw. Griffith did not lose that fight. Paret chose to jump 13 pounds and fight middleweight champ Gene Fullmer, instead. Fullmer wasted him and he did not had no choice to fight Griffith again. That is what Sanchez wanted to do.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

Sanchez died, that's going the extra mile to get out of a fight.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

elmersalsa wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:He was one of my favorites growing up. Definitely a rough customer and it's also disingenuous to come off like Sanchez ducked him. The WBA/WBC were in a TR/GBP type cold war. None of the other guys mentioned avoided him either, but he was an all time great. No matter how bad Rocky Lockridge kicked his ass.

First of all, it was obvious they ducked him. Pedroza was no easy slouch to begin with. He was tall, quick, with excellent boxing skills and a great jab. Could fight inside and outside and had an extraordinary body attack and also, like Sanchez, had extraordinary stamina. I could see why they avoided him: Too much risk and not enough pay.

Secondly, he whupped Lockridge, not once, but twice. I don't know what fight you was watching.

This whole post is garbage. How did they avoid him? _______________________________________________.

Pedroza kicked Rocky's ass? You're a _________ ______.

Go watch the fights without the sound.
Lockridge clearly lost both fights with Pedroza; and in Rocky’s own hometown.
Bob Arum, Lou Duva were the matchmaker/promoters for CBS TV and Homie
Harold Letterman was the only judge to vote for him in the first fight.
And yes, it was a well known topic that Sanchez refused to fight Pedroza.

Why do you have insult people who disagree with you?

Blue wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

elmersalsa wrote: First of all, it was obvious they ducked him. Pedroza was no easy slouch to begin with. He was tall, quick, with excellent boxing skills and a great jab. Could fight inside and outside and had an extraordinary body attack and also, like Sanchez, had extraordinary stamina. I could see why they avoided him: Too much risk and not enough pay.

Secondly, he whupped Lockridge, not once, but twice. I don't know what fight you was watching.

This whole post is garbage. How did they avoid him? _______________________________________________.

Pedroza kicked Rocky's ass? You're a _________ ______.

Why do you have insult people who disagree with you?

Blue wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

elmersalsa wrote: First of all, it was obvious they ducked him. Pedroza was no easy slouch to begin with. He was tall, quick, with excellent boxing skills and a great jab. Could fight inside and outside and had an extraordinary body attack and also, like Sanchez, had extraordinary stamina. I could see why they avoided him: Too much risk and not enough pay.

Secondly, he whupped Lockridge, not once, but twice. I don't know what fight you was watching.

This whole post is garbage. How did they avoid him? _______________________________________________.

Pedroza kicked Rocky's ass? You're a _________ ______.

Go watch the fights without the sound.
Lockridge clearly lost both fights with Pedroza; and in Rocky’s own hometown.
Bob Arum, Lou Duva were the matchmaker/promoters for CBS TV and Homie
Harold Letterman was the only judge to vote for him in the first fight.
And yes, it was a well known topic that Sanchez refused to fight Pedroza.

Why do you have insult people who disagree with you?

elmersalsa wrote:A very underrated champion. Danny Lopez, nor the great fighters like Wilfredo Gomez, Azumah Nelson nor Salvador Sanchez wanted no part of him.

20 title defenses in 7 years. 10 of them in the opponent's home turf...remarkable. Eusebio Pedroza is an all-time great. No doubt.