Canzoneri-Sanchez: Who was better?
Posted: 22 Jan 2019, 12:04
Thought this would be interesting. Two guys from different eras. Who was the better of the two?
I loved Sanchez, but I believe he was close to as good as he was going to get. He was 23 and at a lower weight class; he was already in his prime, IMHO. All the talk of Sanchez I think I'll watch the Nelson fight tonight.elmersalsa wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 13:29 Better resume? Tony Canzoneri. I consider him as one of the top 15 or 20 greatest pound per pound boxers ever.
Better fighter? Salvador Sanchez. He was a complete fighter that did it all. One of the best I have seen fight in my 40 years of watching boxing.
He is not a top 20, nor 30 all time pound per pound, but he's top 50, according to his accomplishments. Too bad he died so soon. He still had many great fights ahead of him.
You won't find many bigger supporters of Sanchez than me. I love the man. However, I do agree that he wasn't improving drastically as a fighter. It's possible he died at his peak and his best wins had been scored and they were great wins.oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 14:04I loved Sanchez, but I believe he was close to as good as he was going to get. He was 23 and at a lower weight class; he was already in his prime, IMHO. All the talk of Sanchez I think I'll watch the Nelson fight tonight.elmersalsa wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 13:29 Better resume? Tony Canzoneri. I consider him as one of the top 15 or 20 greatest pound per pound boxers ever.
Better fighter? Salvador Sanchez. He was a complete fighter that did it all. One of the best I have seen fight in my 40 years of watching boxing.
He is not a top 20, nor 30 all time pound per pound, but he's top 50, according to his accomplishments. Too bad he died so soon. He still had many great fights ahead of him.
Weird, but I never met Sanchez, so he may have had his reasons.chrisjs1985 wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 17:29You won't find many bigger supporters of Sanchez than me. I love the man. However, I do agree that he wasn't improving drastically as a fighter. It's possible he died at his peak and his best wins had been scored and they were great wins.oogiebe wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 14:04I loved Sanchez, but I believe he was close to as good as he was going to get. He was 23 and at a lower weight class; he was already in his prime, IMHO. All the talk of Sanchez I think I'll watch the Nelson fight tonight.elmersalsa wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 13:29 Better resume? Tony Canzoneri. I consider him as one of the top 15 or 20 greatest pound per pound boxers ever.
Better fighter? Salvador Sanchez. He was a complete fighter that did it all. One of the best I have seen fight in my 40 years of watching boxing.
He is not a top 20, nor 30 all time pound per pound, but he's top 50, according to his accomplishments. Too bad he died so soon. He still had many great fights ahead of him.
Did I ever share what Nacho Beristain had said about him? I had spoke to Nacho at a Marquez training session and he seemed to have an almost personal dislike of the guy. Weird.
It was such a close fight. He may have. Shame we'll never know. I watched it today. What a great fight!
That fight basically couldn't happen. The WBC/WBA is basically like Al Haymon and rival promoters these days. The fights really couldn't happen. Larry Holmes never unified but he was damn sure THEE heavyweight champion of the world.elmersalsa wrote: ↑24 Jan 2019, 22:36 The ONLY THING that I didn't like about Salvador Sanchez was that he didn't make a mega fight with one of my favorites, Eusebio Pedroza. It would have been a great unification featherweight Championship match.
Other than that, he was a once in a lifetime talent. A complete fighter that can also fight well inside as anybody. A tremendous counter puncher with great stamina for the late rounds. Oh, don't forget his chin, will and determination. A class act.
Especially Arguello for me. I'd love to see that matchup. Both fighters are amongst my all time favs!APerno wrote: ↑03 Feb 2019, 19:37 It would have been great to see Sanchez mixed it up with the lightweights of the mid 1980s
Alexis Argüello
José Luis Ramírez
Héctor Camacho
Ray Mancini
Livingstone Bramble
Greg Huagen
Vinny Pazienza
Harry Arroyo
Jimmy Paul
Anyone of these fights would have been a must see.