Antonio Cervantes versus Julio Cesar Chavez
Posted: 24 Oct 2020, 15:35
12 rounds. Who wins ?
His official birthday had him a few months shy of 35 when he fought Pryor but there was always talk that he was four or five years older at the time. Pryor was a baller, no doubt, but Cervantes had been a beltholder for most of the previous eight years by then and the guys who earlier in his career gave him trouble were the era's two great defensive wizards, Locche and Benitez, not guys with Chavez's style, IMO. I remember the fight before Pryor, he easily whipped and KO'd Miguel Montilla, a solid Dominican who had given Cervantes a close fight a year earlier. I remember watching Montilla last into the 12th against Pryor a few years later. Chavez, however, was really, really good at 140 so it's a tough callBoxBuzz wrote: ↑27 Oct 2020, 11:30 Pryor Timed him perfectly and got the benefits of reputation duly assigned to anyone who could claim that win.
I'm going with Cervantes....I'm not sure he's as underrated as I tend to believe.....and with someone else claiming he could pull a victory within a certain time frame, perhaps his legacy is better understood than I imagined.
Cervantes.......but...Julio can't be counted out. Which indeed was the case for him correct? Did any ref ever stand over Chavez and count to ten? My old mind can not muster that vision.