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Possibly the greatest bantam in history. It's a shame he's usually over-looked when boxing historians talk of the great fighters. Has anybody seen film of him fighting?

elmersalsa wrote:Hello Folks!!!

I read the record of this fine and phenomenal fighter from Panama, who became the first Latin fighter in history to win a world title. He was 5'11" and won the World Bantamweight Crown in 1929 making 11 title defenses. I do not know why Latin America does not speak much about this all-time great who globalized the sport and was a globetrotting champion that fought in Europe and America, specially in NYC.

I also see that this guya had an EXCELLENT record, winning 128 bouts and losing only 18, and was NEVER stopped in his career of over 160 fights, which is a world record.

In my all time list, he is in position #33 and in the all time greatest bantamweights, he's ranked in my opinion as #2, behind Eder Jofre. In my all-time greatest Hispanic fighters, he is ranked in my opinion at #6, behind Roberto Duran, Carlos Monzon, Julio Cesar Chavez, Alexis Arguello and Jofre.

What are your thoughts of this PHENOM???

I would rank Al above Eder... I think the best Bantam of all time is a very close toss up between Brown, Manuel Ortiz (another often overlooked great! 23 title bouts!!!) and Ruben Olivares.