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Dear Friends,

Here is a list of those who may be the best fighters from the SouthAmerican continent in all times; of course, it is only an individual and debatable rating. I wants your opinions


FLYWEIGHTS
1-Pascual Pérez
2-Horacio Accavallo
3-Santos Laciar
4-Betulio González
5-Ramón Arias

BANTAMWEIGHTS
1-Eder Jofre
2-Gustavo Ballas
3-Rafael Oronó
4-Ernesto Miranda
5-Waldemiro Pinto

FEATHERWEIGHTS
1-Julio Mocoroa
2-Alfredo Marcano
3-Antonio Gómez
4-Ricardo Cardona
5-Leonel Hernández

LIGHTWEIGHTS
1-Nicolino Locche
2-Justo Suárez
3-Luis Rayo
4-Estanislao Loayza
5-Luis Vicentini

WELTERWEIGHTS
1-Jorge Fernández
2-Federico Thompson
3-Carlos Hernández
4-Antonio Cervantes
5-Raúl Landini

MIDDLEWEIGHTS
1-Carlos Monzón
2-Eduardo Lausse
3-Rafael Merentino
4-Hugo Corro
5-Rodrigo Valdez

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
1-José Carattoli
2-Mauro Mina
3-Víctor Galíndez
4-Vicente Rondón
5-Jorge Ahumada

HEAVYWEIGHTS
1-Luis Firpo
2-Arturo Godoy
3-Oscar Bonavena
4-Gregorio Peralta
5-Quintín Romero Rojas

Should Rodrigo Valdez be ranked No.2 in the South American middleweights behind Carlos Monzon? I'd rate Valdez in the top 20 middleweights of all time

The two names that stand out for me are Elder Jofre and Carlos Monzon.

Lorenzo Parra is my favorite current South-American fighter

I thought Roberto Duran would be in there.

I may be wrong, but I think Duran is Cenrtal American.

I think you're right. I wasn't sure what the definition was. South American encompassing everything outside of the US or South America being seperate from Central America.

I'm not certain that is the case, but it's probable.

Barry are we agreeing on something?????!!!!!

I don't know...are you agreeing that I am right?

I maybe!!!!!

Well if I am right, then you can say that you agree. In all honesty I am pretty sure that countries like Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Belize and a few more are considered Central America.

But when it comes to geographical area aren't those countries considered part of the South American continent?

I don't know how its works over there but is there a seperate boxing governing body for the US, S America and Central America?

>>But when it comes to geographical area aren't those countries considered part of the South American continent?<<


I don't think so. I think it goes like Canada, North America, Mexico, Central America and South America, but like I said...I'm just making a guess.


>>I don't know how its works over there but is there a seperate boxing governing body for the US, S America and Central America?<<<


Honestly, I do not know!

Central America is seperate and distinct from South America. So technically Duran should not be included. People can be pretty sloppy with this bit of geography and mistakes are often made as to where the dividing line is.

But Central America is not a continent so its included as part of the South American continent geographically right?

not sure.north america covers canada and usa.does it include mexico?then central america countries like nicaragua,el salvador etc but like you say the continent is split only as north and south america.where does south america start?

From Wikipedia

Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama. Depending on source, South and North America are sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent, while constituent regions are infrequently considered subcontinents. Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America.

Thats cleared that up then

Palomino?

Lenny Albert wrote:From Wikipedia

Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama. Depending on source, South and North America are sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent, while constituent regions are infrequently considered subcontinents. Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America.

Thanks Lenny, Even at it's most defined, this still has some grey area as you can see.

BoxBuzz wrote:

Lenny Albert wrote:From Wikipedia

Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama. Depending on source, South and North America are sometimes considered a single continent or supercontinent, while constituent regions are infrequently considered subcontinents. Geopolitically, all of Panama – including the segment east of the Panama Canal in the isthmus – is often considered a part of North America alone and among the countries of Central America.

Thanks Lenny, Even at it's most defined, this still has some grey area as you can see.

Basically, it said that anything below Panama is South America, and north of it is Nort America...but only kinda...SOMEONE MAKE A DECISION!!

B*ll*cks to it!