Salvador Sanchez boxeador
- luta
- 46
- vitória
- 44
- derrota
- 1
- empate
- 1
- Estado
- inactive
- divisão
- featherweight
- Estreia
- 1975-05-04
- Altura
- 5′ 6″/168cm
- Alcance
- 68″/173cm
- Idade
- 23
- Born
- 1959-01-26
- Death
- 1982-08-12
- Nascimento
- Mexico
Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and lineal featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that had it not been for his premature death, Sánchez could have gone on to become the greatest featherweight boxer of all time. Sánchez died on August 12, 1982 in a car accident from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí. He is also the uncle of Salvador Sánchez II.In 1991, Sánchez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The Ring magazine named both him, and Sugar Ray Leonard, as Fighter of the Year in 1981. In 2002, he was named the 24th greatest fighter of the past 80 years by The Ring magazine. In 2003, The Ring rated Sánchez number 88 on the list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. Sánchez was voted as the #3 featherweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press.Sánchez started his professional career at the age of 16, as a teenager (after a brief amateur career consisting of reportedly 4 amateur bouts) he started piling up wins against tough Mexican opposition. His first fight of note came in his 19th professional fight against the Mexican bantamweight champion Antonio Becerra. Becerra proved too experienced for the young Sánchez, the bout ended in a split decision defeat for Sánchez.Sánchez kept on fighting and moved to the Featherweight division. Soon he had beaten people like the Puerto Rican featherweight champion Felix Trinidad Sr., on his way to securing a title shot at world champion Danny "Little Red" Lopez, a popular TV fighter of the late 1970s who was an impressive fighter and had won some spectacular fights against the likes of former world champion David Kotei (twice), Juan Malvares and Mike Ayala. Confident and hard to beat, Lopez was beaten by the 21-year-old Sánchez, who knocked out the defending champion in 13 rounds in Phoenix, Arizona, United States on February 2, 1980. Sánchez defended his title for the first time with a 15-round unanimous decision against Ruben Castillo (47–1). Thinking it was just a case of 'beginner's luck' (as it was Sánchez's first world title fight ever), Lopez looked for a rematch and this he got, in Las Vegas. This time Sánchez defeated Lopez by 14th-round TKO. In his next fight, he defeated Patrick Ford (15–0) .On December 13, 1980, Sánchez defeated future champion Juan Laporte by unanimous decision. Sánchez then defended his title against Roberto Castanon (43–1–0) and scored a win over Nicky Perez (50–3–0). Then undefeated World Jr Featherweight champion Wilfredo Gómez (32–0–1) went up in weight and challenged Sánchez. Sánchez retained the crown by a knockout in round eight on August 21, 1981, in Las Vegas, and Gómez had to return to the Jr. Featherweight division.With that victory, Salvador was an unknown to the casual boxing fan no more. He became a household name all over the United States that night.
Data | Adversário | Últimos resultados dos adversários | Lugar | Resultado |
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1982-07-21 | Azumah Nelson | WWWWWW | Madison Square Garden, New York | WIN Technical knockout |
1982-05-08 | Rocky Garcia | WWWWWL | Reunion Arena, Dallas | WIN Unanimous decision |
1981-12-12 | Pat Cowdell | WWWWWW | Astrodome, Houston | WIN Split-decision |
1981-08-21 | Wilfredo Gomez | WWWWWW | Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
1981-07-11 | Nicky Perez | WWWWWW | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | WIN Unanimous decision |
1981-03-22 | Roberto Castanon | WWWWWW | Caesars Palace, Sports Pavilion, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
1980-12-13 | Juan Laporte | WWWWWW | County Coliseum, El Paso | WIN Unanimous decision |
1980-09-13 | Pat Ford | WWWWWW | Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio | WIN Majority decision |
1980-06-21 | Danny Lopez | WWWWWL | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | WIN Technical knockout |
1980-04-12 | Ruben Castillo | WWWWLW | Civic Auditorium, Tucson | WIN Unanimous decision |
1980-02-02 | Danny Lopez | WWWWWW | Veteran's Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-12-15 | Rafael Gandarilla | LWLLLL | El Pavillon, Guadalajara | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-09-25 | Richard Rozelle | LLWWWL | Sports Arena, Los Angeles | WIN KO |
1979-08-07 | Felix Trinidad Sr | LWWWWW | Summit, Houston | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-07-22 | Rosalio Muro | WLLLLL | San Luis Potosi | WIN KO |
1979-06-17 | Fel Clemente | LWLLWW | Convention Center Arena, San Antonio | WIN Unanimous decision |
1979-05-19 | Salvador Torres | LWLLLW | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-03-13 | James Martinez | WWWWWL | Convention Center, San Antonio | WIN Unanimous decision |
1979-02-03 | Carlos Mimila | LWLLLW | Mexico City | WIN KO |
1978-12-16 | Jose Santana | LLLWWW | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-11-21 | Edwin Alarcon | WWLLLW | Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-09-26 | Francisco Ponce | LWWLL | Houston | WIN KO |
1978-08-13 | Hector Cortez | WWWWWL | Mazatlan | WIN Technical knockout |
1978-07-01 | Jose Sanchez | WWDLLL | Mexico City | WIN Points |
1978-04-15 | Juan Escobar | WWWLWL | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles | DRAW Majority decision |
1977-12-03 | Eliseo Cosme | WWWLWL | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City | WIN Points |
1977-11-11 | Jose Luis Soto | WWLWDL | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Los Mochis | WIN Points |
1977-09-09 | Antonio Becerra | WLLWWW | Mazatlan | LOST Split-decision |
1977-05-21 | Rosalio Badillo | WWWWWL | Arena Coliseo, Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1977-03-12 | Daniel Felizardo | WWWLWW | El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City | WIN KO |
1977-02-05 | Raul Lopez | LWWWWW | El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-12-25 | Antonio Leon | WLLWWW | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-10-31 | Saul Montana | WWLWLL | Nuevo Laredo | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-08-11 | Joel Valdez | DLWL | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-07-05 | Pedro Sandoval | WL | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-05-26 | Fidel Trejo | WLD | Mexico City | WIN KO |
1976-04-24 | Jose Chavez | WL | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-03-31 | Serafin Pacheco | W | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-02-25 | Javier Solis | debut | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-01-24 | Juan Granados | WDWLL | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-12-11 | Fidel Trejo | W | Mexico City | WIN Unanimous decision |
1975-11-25 | Candido Sandoval | WLWLL | Mexico City | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-10-19 | Cesar Lopez | debut | Misantla | WIN KO |
1975-08-10 | Victor Martinez | debut | Misantla | WIN KO |
1975-05-25 | Miguel Ortiz | debut | Misantla | WIN KO |
1975-05-04 | Al Gardeno | debut | Veracruz | WIN KO |