Salvador Sánchez
Salvador Sánchez was born in Mexico on January 26th, 1959 and is the Boxer. At the age of 23, Salvador Sánchez biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Salvador Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican boxer born in Santiago Tianguenco, Estado de México.
Sanchez was the WBC and lineal featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982.
Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing journalists agree that if it had not been for his premature death, Sánchez may have progressed to become the world's best Featherweight boxer.
Sánchez died in a car crash from Querétaro to San Luis Potos on August 12, 1982. He was also the uncle of Salvador Sánchez II.
In 1981, the Ring magazine named him and Sugar Ray Leonard as Fighter of the Year.
By The Ring magazine in 2002, he was rated the 24th greatest fighter of the last 80 years.
The Ring rated Sánchez number 88 on the list of the 100 greatest punchers of all time in 2003.
The Associated Press named Sánchez as the third featherweight of the twentieth century.
Early life
Sánchez was born to father Felipe Sánchez and to mother Mara Narváez.
Professional career
Sánchez began his professional career at the age of 16 (after a brief amateur career consisting of four amateur bouts), he began accumulating victories over tough Mexican opposition. In his 19th professional bout against Mexican bantamweight champion Antonio Becerra, he was his first fight of note. Becerra was too young for the young Sánchez, resulting in a split decision loss for Sánchez.
Sánchez survived and advanced to the Featherweight division. He had beaten people like Puerto Rican featherweight champion Felix Trinidad Sr. on his way to winning a championship shot against world champion Danny "Little Red" Lopez, a popular TV fighter of the late 1970s who had fought against former world champion David Kotei (twice), Juan Malvarees, and Mike Ayala shortly after. Lopez was confident and difficult to beat by the 21-year-old Sánchez, who knocked out the defending champion in 13 rounds in Phoenix, Arizona, 1980. For the first time, Sánchez defended his title by a unanimous vote over Ruben Castillo (46-41). Lopez, who was only "beginner's luck" when it came to Sánchez's first world championship match, was hoping for a rematch, and here he did, in Las Vegas. This time, Sánchez defeated Lopez by TKO in the 14th round. He defeated Patrick Ford (15–0) in his next fight.
Sánchez defeated future champion Juan Laporte by a unanimous vote on December 13, 1980. Sánchez won over Nicky Perez (53-00), then defended his title against Roberto Castanon (43–1–0) and claimed a victory. Wilfredo Gómez, the n undefeated World Jr Featherweight champion, gained weight and challenged Sánchez (32–0–1). 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.
Salvador was still an unknown to the casual boxer no longer was an unknown loser with that win. That night, he became a household name in the United States.
He defeated Olympic medalist Pat Cowdell by a split decision in his next fight. It was the second fight involving two featherweights to be shown on HBO, with the first being his match against Cowdell. He beat Garcia by a punch, but the challenger paid tribute to his name, an unidentified fighter who carries the distance with the world champion.
Sánchez met future champion Azumah Nelson at Madison Square Garden on July 21, 1982. Nelson, a late replacement for mandatory challenger Mario Miranda, was a mystery at the time, but he was expected to only go through a few rounds with the champion. It was a tense contest, with Sánchez able to drop his youthful charges in the 7th round. After a brief exchange of violent exchanges, the two groups engaged in a violent confrontation. Sánchez came out of nowhere in the 15th, putting him in a deadly combination that has pushed the opponent just outside the field. Referee Tony Perez had to call the fight just seconds later. Azumah Nelson went on to have a glittering career and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004.
Sánchez was a strong featherweight champion. He won the WBC championship after his death, winning the title over the next three fighters (LaPorte, Gomez, and Nelson). He went 4-0, beating fellow members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (Danny Lopez twice-KO 13, KO 8-and-Wilfredo Gomez-KO 15), and defeated four current or former world champions (Lopez, Gomez, LaPorte, and Nelson).