Just off the top of my head I'd say: 1. Manuel Ortiz 2. Oscar 3. Canizales 4. Carbajal 5. Chacon HM: Lil Red Lopez, Tapia, Palomino, Mando Ramos.
I don't think that at all. Mikey is one of the most overrated fighters of the last 25 years. He didn't have a fraction of the ability that Sanchez had. I think Lil Red would wear Mikey down. Garcia lacked heart.
I don't know what to make of that one. Though Mikey is overrated, Mikey would have beaten the holy fuck outta Bozos. We need to see more of Teo. Right now he looks like a flash in the pan who had one good night.
That's not a fair apples to apples comparison. What if it's Garcia with blood in his veins or air in lungs vs Kambosos?
Lil Red Lopez is painfully underrated on this forum. Always has been. People disrespect him like he was some punching bag, all because one of the best fighters ever took him apart. Lil Red had an extremely impressive and destructive featherweight reign in the 70s. It's an insult to compare him to a weak resume guy like Mikey.
garcia would paint danny lopez. he'd win every round. Id pick teofimo lopez over garcia at 140lbs right now. garcia isnt interested in boxing anymore.
Garcia wouldn't paint shit. The man beat nobody. Sanchez did it, but Mikey couldn't tie Sal's shoes. He beat Nooooooo one. Even stopping a faded Olivares is better than anything Mikey ever did.
That total and complete bum Rican Roman Martinez dropped Mikey on his ass, and you think he handles Lil Red? Lol. Yeah okay.
Ruben Olivares TODAY has more talent than Mikey's entire 126-130 resume. It's an insult. Lopez is a rightful HOFmer. Mikey was essentially a fraud, in all honesty.
Lopez had heart for days, he had a solid chin, he had excellent stamina, and he had murder in both fists. Mikey isn't mobile, Mikey doesn't have great stamina, and Mikey lacks heart. Lopez would have fucked him up.
Im not saying Garcia had a greater career. he was lazy and couldnt stay at his ideal weight range. but i have seen them both fight several times and the featherweight version of garcia would beat the dog shit out of lopez. he was quicker and alot more skilled. he wouldnt have been able to miss the guy. lopez has an overrated resume. he beat a buncha guys at the end of the line and got his chin cracked a few times along the way.
Lopez was beaten by a grand total of two men in his effective prime - Chacon and Sanchez. Both of those guys had something between their legs that Mikey lacked. Well, Sal had more of everything than Mikey.
Mikey doesn't belong in a MM with any HOFmer. He's the ultimate "what if." I said for years and years that he wasn't as talented as his hype. Why you brought him up I have no clue. Every man I listed had a much deeper CV than Mikey.
Danny Lopez - hardest puncher in featherweight history? I think you can make a comparison between him and Felix Trinidad in his welter years. Obviously, both were monster punchers and both were hittable and hurtable early in fights but grew in strength as a fight wore on. Lopez met the higher level of opposition, though, although Tito never lost his title (officially). Both were beaten by ATGs in masterful performances (Sanchez over Lopez; Hopkins over Trinidad) although Tito’s beating occurred outside of welter. I think both are arguably top 20 all-time in their respective divisions.
Garcia probably wouldn't have been fighting Little Red anyway during the same day weigh in. He'd be fighting the likes of Benitez, Cervantes and Duran, and that's even funnier tbh. Danny is underrated as a straight puncher tbh. Slow but very accurate and well-timed with his right once he settled, and he only needed to connect at half mast to get opponents going.
There are some parallels, yeah. I think the early Tito had more range and fluidity to his attack but wasn't on Lopez's level p4p as a puncher (though hardly any were in fairness).
