Self-explanatory. The 5 greatest fighters from straw weight to super bantam. I think I would go with, in no order: Jofre Gomez Olivares Harada Either Canto or Zarate Must note, that I put more emphasis on guys that there's actually full film on.
Hard one to pick just 5 but here’s mine in no order: Eder Jofre Fighting Harada Ruben Olivares Wilfredo Gomez Jimmy Wilde
I thought about including Wilde, but using my criteria, Canto is the best flyweight we have full, extensive film on.
In NO Particular Order, REED's PERSONAL List is... Wilfredo Gomez Ricardo Lopez Too Sharp Chocolatito Naoya Inoue Shout Out to Michael Carbajal and Johnny Tapia... Carbajal was THE 1st Fighter to Force REED to Look BELOW 118 in His Boxing Life...Carbajal Participated in the '88 Olympics w/RJ, Lennox, Bowe, Ray Mercer, Kennedy McKinney, etc. REED
#05. Midget Wolgast #04. Fighting Harada #03. Ruben Olivares #02. Terry McGovern #01. Jimmy Wilde That'd be my five. HM to Manuel Ortiz and Eder Jofre. Ortiz would be my six, and Jofre at seventh by a razor thin margin.
I can see Ortiz over Jofre on pure accomplishments, but on film, Jofre is just a different level than Ortiz IMO.
I'm basing off accomplishments. I'd have Zarate much higher if it were based off footage, but based on accomplishments, I wouldn't even have him top ten at 118. I find Jofre's overall achievements to be less impressive than him on film. However, I don't find him quite as unassailable as most do. That's not to say I think he's shit, or I don't rate him highly. I think he's as good as any bantamweight ever, I just don't think he's levels above. He was mortal, he did have issues with a few fighters, and in my honest opinion, was never quite as good as Harada or Olivares. Although, he's obviously not far behind.
