Figured this needed it’s own appreciation thread. To me I think Cuyo Hernandez and Nacho Beristain are undoubtedly Mexico’s best trainers and boxing minds, well as implementing great technical styles that made Mexicans more than just slam bang fighters. Cuyo Hernández brought in the high guard, textbook style that perfected punching form and technique, where he trained such fighters such as Ruben Olivares, Carlos Zarate, Alfonso Zamora, Rodolfo Martinez and Ricardo Lopez. Beristain had Gilberto Roman, Daniel Zaragoza, Humberto Gonzalez, Victor Rabanales under his stable. It wasn’t until Hernandez’s death that Nacho would later train Ricardo Lopez for the majority of his career and it’s very likely that he had picked up the same technical style and boxing stance from Finito and laid that same foundation on his fighters later on, most notably Juan Manuel Marquez and Rafael Marquez. I always found the Hernández/Beristain style of boxing to be very unique. Simple and basic yet so effective and beautiful to watch, especially when used on offense. For me I think this is the ideal boxing form for any beginner boxers to use.
Cuyo Hernandez had all of his boxers begin every sparring session with at least one round of jabs only boxing, Nacho adopted this and used it as well.
I feel sorry for Nacho that he had to train the undisciplined Chavez Jr. Imagine what was going through his mind when the spoiled brat showed up to practice late and left early. After having worked with world class boxers.
Olivares is the epitome of the"Mexican style" that substantially consists of inversely punching both the face and the body. Olivares softened his foes with body punches so they lowered the guard, also he progressed to hurt them with hooks to the high target.
