There’s lots of boxing rich countries (or sovereign states, as it were) out there, each with their own legacies and lists. You got the US, the UK, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Argentina, Panama, Cuba, Ukraine, to name a few. More than many other sports, boxing invites people within a country to debate their own greatest fighters.
That being said, we here in Puerto Rico do the same. There tend to be disagreements based mostly on age, but also personal preferences. So I thought I’d start this thread to invite others to rank their own countryman fighters all-time, as well as chime in on other lists.
So without further ado, I’ll present my own list of Puerto Rican all-time boxers. (For purposes of this list, I’ll include only male boxers. Hence, Amanda Serrano won’t be on the list).
- Wilfredo Gomez
- Carlos Ortiz
- Felix Trinidad
- Wilfredo Benitez
- Miguel Cotto
- Hector Camacho
- José “Chegui” Torres
- Pedro Montañez
- Edwin “Chapo” Rosario
- Wilfredo Vazquez Sr.