{"id":519245,"date":"2026-03-07T00:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519245\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:24:09","slug":"juan-manuel-marquez-names-mexicos-greatest-ever-fighter-unquestionably","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/519245\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Manuel Marquez names Mexico\u2019s greatest ever fighter: \u201cUnquestionably\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Juan Manuel Marquez found it nigh impossible to tackle a top 10 list of Mexican fighters, yet naming the greatest champion his country has ever produced seemed a far more straightforward task.<\/p>\n

The Hall of Famer is widely regarded as an all-time top 10 Mexican warrior himself, having claimed world title glory across four weight divisions.<\/p>\n

Perhaps most notably, Marquez shared four iconic battles with Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao, ending their last encounter in 2012 with a devastating sixth-round finish<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in his career, \u2018Dinamita\u2019 made several successful title defences between feather, super-feather and lightweight, before calling time on his 64-fight campaign in 2014.<\/p>\n

But while Marquez is certainly one of the finest fighters his nation has ever produced, a position on the all-time top 10, even for him, remains fiercely competitive.<\/p>\n

When discussing Mexican greats, the first name that typically springs to mind is Julio Cesar Chavez, who amassed an astonishing 90-fight unbeaten run before losing to Frankie Randall in 1994<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with him, the likes of Ruben Olivares, Carlos Zarate and Salvador Sanchez equally deserve a mention, while many would also regard Canelo Alvarez as an all-time top 10 Mexican fighter.<\/p>\n

Speaking on an episode of the ProBox TV podcast, Marquez did not give a definitive top 10 but insisted that Chavez is \u201cunquestionably the best\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe history of Mexican boxing is very rich. It is difficult [to list a top 10]. [There\u2019s] Ruben Olivares, Carlos Zarate, Lupe Pintor, Salvador Sanchez, to name a few.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the history of boxing in Mexico is very rich \u2013 [Marco Antonio] Barrera, [Erik] Morales, [Julio Cesar] Chavez \u2013 I put myself last. Chavez is unquestionably the best\u2026 Ricardo Lopez, Humberto Gonzalez.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lopez retired with an unbeaten record of 51-0-1 (38 KOs) after becoming a two-weight world champion, while Gonzalez became a three-time world champion at light-flyweight.<\/p>\n

Barrera and Morales, of course, are also deserving entries in the consensus top 10, though it is a debate that will rage on for years to come, particularly as the country continues to produce standout talent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juan Manuel Marquez found it nigh impossible to tackle a top 10 list of Mexican fighters, yet naming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-519245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}