What happens when two of the greatest, most devastating featherweights in prizefighting history collide over the grueling 15-round championship distance? In the debut episode of
Salvador Sánchez was only 23 when his life ended in a car crash on August 12, 1982, leaving behind a championship reign that already included
Sanchez stopped the unheralded Ghanaian in Round 15 at Madison Square Garden three weeks before his death. Salvador Sanchez made his 10th WBC featherweight title
Sánchez dropped Wilfredo Gómez in the opening round before breaking down the feared puncher to produce one of boxing’s greatest championship performances Salvador Sánchez produced
Recently, I have come across several articles on Mexico’s WBC World Featherweight champion, Salvador Sanchez, 44-1-1, with 32 knockouts. That is an impressive record. (Credit:
By Ken Hissner: There are two kinds of ways that some boxers have left the sport while still world champions. One is retiring, and the
By Daniel Hughes: On the 12th of August, 1982, Salvador Sanchez (44-1-1, 32 KOs), at just a tender 23 years old a real boxing prodigy and to me, Mexican legend died in a car crash. Sanchez was a featherweight boxer that really had it all.
By Jose Muradas:m It was dubbed “The Battle of the Little Giants”. Wilfredo Gomez (44-3-1,42KO’s) was supremely confident that he would continue his unbeaten streak against the relatively unknown Salvador Sanchez (44-1-1, 32 KO’s). Gomez won the WBC super bantamweight title in 1977 by knocking out Korean Dong Kyun Yum (54-5-7, 21 KO’s) in twelve rounds. In 1978, he met Mexican great Carlos Zarate (66-4-0, 63 KO’s), who was a perfect 52-0 before falling to the talented Puerto Rican by knockout in the fifth round.
By Sam Gregory: The sport of boxing has had more than its share of great athletes whose careers were cut short and turned into a tragic ending. One of the greatest boxers in the last fifty years whose life was cut short is Salvador “Chava” Sanchez. If Salvador’s life had not been cut short, this week he would have celebrated his 50th birthday. Salvador Sanchez died tragically when the Porsche he was driving collided with a pick-up truck killing him and his passenger on August 12, 1982; Sanchez was just 23 years old.