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Salvador "Chava" Sanchez

BORN   January 26 1959; Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico
DIED August 12 1982;
HEIGHT 5-7
WEIGHT 125-129 1/2 lbs
MANAGER Cristobal Rosas

Sanchez was an exceptional talent, a splendid boxer-puncher with fighting "savvy"; His wonderful career was cut short by a tragic accident at the age of 23; There is no telling to what heights he may have risen had he been able to continue fighting; He won the WBC Featherweight Championship of the World and the Bantamweight Championship of Mexico during his short career

"Chava" defeated such men as Wilfredo Gomez, Azumah Nelson, Danny "Little Red" Lopez, Ruben Castillo, Roberto Castanon, Juan LaPorte, Nicky Perez, Patrick Ford, Pat Cowdell, Jorge Garcia, Hector Cortez, James Martinez and Richard Rozelle

Herb Goldman ranked Sanchez as the #9 All-Time Featherweight; He was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1988 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991

1975
May  4 Al Gardeno                 Veracruz, Mexico                  KO  3
May 25 Miguel Ortiz               Misantla, Mexico                  KO  3
Aug 10 Victor Martinez            Misantla, Mexico                  KO  2
Oct 19 Cesar Lopez                Misantla, Mexico                  KO  4
Nov 25 Candido Sandoval           Mexico City, Mexico               TK  7
Dec 11 Fidel Trejo                Mexico City, Mexico                W  8

1976
Jan 24 Juan Granados              Mexico City, Mexico               TK  3
Feb 25 Javier Solis               Mexico City, Mexico               TK  7
Mar 31 Serafin Isidoro Pacheco    Mexico City, Mexico               TK  4
Apr 24 Jose Chavez                Mexico City, Mexico               TK  7
May 26 Fidel Trejo                Mexico City, Mexico               KO  6
Jul  5 Pedro Sandoval             Mexico City, Mexico               TK  9
Aug 11 Joel Valdez                Mexico City, Mexico               TK  9
Oct 31 Saul Montana               Nuevo Laredo, Mexico              TK  9
Dec 25 Antonio Leon               Mexico City, Mexico               TK 10

1977
Feb  5 Raul Lopez                 Mexicali, Mexico                  TK 10
Mar 12 Daniel Felizardo           Mexico City, Mexico               KO  5
May 21 Rosalio Badillo            Mexico City, Mexico               TK  5
Sep  9 Antonio Becerra            Mazatlan, Mexico                   L 12
          -Bantamweight Championship of Mexico
Nov 11 Jose Soto                  Los Mochis, Mexico                 W 10
Dec  5 Eliseo Cosme               Mexico City, Mexico                W 10

1978
Apr 15 Juan Escobar               Los Angeles, Ca                    D 10
Jul  1 Jose Sanchez               Mexico City, Mexico                W 10
Aug 13 Hector Cortez              Mazatlan, Mexico                  TK  7
Sep 26 Francisco Ponce            Houston, Tx                       KO  2
Nov 21 Edwin Alarcon              San Antonio, Tx                   TK  9
Dec 16 Jose Santana               Mexico City, Mexico               TK  2

1979
Feb  3 Carlos Mimila              Mexico City, Mexico               KO  3
Mar 13 James Martinez             San Antonio, Tx                    W 10
May 19 Salvador Torres            Mexico City, Mexico               TK  7
Jun 17 Fel Clemente               San Antonio, Tx                    W 12
Jul 22 Rosalio Muro               San Luis Potosi, Mexico           KO  3
Aug  7 Felix Trinidad Sr.         Houston, Tx                       TK  5
Sep 25 Richard Rozelle            Los Angeles, Ca                   KO  3
Dec 15 Rafael Gandarilla          Guadalajara, Mexico               TK  5

1980
Feb  2 Danny "Little Red" Lopez   Phoenix, Az                       TK 13
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Apr 12 Ruben Castillo             Tucson, Az                         W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun 21 Danny "Little Red" Lopez   Las Vegas, Nv                     TK 14
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Sep 13 Patrick Ford               San Antonio, Tx                    W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Dec 13 Juan La Porte              El Paso, Tx                        W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1981
Mar 22 Roberto Castanon           Las Vegas, Nv                     TK 10
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 11 Nicky Perez                Los Angeles, Ca                    W 10
Aug 21 Wilfredo Gomez             Las Vegas, Nv                     TK  8
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Dec 12 Pat Cowdell                Houston, Tx                        W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World

1982
May  8 Rocky Garcia               Dallas, Tx                         W 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 21 Azumah Nelson              New York, NY                      TK 15
          -WBC Featherweight Championship of the World


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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