BOXER

Salvador Sánchez

1959 - 1982

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Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and The Ring featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that had it not been for his premature death, Sánchez could have gone on to become the greatest featherweight boxer of all time. Sánchez died on August 12, 1982, in a car accident while driving from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salvador Sánchez is the 157th most popular boxer (down from 120th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 304th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mexican Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Salvador Sánchez ranks 157 out of 496. Before him are Emanuel Steward, Dick Tiger, Naseem Hamed, James J. Jeffries, Manfred Wolke, and Washington Rodríguez. After him are Claudio Barrientos, Samuel Mosberg, Abdelhak Achik, Jan Szczepański, Arturo Rodríguez, and Pete Rademacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Salvador Sánchez ranks 368. Before him are Iakoba Italeli, Judd Nelson, François Chau, Urs Meier, Erkki-Sven Tüür, and Jayne Atkinson. After him are Noureddine Bedoui, Talia Balsam, Waldemar Pawlak, Gregg Araki, Nobuo Kishi, and Clint Howard. Among people deceased in 1982, Salvador Sánchez ranks 260. Before him are Konrad Granström, Kenneth More, Josef Maleček, Walt Ader, Virginia Bruce, and Phyllis Covell. After him are Claudio Barrientos, Satchel Paige, Dieter Borsche, Stanley Holloway, Leo Losert, and Boris Chirkov.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Salvador Sánchez ranks 326 out of 729. Before him are Guillermo Ortiz (1939), Cecilia Suárez (1971), Melissa Barrera (1990), Jaime Belmonte (1934), Ignacio Trelles (1916), and Juan de Salcedo (1549). After him are Raúl Córdoba (1924), Marco Antonio Rodríguez (1973), Héctor Hernández (1935), Marcelo Ebrard (1959), Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903), and Rodolfo Neri Vela (1952).

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Among BOXERS In Mexico

Among boxers born in Mexico, Salvador Sánchez ranks 5. Before him are Julio César Chávez (1962), Canelo Álvarez (1990), Francisco Cabañas (1912), and Antonio Roldán (1946). After him are Alfonso Zamora (1954), Juan Manuel Márquez (1973), Fidel Ortiz (1908), Marco Antonio Barrera (1974), Érik Morales (1976), Misael Rodríguez (1994), and Óscar Valdez (1990).

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