The 11 Greatest Mexican Boxers of All Time

Gym-born champions from Tijuana to Guadalajara, with bantamweight terrors and modern pay-per-view headliners in the same field.

1. 1
   Julio César Chávez

   Sinaloa-born champion who won world titles in three weight classes and was unbeaten in his first 90 fights.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Érik Morales

   Tijuana fighter who won world titles in four weight classes and fought famous trilogies with Marco Antonio Barrera and Manny Pacquiao.
   791pts
3. 3
   Canelo Álvarez

   Guadalajara-born star who has won world titles in four weight classes and became undisputed super middleweight champion in 2021.
   565pts
4. 4
   Marco Antonio Barrera

   Mexico City champion who won titles from super bantamweight to super featherweight and took two of three fights with Érik Morales.
   565pts
5. 5
   Juan Manuel Márquez

   Counterpuncher who won titles in four weight classes and knocked out Manny Pacquiao in the sixth round of their fourth fight in 2012.
   565pts
6. 6
   Jaime Munguía

   Super middleweight contender from Tijuana who won the WBO junior middleweight title and fought Canelo Álvarez in 2024.
   565pts
7. 7
   José Nápoles

   Cuban-born welterweight champion who fought out of Mexico City and beat Curtis Cokes and Emile Griffith.
   439pts
8. 8
   Daniel Zaragoza

   Bantamweight and super bantamweight champion who held WBC titles in the 1980s and early 1990s.
   439pts
9. 9
   Vicente Saldívar

   Southpaw featherweight champion of the 1960s who beat Sugar Ramos for the world title in 1964.
   439pts
10. 10
    Lupe Pintor

    Bantamweight champion of the early 1980s and one of the era's most durable Mexican fighters.
    0pts
11. 11
    Rubén Olivares

    Two-division world champion from Mexico City who won the bantamweight title in 1969 and was feared for his knockout power.
    0pts

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