With new monarchs, Mexico remains in the boxing elite: Daniel Zaragoza

Mexico City. The four world titles that were obtained last weekend (in super lightweight, cruiserweight, super featherweight and super welterweight), as well as the one that Julio César retained Rey Martínez after exposing him for the seventh time (flyweight), show that Mexican boxing remains among the elite of this sport, considered former boxer Daniel Zaragoza.

In a historic event for the country’s boxing, the Mexicans Isaac Pitbull Cruz, Gilberto Left handed Ramírez, Óscar Valdez and Sebastián Fundora won their respective fights to win four world belts in just two days, with which Mexico currently has 11 world champions, with two interim and with Saúl Canelo Álvarez as absolute super middleweight monarch.

He Pitbull Cruz won the super lightweight title of the World Boxing Association (WBA) after defeating the American Rolando by technical knockout. Rolly Romero, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. In turn, the Left handed Ramírez fought against the Frenchman Arsen Goulamirian at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood and managed to snatch the WBA cruiserweight belt from him, becoming the first Mexican to be crowned in this category.

At the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona, Valdez defeated Australian Liam Wilson by knockout to win the interim title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) super featherweight division.

While in the same function in which the PitbullFundora beat fellow Australian Tim Tszyu by split decision to win the vacant super welterweight title of the World Boxing Council (WBC) and the WBO, and Rey Martínez remained the flyweight monarch by defeating Venezuelan Angelino by majority decision. Hurricane Córdoba.

For Zaragoza, former WBC bantamweight and super bantamweight world champion, It’s not a surprise that national fighters become universal monarchs, since “in our country there is a great boxing tradition, it is the sport in which we have achieved the most triumphs.

In this discipline, the tricolors are used to winning, that is why the young boxers, the new generations, continue doing it, they do believe it, when that happens in soccer, they will reach that fifth match that they long for in a Cup of the world.

Mental aspect, the key

He indicated that the key for Mexicans to stand out in boxing is that Many years ago we realized that we could not only win fights, but also world titles and establish ourselves as lasting monarchs..

I consider that Since 1967, with a great Vicente Saldívar, who made seven or eight defenses, a fairly good era began for national boxing. From that moment on, many of us followed his example and currently it is a constant to have world champions, so it is not surprising that more and better national exponents emerge every time..

The former boxer indicated that The level of Mexican boxing is such that when we talk about a crisis it is because there are only four or five world champions, and today that we have more than 10, we are again at the top, while many countries, with great fighters, do not. They don’t even have a belt, that speaks of our quality, professionalism and dedication.

For his part, Alfonso Zamora, silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and former WBA bantamweight world champion, said that currently there are no great figures in national boxing, as they were at the time. Salvador Sánchez, Julio César Chávez, Humberto The little one González, among others; However, he estimated that the current they have the capacity to become idols.

They have already made it clear that they have quality by winning a world title, now the important thing is to maintain it, not deviate down other paths, such as vices, you have to keep your feet firmly on the ground and continue working to be able to consolidate and be considered among the best boxers in Mexico. It is not enough to win a belt, they still have a lot to provehe asserted.