Salvador Sanchez 5 DVD Career Set

On February 2, 1980, Sanchez finally got a crack at the world featherweight title against hard-punching Danny "Little Red" Lopez, the popular WBC featherweight champion. Lopez had a solid reputation as a very good fighter. He went on to stop Lopez in the 13th round. Sanchez would later give Lopez a rematch only to stop him again in the 14th.

Sanchez began a string of impressive title defenses that included 3 top 10 ranked featherweights. He was slowly becoming recognized and he finally got his chance at stardom against Wilfredo Gomez.

Puerto-Rican bomber, WBC junior featherweight champion Wilfredo Gomez was victimizing every junior featherweight opponent that stood in his way. Gomez had made a name for himself by knocking out a dozen Mexican fighters and took on the moniker of the Mexican Killer.


On August 21, 1981, in one of the most highly anticipated featherweight matches of all-time, Sanchez, 41-1 (31 KOs), faced off against Gomez, 32-0-1 (32 KOs), in the Battle of the Little Giants. The fight had all the makings of a classic. Both fighters were considered top pound for pound fighters, they both disliked each other, Gomez had the reputation for destroying Mexican fighters, and there existed the rivalry between their respective cultures.



The pre-fight build up was an exciting event in itself. Gomez constantly mocked Sanchez and vowed to crush and strip him of his title, while Sanchez who was never one to trash talk, remained calm and collected and said that he'd let his fists do all the talking for him in the ring.

In their fight, Sanchez dropped Gomez in the first round and went on to punish Gomez for 7 more rounds before stopping him in the 8th and almost knocking him out of the ring.

Then came one of his greatest fights when he took on the then unknown Azuma Nelson from Ghana. In an intense action packed and violent battle, Sanchez was able to knockdown Nelson with a combination in the 15th round and secure a victory. Unfortunately, that would be Sanchez's last fight in a ring as he died during training in a car accident on August 12, 1982 h. He was on 23 and at the time.

At the time of his death, he had many great match ups awaiting him. Great fighters like Eusebio Pedroza, Alexis Arguello, and Julio Cesar Chavez lurked in and around his weight class. There was also the potential for great rematches against Juan Laporte, Wilfredo Gomez and Azumah Nelson.

Disc 1
Sanchez vs. Chavez
Sanchez vs. Leon
Sanchez vs. Cosme
Sanchez vs. J. Sanchez

Disc 2
Sanchez vs. Rozelle
Sanchez vs. Lopez I
Sanchez vs. Castillo

Disc 3
Sanchez vs. Lopez II
Sanchez vs. Laporte

Disc 4
Sanchez vs. Perez
Sanchez vs. Gomez
Sanchez vs. Cowdell

Disc 4
Sanchez vs. Garcia
Sanchez vs. Nelson

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