”Easily One of the GOATS in My Opinion”: 41 Years After Sudden Demise at Age 23, Fans Pay Tribute to Late Boxing Legend

Salvador Sanchez is a gem the world lost too soon. After being born in 1959, Sanchez participated in a few amateur fights, and then at quite a young age of 16, he had turned pro. Just five years later after turning pro in 1980, Sanchez snatched the WBC Featherweight championship title from Danny Lopez. This was a remarkable feat as this made him the first Mexican Featherweight champion since Ruben Olivares. After this, he went on to defend his title ten times in a row and was never even dropped once, let alone defeated.

At 23, Sal Sanchez had already indulged in 43 fights, with only 1 loss and 1 draw. Unfortunately, on the sad day of August 12th, 1982, Sanchez died by crashing his Porsche 928 on the highway from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí. But his legacy can never die, because what he’s done in just a small span of 7 years, hardly any boxer can emulate that. Even Mike Tyson praised the legend a few months ago. It’s been 41 years since his death, and the fans haven’t forgotten ‘Chava’.

Fans celebrate the undying legacy of Salvador Sanchez

The conversation was ignited by an account, Boxing History, on the X app, where they posted a picture of the legend. And in the caption, they wrote, “Salvador Sánchez died at only 23 years old. Imagine what he could have accomplished had he lived longer.” Apparently, this was enough to send the fans down the memory lane.

One of the fans recalled Sanchez’s remarkable performance against Wilfredo Gomez and how he was not even 25 years old when he did so.

Another fan branded Sanchez as one of the greatest boxers of all time. They also added that he was a mixture of Sugar Ray Leonard and Wilfred Benítez.

One fan stated that ‘The Invincible Eagle’ didn’t really have any weakness, instead he could fight all night and still emerge victorious in every one of them.

A fan compared the modern-day boxers who hardly fight twice a year.

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And here in 7 years of boxing, Sanchez had fought more than 40 fights.

An X user mentioned how Sanchez could’ve easily become the best boxer to ever live if he had lived a little more.

As aforementioned, Sanchez was definitely a gem who was lost too soon. At the age of 23, the Mexican fighter achieved more than anybody in combat sports history ever did, and that seems to be an incredible thing to do. What are your thoughts about this? Let us know in the comments section.

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