The Salvador Sanchez Legend - 5 Fearsome Factors of his Boxing Style!

Go Here to Download Your Book - www.myboxingco... - Salvador Sanchez is for me absolutely a boxing legend. Some might argue that his career was too short to justify the title of boxing legend, but for me the young age at which we lost him and the amazing record he had amassed until his tragic passing justifies even more the legend.
This video is a Salvador Sanchez breakdown in which I describe my 5 fearsome factors of the Mexican legend. These are the boxing style elements that I think made Sanchez the unbelievably effective fighter that he was and the elements that I think would have, in time, made Sanchez undeniably one of the greatest fighters the sport has ever seen.
For me, Salvador Sanchez is one of the best 'box fighters' I have ever seen, meaning that he has sublime boxing skills as well as the ability to go toe-to-toe in the trenches both with equal effectiveness.
Salvador Sanchez was the world featherweight champion, reigning for 2 years between 1980 and 1982. He turned professional at the age of 16 and amassed a record of 44-1-1 before he was tragically killed at the age of 23. Despite his incredible achievement, making 9 defences against genuine top class opposition, we did not see Sanchez in his prime - he was only going to get better over the coming years.
My 5 Fearsome Factors of the Salvador Sanche boing style:
1. Wonderful balance and guard. Bodyweight central, nice width on the stance and a functional guard position meaning that he was always able to block incoming punches with minor adjustments. When he did square his boxing stance at close range his body movement would go into overdrive, making him very difficult to hit.
2. The edge of range 'bounce'. At the edge of range, Sanchez has a wonderful 'bounce' in his stance. He uses an outstanding jab and lots of feints to trigger the opponent. He applies pressure. But is also willing to back off as he needs as part of his overall strategy.
3. Angles and variations of punches - From long range to short range, Sanchez uses a wonderful array of varied punches. He is always looking to set up, is bold with his attacks often leading with left hooks and right crosses and varies the hand position for hooks and uppercuts.
4. Punching with body movement. Sanchez has the most incredible ability to seamlessly combine his punching with head movement. He will use slips off straight punches, he will use rolls off hooks and uppercuts and will use the duck off pretty much any punch. This makes him defensively super-efficient and incredibly difficult to counter punch. Salvador is a master of combining attack and defense.
5. Conditioning. Whilst the average Sanchez opponent looks like they've been involved in a 6 hour bar room brawl after 8 rounds of fighting, Sal looks like he's been having tea with the Dalai Lama for the last hour. He is serene in the corner and looks like he could literally fight all night.
My dream fight - Salvador Sanchez vs Julio Cesar Chavez at super-weight. The greatest dream fight in the history of boxing, not case to argue :-)
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Fran
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[@cesarflores9974]

Perpetual motion is spot on! Shared The Ring 1981 Fighter of the Year honors with the greatest fighter of the 80s, Sugar Ray Leonard. Gone at 23 and already a legendary career. Great ones will come and go, but another one like Salvador Sanchez, not likely.

[@myboxingcoach]

Could not agree more 👍. Thanks

[@colincampbell7928]

My favourite fighter, amazing to watch. He trained at high altitude and outside in the Mexican hest. That's bound to have boosted his stamina.

[@tellomajorscamp1407]

Salvador Sanchez was a couple of years before my time. I have always been a JCChavez fan. Once I started to watch old fights of Sanchez!!! It was clear to me he was the complete boxer! The kinda guy you hate to fight. Not only because he's tough but because of his stamina and calm demeanor from rd 1-15. I have never seen a fighter like him and I doubt we ever will. Even Ali thought Sanchez had the opportunity to be the GOAT!!! Which I believe he would've been. As a Mexican American it's tough thinking about Sanchez vs Chavez! even though that is the dream fight that never happened!!! I appreciate how you embrace the Mexican fighters and give them their respect.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks pal, wonderful comment. Viva Mexico!!!

[@breadman9053]

Rjj said Sanchez is the most skilled fighter in his opinion

[@Imnotyourhomieman]

Yes all around he was man he was tough, slick, hard punching, great head movement, footwork he didn’t buckle when rocked and he didn’t run outta breath. He died too young to say he’s the MOST skilled tho, that’s like saying Tupac or biggie most skilled, they only had a 3-4 year run

[@Beast12]

Salvador Sanchez is one of the all time greats and it’s a shame he’s not more known and appreciated

[@Rocky-fk3ol]

I’ve never seen a boxer adapt as well as he did. It’s almost like the greater you were the greater it made him

[@Beast12]

@@Rocky-fk3ol tbh I agree the better the opponent the more he upped his game and he fought even better

[@johntate5722]

​@@Rocky-fk3oltotally

[@felixthaghazi]

Love this video! Please do Ricardo López next!!! He’s one of my favorite fighter of all time

A legend. To me,the greatest mexican fighter of all time.

[@olafstam4611]

10:27 "drinking tea with the Dalai Lama" caught me off guard

[@oraliaesquer.1821]

Cada que veo sus videos boxeando,me pega duro la tristeza y sin mentir lloro 😭 porque supe recientemente que su muerte fue provocada por un miserable Magnate!!, que no se tocó el corazón para asesinarlo.. Salvador Sánchez es y será el mejor Boxeador y por siempre será recordado jamás olvidado.. Gracias por hablar bonit6de el..Total agradecimiento para usted.. Descanse en Paz 🙏🏻y en Gloria esté Nuestro Campeón Salvador Sánchez 🥲🕯️🥊🥊🌹🇲🇽 Saludos

[@jairmaldonado6798]

Será verdad lo que dices? Salvador es mi ídolo!

[@ramirom1434]

Watched him fight live twice. Undercard of Lopez-Ayala when he KO’d Fel Clemente and title defense against Patrick Ford both in San Antonio. I remember the bounce, the curly hair and the cool smile. One of a kind.

[@leecarter123]

Very well done this man is not talked about enough awesome fighter

[@davidmanoukian3892]

Yes, he's amazing. fight with Nelson very nice

[@dexocube]

I said this on another video, if you watch Sanchez he never, ever has to open his mouth to breathe, and with his absolutely stoic facial expression, and his incredible elusiveness, it must have been like fighting the wind. RIP King

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

This was great! I agree totally and enjoy watching his fights. Nelson had A LOT of heart in his fight with him. At one point Sanchez dropped him in a corner and it seems like as soon as Azumahs butt hit the mat, he sprung right back up like a baby deer and re-engaged with Sanchez immediately. He lost, but to me even the loser in a fight at that skill level is a winner because they give it all they've got. Sanchez is boxing poetry in motion and the way he would drag his rear leg up to get lateral and weave is amazing. Thank you for doing this. 🙏🏼🥊

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you. Yes, Azumah proved himself over and over 👍

[@matthewpaul1111]

I knew that you would get to Salvador's amazing fitness and stamina. I may not remember every minute of every fight of his but I really don't recall him looking tired.He just kept dancing, bobbing and weaving and punching at an incredible rate. Maybe Aaron Pryor in one or two of his fights against Arguello was throwing a greater number of punches without getting tired but that seemed highly unnatural to me being that I was an athlete at the time and knew the limitations of fitness fairly well. I remember thinking Pryor must be juiced up on something and it seems that I was correct. But back to the late great Salvador Sanchez. He was by far my favourite boxer and his death devastated me. He not only was a unique boxer but he had a winning personality, seemed like a genuine nice human being, was handsome with a friendly smile. May you RIP Salvador!

[@melbaga6030]

As a boxing fan Sanchez is by far my favorite Mexican boxer and among my top three all-time favorites-the other two being Ali and Leonard. I was a kid when I started watching Sanchez. Without knowing the intricacies of boxing, I found him mesmerizing. Moved so beautifully and effortlessly. He always seemed to wear a smile on his face. And he always had his mouth closed-even in later rounds. He rolled with the punches so beautifully. Amazing!

[@raulramirez9657]

Before the bell rang he always had a smile but once that bell rang, his facial expressions would turn absolutely blank. Greatest poker face I’ve ever seen.

[@josedeleon7322]

Loved the video!! Greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽.. Thanks

[@RM-fb6sj]

Thank you so much for pointing out how great he was to youngsters who've never seen or heard of him. I remember hearing the news on the radio of his passing. I was 12 years old and completely devastated. My favourite fighter of all time. His future also included eusebio pedroza and Alexis arguello besides chavez.

[@amirda4]

RIP to the legend Salvador 🕊️‼️

[@marcinmaleszyk1914]

Salvador sanchez is one of my favorite mexican fighters all of time

[@antoniomaruge8218]

Sanchez had no equal; he was one of a kind. One thing that set him apart from everyone else was his unwavering stance: he never, and I mean never, hugged an opponent when he found himself in trouble.

[@anthonyortiz7924]

Fran, you're the man! Thank you so much for covering this legend!

[@myboxingcoach]

You're welcome, and thank you 👍

[@johntate5722]

Only just discovered this clip re sanchez. Love this discussion and analysis of the great man, love the great descriptions and communication and scouse humour (fellow scouser here) ...recently ive come to feel that sanchez is a contender for PFP greatest ever...perhaps the only thing that stops us from establishing that is his terribly sad early demise which prevented a rise up the weight levels and which probably a lighter-weight great needs for that title. I will look for further vids by you, mate. Brilliant stuff.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks mate, appreciate you watching and leaving your views. Just love watching his fights, and as you say what makes you take a step back is imagine what we DIDN'T see. Tar lar 👍

[@Imnotyourhomieman]

Amen fran!!!

[@Karylrx]

Thanks a lot for create this video on the great late champion Salvador Sánchez. There are several precious nuggets in it. I was puzzled by the uppercut you showed(13:40), then I started test it against the orthodox & vertical uppercuts and I find it is more powerful than both of them because allows use more efficiently the chest muscles. Indeed, Salvador was a genius! BTW, this kind of uppervut is called a short punch in Okinawan shorin ryu and doubles as an upper block (age uke), it's considered a kyuko (small secret), so not much people is exposed to this technique. Please keep going coach!

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you very much, really kind comment. Also love the reference to other martial arts, I always like it when people point out these commonalities 👍

[@fights1397]

Beat the best Puerto Rican and best African fighters of all time. The thing about Sanchez is that he really loves the craft of the sport. He can KO his opponents he has overmatched but he really enjoys to do everything better than his opponent and fight one level up. If he has to increase his level, he increases his level. He KO'd Nelson in the last round because Nelson wouldn't accept that Sanchez was better than him and wanted to be KO'd rather than lost on points. Nelson ran that division for many years after Sanchez died. Sanchez took boxing like an artform and was still improving from fight to fight. He would have improved even more. His fight against Chavez would have happened and we would be looking back now saying that fight was the fight for the greatest Mexican fighter of all time and I believe Sanchez would prevail. Personally I think Sanchez is hands down the best fighter I have seen. He was also getting to a stage after this Nelson fight where he was carrying intimidation factor into the ring because he seemed to have more up his sleeve so you didn't quite know how good he was. He was never seen to get tired in the ring. The man was 23 years old. I think what you said at the start is the truest and saddest thing about Sanchez - The biggest tragedy in boxing history. He had so much left. He was only getting started. For many people of Mexico he is one person you cannot say anything bad about. Believe it or not you will actually risk your life if you disrespected his name in public in Mexico. RIP to the GOAT! Never forgotten!!

[@myboxingcoach]

Wonderful comment, thanks so much for taking the time 🥊

[@SteveWalton-k4p]

Absolutely true legend Fran Sanchez was one best fighters ever

[@myboxingcoach]

100%. A vision of true boxing beauty 👍

[@LearningLazy]

Appreciate these videos fr, I’m moving fast now after a couple weeks of examining and copying his technique. The Internet is insane Imagine I become a decent boxer only from videos, appreciate you!

[@myboxingcoach]

You're welcome, glad to be able to help 👍

[@LeeStiltnerOutdoors]

I'm a 40 year old man that has always been ready to defend himself with his hands. I'd never been trained to fight properly. Your videos in conjunction with my own Coach's tutelage have turned me from someone that did not know how yo deliver his natural punching power, to the one person in the gym, Noone seems in a hurry to spar. I love the 5 fearsome series. How about Sugar Ray Robinson or Marvelous Marvin Hagler? Thank you coach. Your channel has ultimately made a real difference in my skill level.

[@chadsmithpaintingsYT]

Thank you for the introduction to Sanchez!

[@myboxingcoach]

Very welcome Chad 🥊

[@SlickBoiMoi]

Thanks for the video coach! I was going to ask if we can get a follow up of this video with some drills, we can practice but you're already a step ahead. Can't wait for the next video

[@myboxingcoach]

On it Moises 👍 - hope you are well.

[@2kull]

Excellent video Fran, keep them coming.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks 👍

[@MMA-ERAL]

I am Mexican huge fan of both, specially Chavez since I grew up watching his fights, we love him so much he is a great person very humble and he was a hell of a fighter he went 89-0 until he suffered his first (draw or lose). I have been watching Sanchez lately and I have the feeling that Sanchez would have beaten chavez by desicion in bantamweight

[@w_ulf]

Thanks, coach! Great videos. You show the love. Finally getting some boxing training...no gyms available/affordable.

[@myboxingcoach]

Glad to help 👍

[@armondoserna2342]

You make it you're fight.lead in and don't give them rest.Its sad Sal died Young.

[@clemfarley7257]

Great video!

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you 👍

[@Muhammiid334]

Would love to see one on alexis arguello, His style was simple yet brutle

[@Jerry-l9s]

This guy is in love witH Salvador sanchez

[@davidrussell9679]

Great video Fran ,Sanchez and Duran are my 2 favourite fighters. .How do you think Sanchez would I.ve done against Alexis Arguello at Lightweight in 1982/3...I believe the fight was almost signed

[@myboxingcoach]

Million dollar question. Yes, negotiations had progressed. I think Sanchez would have edged it. His implacable conditioning may have been the telling factor.

[@davidrussell9679]

Thank you , I believe Sanchez speed woukdve been too much for Arguello

[@habibmalik1619]

Thank you very much for an interesting n informative video. If you could please give your expert opinion on the upcoming Tyson Vs Jake Paul fight, your analysis of the fighters and the prediction. Thank you in advance sir🙏❤️

[@myboxingcoach]

Will see what I can do 👍

[@kulkarnisingh347]

Hello Fran can you do a video on Arturo gati.

[@johnpadilla8502]

Great video, thank you👍😁 ( Black Belt Johnny Padilla )

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks Johnny, always nice to get a pat on the back from across the disciplines 👊

[@RichardBroussard-t6y]

He is a historian much appreciated Heathrow 2009

[@RickyFlores2K]

Next "5 fearsome factors" boxing videos: Gennady Golovkin, Julio Cesar Chavez, Artur Beterbiev, Vasily Lomachenko, Canelo Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather, Miguel Cotto and Roy Jones Jr. 👍

[@myboxingcoach]

Some great suggestions, thank you 🥊

[@RichardBroussard-t6y]

Been with Fran Sands since 2008

[@marklanahan7289]

Some say hes the best ever. Him vs Duran?

[@brutusleao]

Him without doubts

[@wtfgebeurdmij2991]

Without doubt? You really think so? Did you watch technical breakdowns from RD? That guy is a disquised wizard seriously. Personally cant choose a better fighter between the 2, salvador would probably win in if he was a welterweight or higher because he was an absolutely amazing boxer ( the only thing roberto duran could struggle with at higher weights ). But he probably would have gotten knocked out at lightweight by duran because thats just prime prime duran and at that weight his power and strength are just overwhelming. But overall i cant say who is better, they would both win and lose some against each other i think

[@marklanahan7289]

@@wtfgebeurdmij2991 hard to say. They peaked at different times and weights but I'd have loved to have seen it. I don't know it they had common apponents (maybe Comacho?) that could be compared. Like you say 50/50?

[@PartyCrasher04]

If they were at the same weight and Duran gets him to fight inside he wins… if Duran can’t do that he loses. Simple as.

[@PrinceHamad-v6c]

If you could please provide videos translated into Arabic

[@JonathanSebastian407]

God calls on all his angels early on

[@armondoserna2342]

Manny pac and Chavez in their prime.My dream fight.I know Marquez got em.Its different.I want to see the skills.

[@tovi_achumi]

Hello coach is it too late to start boxing now and compete? Btw I m in my late twenties now gonna be 30 in few years.

[@myboxingcoach]

Nope. You can compete in the amateurs up until the age of 40 and some countries have excellent Masters set ups to go on further (under the care of proper boxing people).

[@kwamemensah6028]

If Sanchez was so perfect, why did he lose to Antonio Becerra? And why did Azumah Nelson, a fighter who had been given only two weeks to prepare for Sanchez, happen to be the toughest and the greatest fighter Sanchez ever fight? There have been thousands of fighters who didn't fight the way Sanchez did, but became all time greats. Manny Pacquiao won tiles in 8 weight divisions. How did he do it? Jesse Walcott, Roberto Duran and Azumah Nelson won titles at the age of 37. George Foreman won a title at the age of 40 and Bernard Hopkins won a title at the age of 45. How did these all time greats do it. Sanchez did not fight long enough to earn the recognition as the greatest fighter in history. If he had not died, a rematch between Sanchez and a well prepared, well trained Azumah Nelson was waiting for him and a win could go either way. A war against the great Alexis Arguello could also go either way. Since styles make fights, and Antonio Becerra beat Sanchez, another style could also beat Sanchez if he had fought long enough

[@luischavez2701]

Sanchez would have massacre chavez.

[@mhalton]

This old man talks too much!

[@freedomspreads9683]

So glad you made a video about Sanchez, also love your boxing tutorials. Learned so much from someone I’ve never even met before. 👍

[@myboxingcoach]

A positive of KZbin. Thank you 👍