In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Saldivar and the second or maternal family name is García.
Vicente Saldívar
Saldivar after the bout with Raul Rojas in 1965
Born
Vicente Samuel Saldívar García
(1943-03-05)March 5, 1943
Mexico City, Mexico[2]
Died
July 18, 1985(1985-07-18) (aged 42)
Other names
El Zurdo de Oro ("The Golden Southpaw")
Statistics
Weight(s)
Featherweight
Super featherweight
Lightweight
Height
5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Reach
67 in (170 cm)
Stance
Southpaw[1]
Boxing record
Total fights
40
Wins
37
Wins by KO
26
Losses
3
Vicente Samuel Saldívar García (May 3, 1943 – July 18, 1985) was a Mexican professional boxer who competed between 1961 and 1973. He was a two-time featherweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, and The Ring titles from 1964 until his retirement in 1967. He came back and once again held the WBC and The Ring titles in 1970. Saldivar has frequently been ranked amongst the greatest in the history of that division by many noted boxing historians and critics.[3] He currently holds the record for the most wins in unified featherweight title bouts and the longest unified featherweight championship reign in boxing history at 8 title bouts and 7 title defenses respectively. Saldívar fought in front of the fourth largest crowd ever, 90,000 in Estadio Azteca, and has also regularly been cited as one of the finest left-handed fighters of all time.[4]
^Though he was born right handed and started in an orthodox stance; at 2:06 of this video you will hear the commentator say it in Spanish: "Vicente Saldivar vs Sugar Ramos (part 1)". YouTube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021.
^Vicente Saldívar. sports-reference.com
^Amato, Jim (October 7, 2010). "Vincente Saldivar: A Mexican legend". Boxingnews24.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
^"Vicente Saldivar". Cyber Boxing Zone. May 5, 1943. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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