Throughout boxing's illustrious history, Mexico has always found a special place in the sport.
It is a breeding ground of young hungry talent. The regional ranks in Mexico can be allegorized to a shark tank—apex predators surrounded by more apex predators.
The few young ravenous carnivores whom make it out are almost guaranteed to find success in the most unforgiving sport in the world because Mexico doesn't just breed athletes—she fosters soldiers. But for now as we sit and wait, jittering with anticipation, let us take a journey through history and revisit some of boxing's most fearsome warriors.  
 

The legends of Mexican Boxers

Vicente Saldivar vs. Mitsunori Seki I (August 7, 1966)
Vicente Saldivar vs. Mitsunori II (January 29, 1967)
Ruben Olivares vs. Lionel Rose (August 22, 1969)
Ruben Olivares vs. Kazuyoshi Kanazawa #2 (Octocber 25, 1971)
Carlos Zarate vs. Rodolfo Martínez (May 8, 1976)
Carlos Zarate vs. Andres "Puppy" Hernandez (May 22, 1978)
Salvador Sanchez vs. Danny Lopez #1 (February 2, 1980)
Salvador Sanchez vs. Wilfredo Gómez (August 21, 1981)
Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Meldrick Taylor (March 17, 1990)

Julio Cesar Chavez vs. Greg Haugen (February 20, 1993)
Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Agapito Sánchez (August 22, 1995)
Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Naseem Hamed (April 7, 2001)
Erik Morales vs. Daniel Zaragoza (September 6, 1997)
Erik Morales vs. Wayne McCullough (October 22, 1999)
Ricardo Lopez vs. Hideyuki Ohashi (October 25, 1990)
Ricardo Lopez vs. Will Grigsby (October 12, 1999)
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao #I (May 8, 2004)
Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao #4  (December 8, 2012)
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Sergey Kovalev (November 2, 2019)
Saul "Canelo" Alvarez vs. Gennady "GGG" Golovkin III (September 17, 2022)