From outset, Sal Sánchez imposed his power and glory, sending the Gomez to the canvas; while in the following episodes, he severely punished him, until in the eighth, when he again dramatically knocked him down, but Gómez’s bravery and warrior heart led him to get back up. Referee Carlos Padilla stopped the fight, and thus the Mexican became a national hero, an idol of the people.

His last fight was extremely tough against a then unknown, Ghanaian Azumah Nelson, who later became the most important African boxer in history. It was a dramatic fight that was defined by knockout in the last seconds of round 15; oddly enough, that was one of the last fights fought for 15 rounds. There the career of Salvador Sánchez ended, and that of the now Hall of Famer, Azumah Nelson, was born.

Year after year, the Sánchez family organizes a great festivity to remember the favorite son of Santiago Tianguistengo. After the mass in the cathedral, a procession leaves that walks to the cemetery  to visit his grave, leave flowers, pray, and pay homage in silence. After that, the mariachi sounds with poignant clarion clarity and his feats are remembered in this emotional eternal tribute. Wilfredo Gómez, Don King, Alexis Argüello, Juan Laporte, Carlos Zárate and countless boxing personalities have attended this festivity. The ultimate tribute of respect.

After the cemetery there is an amateur boxing show and a great meal prepared by the same family to serve all the visitors. A celebration of life.

May beloved and revered Salvador Sánchez rest in peace! His memory is everlasting and the speculation of how far his boxing career would have gone will forever be one of the great mysteries of world boxing.

Boxing is an appreciation sport. Just as the judges write down the scores on their cards, round after round, based on what they could appreciate of the actions, and thus they award the decision of winner and loser of the round; We are all concerned as there is something happening in our sport worldwide, scoring seems to be more inconsistent than ever; Not necessarily Wrong decisions but the lack of uniformity between officials scoring the fights is dramatic; Almost every week we see judges score with great difference between themselves,  judges scoring wide in fights which seem close, judges apart from his peers and this has caused concern to our industry ; There is an urgent need to adress the matter, take actions and work towards achieving uniformity for justice. Scoring criteria seems to be like languages, some understand its particulars differently , we need to make clear criteria to be implemented and respected and have judges evaluation , evaluate each performance and have accountability.