BOXER

Salvador Sánchez

1959 - 1982

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Salvador "Sal" Sánchez Narváez (January 26, 1959 – August 12, 1982) was a Mexican professional boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco, Estado de México. Sanchez was the WBC and The Ring featherweight champion from 1980 to 1982. Many of his contemporaries as well as boxing writers believe that had it not been for his premature death, Sánchez could have gone on to become the greatest featherweight boxer of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salvador Sánchez has received more than 1,200,451 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Salvador Sánchez is the 119th most popular boxer, the 304th most popular biography from Mexico and the 3rd most popular Mexican Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Salvador Sánchez ranks 119 out of 496. Before him are Boris Lagutin, Jean Delarge, Deontay Wilder, Jerzy Kulej, Víctor Avendaño, and Carlo Orlandi. After him are Orlando Martínez, Bert Schneider, Arturo Rodríguez, Riddick Bowe, Bruno Ahlberg, and Pete Rademacher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Salvador Sánchez ranks 317. Before him are Dainis Kūla, Darío Grandinetti, Michael Klein, Nobuo Kishi, Viktor Chanov, and Andrey Belousov. After him are Abdelmajid Lamriss, Flavor Flav, Talia Balsam, John J. Sullivan, Zeca Pagodinho, and Christa Luding-Rothenburger. Among people deceased in 1982, Salvador Sánchez ranks 229. Before him are Rafael Méndez, John Gardner, Tauno Palo, Eleanor Powell, Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, and Max de Terra. After him are Iryna Vilde, Reta Shaw, Arturo Rodríguez, Lamberto Dalla Costa, William Primrose, and Ben Nicholson.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Salvador Sánchez ranks 304 out of 729. Before him are Francisco Javier Echeverría (1797), Patricia Reyes Spíndola (1953), Lola Álvarez Bravo (1903), Aarón Padilla Gutiérrez (1942), Andrés Guardado (1986), and Juan Bautista Ceballos (1811). After him are Yola Ramírez (1935), Francisco Garza Gutiérrez (1904), Ofelia Medina (1950), María Guadalupe García Zavala (1878), Ricardo Delgado (1947), and Efraín Amézcua (1907).

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Among BOXERS In Mexico

Among boxers born in Mexico, Salvador Sánchez ranks 3. Before him are Julio César Chávez (1962), and Canelo Álvarez (1990). After him are Alfonso Zamora (1954), Francisco Cabañas (1912), Juan Manuel Márquez (1973), Fidel Ortiz (1908), Antonio Roldán (1946), Marco Antonio Barrera (1974), Érik Morales (1976), Óscar Valdez (1990), and Abner Mares (1985).

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