Pancho Villa is ranked by Ring Mag. above Liston,Tyson,Hearns,& Benitez,yet he gets lil love in the forum, why?

Great question Jon. As someone else mentioned, I think lower weight cles in general don't get the recognition they rightfully deserved. I mean, look at Calderon and Donaire currently. Both are true P4P caliber boxers, but don't get nearly the recognition as Cotto or Sergio Martinez. Villa had a tremendous career and it was cut short at the youthful age of 23, so I think people forget that all his accomplishments were achieved in such a short period of time and if his life wasn't cut short, he could have accomplished so much more. Bert Sugar considered him the greatest Asian boxer of all time, which is unthinkable considering the short career. But as I mentioned, the fact that he fought at the lower weight cles has a lot to do with the amount of recogntion he receives.