Vicente Saldivar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vicente Saldivar

Mexican boxer

Date of Birth: 03-May-1943

Place of Birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Date of Death: 18-Jul-1985

Profession: boxer

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Vicente Samuel Saldívar García (May 3, 1943 – July 18, 1985) was a Mexican boxer.
He was a former WBC and a two-time WBA Featherweight Champion.
Saldivar has frequently been ranked amongst the greatest in the history of that division by many noted boxing historians and critics.
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.