Sanchez was legit but my point was that, if he went on to get ko'd by JC Chavez then went on a losing streak afterwards or something, he wouldn't have been held in as high of a regard. It's like if Pavlik or Tito would've died before facing Hopkins, Jones Jr. before Tarver etc... Either way, he obviously was legit while he was alive.
That's how I feel too. I think Morales was amazing and he's one of my favorite fighters. But fat Dan and Kieran Mulvaney, and I want to say Bert Sugar all thought Marquez was higher all time than Morales and Barrera. They all rank Barrera higher than Morales based on Barrera winning twice over Morales too. I still rank Morales higher. And I think his comeback only elevated his stance to me. He was clearly out of shape and washed up but even 5% of the old Erik Morales was still a badass. He knocked out Cano when he was undefeated and I thought he narrowly beat Maidana with a ridiculously swollen eye since the first round. Maidana is in a pick 'em fight with Broner obviously. Morales was sick.