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IMDB rating: 6.10 Plot: Paulie, an intelligent parrot who actually talks, relates the story of his struggle to a Russian immigrant who works as a janitor at the research institute where he is housed and neglected. Paulies story begins many years earlier when he is given as a gift to a little girl who stutters. Eventually, he teaches the girl to speak correctly but is taken away by her father because he believes the girl cannot distinguish fantasy from reality because she believes the bird can talk. Paulie goes through a series of adventures with a pawn shop owner, an ageing widow, a Mexican-American troubadour and a would be thief before being taken to the institute where he now lives. |
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Who are your favorite Mexican American boxers of all time?
1. Johnny Tapia
2. Michael Carbajal
3. Mia St. John
4. Oscar De La Hoya
5. Diego Corrales
6. Jesse James Leija
7. Alfonso Gomez
8. Paulie Ayala
9. Orlando Canizalez
10. Fernando Vargas
You may choose Margarito as well, he was born in US, born as a US citizen but end up living in Mexico.
@ Mark, I think you put Juan Manuel Marquez accidentally bro! He is not Mexican American. He is Mexican. 
Hey JON another interesting question mate!
My top 10 in no specific order
Paulie Ayala
Michael Carbajal
Oscar De La Hoya
Johnny Tapia
Willie Jorrin
Danny Romero
Steven Luevano
Paul Gonzales, Olympic Champion
Loreto Garza, my man or he KO’ed the opponent or he got KO’ed,no other options for a fight to finish when he fought lol
Rodolfo Gonzales,a Mexican-American hero and way more than just a boxer!I would call him the Mexican-American Muhammad Ali!
Chevalier de La Barre | Oct 21, 2009
tapia.
maurice | Oct 21, 2009
Jon this is a very interesting question. We have been honored over the years to have many great Mexican and Mexican American fighters. Here is a list of my favorites:
1. Bobby Chacon
2. Mando Ramos
3. Michael Carbajal
4. Carlos Palomino
5. Gaby Canizales
6. Oscar De La Hoya
7. Manuel Ortiz
8. Diego Corrales
9. Johnny Tapia
10. Oscar Albardo
11. Armando Muniz
12. Richie Sandoval
13. Tony Baltazar
14. Paulie Ayala
15. Ruben Castillo
16. David Diaz
17. Chris Arreola
18. Fernado Vargas
19. Danny Romero
20. Alfonzo Gomez
Honorable mention to Danny "Little Red" Lopez who was part Ute Indian and Mexican.
toughguy2 | Oct 21, 2009
This is a very good question and a good test as well. IT’s hard because there are so many great Mexican American champions. LOL, I feel almost inclined to Cheat and add my favorite Mexican fighter, Julio Cesar Chavez, but you said "Mexican-American". He would top this and many of the lists I’ve seen here but, sticking to the question, I’d have to go with……….
1. Oscar de la Hoya: Say what you will but it’s hard not to admire Oscar. I must admit that I personally like him more for what he’s doing for boxing after his retirement. I also have to give Oscar a LOT of credit. He didn’t always WIN the big ones but he did FIGHT them. Some will say he avoided Winky Wright and Vernon Forrest but at nearly every time they were available, there was always a more attractive challenge waiting for Oscar. He’s the one fighter who can ligitimately claim to not be able to fight Everybody.
2. Diego Corrales: How can you not admire Chico? He didn’t always fight the wisest fight but he certainly fought the bravest. I felt for him when he wanted to continue when his step-dad stopped the Mayweather fight. I felt for his dad as well though because he understood that Chico was out-matched. He should have been a jr. welterweight, not a jr. lightweight.
Orlando Canizalez: a good champion with a lot of heart, so is Michael Carbajal. Who can forget his series with Humberto Gonzalez?
Honestly, I’ve never been impressed with Fernando Vargas or Jesse James Leija. They were "Good" but ordinary champions who benefited from the Multi-titled generation and would never have become champions of any sort in, even the days of TWO champions per division.
Chacon, Baltazar and Paulie Ayala were decent champions but, again, nothing special.
People tend to remember Carlos Palomino for nastalgic reasons but he benefited from the company he kept during the welterweight division’s super era with Leonard, Duran and Hearns. He’s the "Ken Norton" of that era.
There are other good champions on this list and the lists of others here. But they pale in comparsion to their Mexican counterparts.
LOL, I feel cheated, not being able to add names like Chavez, Sanchez, Marquez and others but rules are rules.
galactus177 | Oct 21, 2009
Oscar De La Hoya
Diego Corrales
Fernando Vargas
Tony Lopez
Genaro Hernandez
Chris Arreola
Gabriel Ruelas
Juan Lazcano
Michael Carbajal
Johnny Tapia
Ring King | Oct 21, 2009
1. Manuel Ortiz – A true all-time great, Ortiz was a 2-time World Bantamweight champion. He defended his crown a combined 20 times.
2. Bobby "Schoolboy" Chacon – Although he was Mexican-American, he fought using the Mexican style fighting. He would go in and take many shots to land one thunderous shot from either hand. One of the most exciting fighters of all time, he had 4 classic fights against Rafael "Bazooka" Limon (The 4th and final fight between them is my pick as the greatest fight EVER) and Cornelius Boza Edwards.
3. Diego "Chico" Corrales – A brawler, not afraid to mix it up, and one heck of a puncher to boot. His first fight against Jose Luis Castillo is one of the greatest fights ever, some say it IS the greatest ever.
4. Johnny "Mi Vida Loca" Tapia – Great fighter, has been struggling with drug use for YEARS but don’t let that take away the fact that he became a champion in 2 divisions (Super flyweight and featherweight).
5. Danny "Little Red: Lopez – This half-Irish, Half-Mexican with bright red hair was amongst the most exciting fighters of his day. He was the type of fighter who would take a punch, then come back and flatten you. Lopez was one of the very few who knocked out the great Ruben Olivares. He was also murderous puncher. Lopez won the WBC featherweight title, defending it 8 times, before losing it to the great Salvador Sanchez.
Here’s a clip of Lopez in action – full fight:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdaVSVefm ck
6. Michael "Manitos De Piedra" Carbajal – One of the most exciting smaller fighters of recent times, he was a highly skilled fighter with a great, great left hook. He won the IBF title and unified the light flyweight title after knocking out Humberto "Chiquita" Gonzalez in what was named as Ring Magazine Fight Of The year for 1993. Here’s the KO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx8NPWwXh mU
He retired as champion, knocking out a young Jorge Arce in the 11th round for Arce’s WBO Light Flyweight Title.
7. Orlando Canizalez – One of the best bantamweights of recent times, he won the IBF Bantamweight title and defended it 18 times. Great fighter.
8. Tony "The Tiger" Lopez – 2 division champion, gave Brian Mitchell the toughest fights of his career, defended his titles a combined 8 times.
9. Oscar De La Hoya – 10-time world champion.
10. Paulie Ayala.
Jose Martinez | Oct 21, 2009
Orlando Canizales
Mando Ramos
Rodolfo "El Gato" Gonzalez
Tony Baltazar
Frankie Baltazar
Robert Quiroga
Alberto Sandoval
Yaqui Lopez
Bobby Chacon
Carlos Palomino
Alberto Davila
Keeny Teran
Had to edit my list a lot, I didn’t see the American part.
Mark W | Oct 21, 2009
Oscar De La Hoya
Diego Corrales
Hani | Oct 22, 2009