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Nat Fleischer rated him as the greatest welterweight of all time and in 2003 he was included in the Ring Magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.
Other contributors include veteran journalist Graham Houston, ex Ring Magazine editor Steve Farhood, Ron Borges and Steve Bunce.
Ring Magazine founder and editor, Nat Fleischer, rated Dundee in the top five of his list of greatest featherweights of all time.
After five defenses, among others a KO over Rudy Zavala and a points win over Ncita, he lost his belt to future star Vuyani Bungu, a fight which was deemed 1994 Upset of the Year by Ring Magazine.
Rigoberto comes from a big boxing family, his brothers are Welterweight Prospects Ramon Álvarez, Ricardo Álvarez and the former WBC, WBA, and Ring Magazine Light Middleweight Champion, Saúl Álvarez.
On November 16, 2003, Barrera was defeated by Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao in the eleventh round when Barerra's corner threw in the towel, earning Pacquiao his third world championship in third weight division (Barrera was the recognized Lineal champion and his Ring Magazine title was also on the line when he fought Pacquiao).