By Lem Satterfield

After watching Saturday night's successful unanimous decision defense of his WBO welterweight title by eight-division champion Manny Paquiao over five-time champion Shane Mosley, Pernell Whitaker called Main Events CEO, Kathy Duva,  implored for her to "Get us that guy," referring to Pacquiao, and added, "I know Zab Judah can beat that guy."

"I think that Zab and I would still have to work hard if we were to fght Manny Pacquiao, but he didn't impress me like I thought that he would impress me," said Whitaker, a 47-year-old, southpaw former four-division world champion who was nicknamed "Sweet Pea."

"I'm not going to take away from Pacquiao's being the best fighter, pound-for-pound, today, but that's an easy fight for Zab," said Whitaker. "It's not like I would be going in there to fight a war, but we would beat him with Zab's skills. Pacquiao would be easy for us, and we would beat him easily."

Whitaker worked the corner of the southpaw Judah (41-6, 28 knockouts) for the first time during Judah's March 5, seventh-round knockout of South Africa's Kaizer Mabuza (23-7-3, 14 KOs) for the vacant IBF junior welterweight belt.

Duva has been actively pursuing with Golden Boy Promotions a July 23 clash opposite WBA counter part Amir Khan (24-1, 17 KOs) for the 33-year-old Judah, a move that comes in the wake of Khan's failure to secure a match up with WBO and WBC titlist Tim Bradley (27-0, 11 KOs) despite Khan's having signed to accept that fight.

But after watching the 32-year-old Pacquiao (53-3-2, 38 KOs) fail to finish off the 39-year-old Mosley (46-7-1, 39 KOs) after having floored him in the third round, Whitaker came away disappointed.

"I thought Pacquiao was the best fighter, pound-for-pound, and that's been my word for the last year or two because this man had been the most consistent fighter out there. I just kept hearing about him winning," said Whitaker.

"I had seen clips of his fights, but I never had watched him for an entire fight until Saturday. But after watching him for 12 rounds against Mosley, I over-estimated him," said Whitaker. "That's not the fighter I would have considered to be the best fighter, pound-for-pound, looking like that. That's why I'd like Zab to get him."

In the aftermath of Pacquiao's victory, his promoter, Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum, listed as possibilities a third bout against WBO and WBC lightweight Juan Manuel Marquez (52-5-1, 38 KOs), or those with Bradley or Judah, in that order.

Whitaker hopes that Pacquiao selects Judah, who would do against Pacquiao what Mosley did not, said Whitaker.

"Shane Mosley just failed to exploit Pacquiao," said Whitaker. "Shane just wouldn't throw the right hand, and I don't know what he was afraid of."

A former Brooklyn resident and holder of the WBA, WBC and IBF welterweight belts, as well as a former titlist with IBF and WBO junior welterweight crowns, Judah won for the fifth straight time against Mabuza and scored his third knockout during that run since losing to Joshua Clottey in August of 2008.

In November, Judah ground out an HBO televised split-decision over 28-year-old Lucas Matthysse (27-1, 25 KOs) of Argentina.

Judah's win over Mabuza ended the loser's run of eight straight wins, six of which had been by knockout. Mabuza was coming off of a February, 2010, sixth-round stoppage of Kendall Holt (25-4, 13 KOs), the man against whom Bradley had to rise from the canvas to dethrone as WBO champ in April of 2009.

Whitaker (41-4-1, 17 KOs) fought his last bout in 2001, having held the WBC, WBA and IBF lightweight, IBF light welterweight, WBC welterweight, and WBA light middleweight crowns over the course of his career.

Whitaker has vanquished such former world champs as Azumah Nelson, James McGirt, Jorge Paez, Wilfredo Rivera, Harold Brazier, Anthony Jones, Jorge Paez, Greg Haugen and Freddie Pendleton, split bouts with Jose Luis Ramirez, and drawn with Julio Cesar Chavez.

"Zab is the closest thing around today to being me in the ring, and I know that I would have a field day with some of  these guys today. But in the past, Zab wanted to be this power-punching, gorilla-style of fighter. I mean, he got a lot done with that style, but that's not the true style that Zab Judah should be fighting with," said Whitaker.

"Don't get me wrong. I want him to be an entertainer and to have fun in the ring, but I want him to be able to move around the ring. My philosophy and my motto is and always has been that if you have to go to work," Whitaker. "If you put in the hard work, you will achieve the good results. I don't care who Zab gets into the ring with. As long as I can keep him in the gym, keep him consistent and keep his head in the game, he will have more success than he has had in the past."

With the help of Whitaker, Judah appears to have resurrected a once promising career that was marred by childish behavior in at least two of his major bouts.

Disciplinary actions were taken against Judah for getting physical with referee Jay Nady and for intentionally hitting Floyd Mayweather (41-0, 15 KOs) below the belt as well as an in-the-ring brawl, respectively, following a second-round knockout to Kostya Tszyu in November of 2001 and a 12-round decision loss to Mayweather in April of 2006.

"Zab's won four world titles and it was thought that he had his times in the ring, good and bad. Really, you know, boxing could have been done with Zab after all of the fighting in the ring and all of the mishaps," said Whitaker."So for Zab, to me, this is about a redemption and a rebirth of his career, because in my time, you didn't get these kinds of second chances."

Judah's past also includes a June 2007, 11th-round knockout loss to current WBA junior middleweight king Miguel Cotto (36-2, 29 KOs), and setbacks against Cory Spinks and Carlos Baldomir, all of which occurred in the welterweight division.

One of Judah's career highlights was a February, 2005 ninth-round knockout of Spinks in the latter's hometown of St. Louis, Mo. The win over Spinks not only avenged his April 2004 loss, but earned Judah the mantle of WBC, WBA and IBF welterweight titlist.

Judah was dethroned, however, after just one defense by Baldomir in January of 2006, and won his first championship belt since then by defeating Mabuza.

"I feel bad for Zab's mishaps. But a lot of the reasons they happened were because of his own mistakes in and out of the ring," said Whitaker. "But, you know, now Zab's won a world title, and he's back in the mix," said Whitaker. "So whatever he's gone through in the past, it's in the past and we want it to stay there."