Pernell Whitaker should've been FOTD for the '90s

[Unbeatable]

Who agrees with me that Whitaker should've been given the Fighter of the Decade award, for the '90s? Jones won it, but let's make a comparison of their accomplishments:

Opponents they beat in the '90s

Whitaker

Azumah Nelson
Julio Cesar Chavez (draw, but everyone knows he won)
Buddy McGirt
Jorge Paez
Julio Cesar Vasquez
Freddie Pendleton
Rafael Pineda
Jake Rodriguez
Juan Nazario
Diosbelys Hurtado

Jones

James Toney
Bernard Hopkins
Mike McCallum (shot)
Virgil Hill
Reggie Johnson
Jorge Fernando Castro
Vinny Pazienza
Montell Griffin
Eric Lucas
Thulani Malinga

Number of weight divisions they won titles at

Whitaker: 4

Lightweight
Light Welterweight
Welterweight
Light Middleweight

Jones: 3

Middleweight
Super Middleweight
Light Heavyweight

[Sugarj]

Whitaker has a good argument! I personally shade Jones for the decade because he was so obviously superior to all his opponents in the 90s. The first Griffin fight was the only time he appeared to have a tough fight despite the strange ending.

Jones also didn't 'really' lose a fight in the 90s, the Griffin Dq being the only blemish. Whitaker finished the decade with decision losses to De La Hoya and Trinidad whilst battling a ******* addiction, I could see this swaying voters who may have forgot his excellence in the first half of the decade.

But good resumes for each.....

Both great fighters in a great decade!

[evanderjet13]

whitaker was better but you are wrong with jones

he won the title at heavyweight aswell

[THE REED]

whitaker was better but you are wrong with jones

he won the title at heavyweight aswell

In 2003 he did.

[carlos slim]

felix trinidad also beat his ass in the 90s lets not forget about that!!

[mickey malone]

1. Jones
2. Whitaker

Very very close, but Jones just shades it for me.. There's been some good points raised so far, and it's only Roy's sheer dominance that just about shades it..

[BigStereotype]

Whitaker has a good argument! I personally shade Jones for the decade because he was so obviously superior to all his opponents in the 90s.

^^^^^This.

[THE REED]

While Whitaker had a great run during the 90's...

He lost in 1997, didn't even fight in 1998.. and then lost again in 1999.

Meanwhile... Nobody ever beat Roy in the entire decade, DQ aside.. which was immediately revenged.

MW over Hopkins, SMW over #3 p4p Toney, then was the WBC, WBA, and IBF LHW champion at the end of the decade, with not only not being beaten, but barely losing a round the entire decade.

Unfortunately the thread starter just kind of left out the fact that the last 3 years of that decade Whitaker was inactive and coming off losses.

[TOBYLEE1]

Jones looked unbeatable in his hey day. To bad there where a lot of European champions at that time and the fights never got made. Whitaker under-rated win was against Julio Ceasar Vazquez. Physically bigger guy that had wins over Winky and Castillejo at the time, Pernell had him so confused in the fight. I would had to go with Jones even though Pernell is one of my top personal favorites

[GoogleMe]

It's already been summed up, but Roy Jones dominated the decade, which Pernell only was a centimeter from despite his loss'.