How good was Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker???

[DLT]

I'm just getting some of his fights now but i've never actually seen him fight. Heard a lot of good things.

whats the deal??

He was a straight beast but the hype on here is unreal. Its definatly true but its crazy to me how this whole board seems to think he is a God now, when these same people hate his style of fighting. You probally would call him the most boring guy you ever saw. When he was fighting there were a ton of people who hated to watch him and thought he was the most boring guy in the game. Now people act like they all love him. 20 years from now they will probally be doing the same thing about Floyd

[SkillspayBills]

...that dosent make sense....people just dont see puches is SLOW MOTION

It's a figure of speech budd, he saw punches before they were thrown.

[Wiley Hyena]

Thanks for the clip on Swea Pea. His defense was extraordinary.

[shawn_]

Have you ever not made a post about Floyd DLT?

[Vladimir303]

He was a straight beast but the hype on here is unreal. Its definatly true but its crazy to me how this whole board seems to think he is a God now, when these same people hate his style of fighting. You probally would call him the most boring guy you ever saw. When he was fighting there were a ton of people who hated to watch him and thought he was the most boring guy in the game. Now people act like they all love him. 20 years from now they will probally be doing the same thing about Floyd

I think so too but I think in order for people to do that they first want to see that fighter lose. Roy jones was hated by many too but once he lost 3 in a row those same people started ranking him as one of the all-time greats referring to him as unbeatable at his prime and such.

[Chups]

He was a straight beast but the hype on here is unreal. Its definatly true but its crazy to me how this whole board seems to think he is a God now, when these same people hate his style of fighting. You probally would call him the most boring guy you ever saw. When he was fighting there were a ton of people who hated to watch him and thought he was the most boring guy in the game. Now people act like they all love him. 20 years from now they will probally be doing the same thing about Floyd

Whitaker doesn't go on telling people he's better than Leonard or Ali.

[Maxy]

Pernell Whitaker is without a doubt the best fighter of his type there has ever been. At his peak he was simply unbeatable.

He'd beat Floyd Mayweather...

[Vladimir303]

Pernell Whitaker is without a doubt the best fighter of his type there has ever been. At his peak he was simply unbeatable.

He'd beat Floyd Mayweather...

See what I mean. See post 15 and you will know what I'm talking about.

[SkillspayBills]

I thought this thread was about Pernell, why the heck is everyone including Floyd...

[Wiley Hyena]

I thought this thread was about Pernell, why the heck is everyone including Floyd...

Skils, you need to rescue your round robin thread, so we can get some more people in on the pot. What's with the negligence?