Whitttaker was much better than Mayweather ever was

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Isn't an orthodox fighter's left hook usually his best punch? Joe Frazier, David Tua, Oscar De La Hoya, etc.

"usually"?? No.

You named those rare exceptions. The vast majority of orthodox fighters' best punch is the straight right hand.

[Lord13]

This is a toss up between ***** #1 and *****#2.
I'll leave it to the Floyd nut-warmers to discuss this one.

[El Dominicano]

Mayweather is more accurate and has better hand speed

Mayweather has a slighty better defense which isn't hard to notice. I would always pefer blocking over weaving punches.

Pernell had the better Jab.

Mayweather has a little more power.

Stamina is the same I guess or maybe Pernell had a little more because Pernell moved around ALOT.

Mayweather has the better chin ofcourse

I would pick Mayweather to win this one becuz of his Speed, Accuracy, MAINLY Reach. I'm not to sure Mayweather would even try and outbox Pernell because does Pernell poses the power to get the respect?? I'm being honest here and I feel that alot of Pernell Whitaker fans don't wana speak the truth.

[Dynamite Kid]

Mayweather is more accurate and has better hand speed

Mayweather has a slighty better defense which isn't hard to notice. I would always pefer blocking over weaving punches.

Pernell had the better Jab.

Mayweather has a little more power.

Stamina is the same I guess or maybe Pernell had a little more because Pernell moved around ALOT.

Mayweather has the better chin ofcourse

I would pick Mayweather to win this one becuz of his Speed, Accuracy, MAINLY Reach. I'm not to sure Mayweather would even try and outbox Pernell because does Pernell poses the power to get the respect?? I'm being honest here and I feel that alot of Pernell Whitaker fans don't wana speak the truth.

PBF is chinny his defence keeps him at arms length from getting hurt Corley showed he is packing China

Floyd best oponent Oscar Dela Hoya ,Whitaker has pitted his skills against the better fighters Floyd struggled with Castillo where as Whitaker owned J C Chavez

[oldgringo]

By that same logic, has Pernell ever faced anyone with defense REMOTELY NEAR Mayweather?

Floyd is pretty good at turning defense into offense himself. See Manfredy, Corrales, the brilliant pull-counters vs NDou, the Corley fight, and the way he clocked hatton while backpedaling.

I thought I acknowledged that in my post. I thought I said Pea hadn't faced anyone as great on defense as Mayweather. Just Buddy McGirt, who was relatively similar in skill, just not as great defensively.

I agree with this second paragraph, but I feel that Mayweather defends himself in a much different way than Whitaker did. Just compare the way they fought much larger opponents (Vazquez/Baldomir for example). Whitaker was able to stand in front of Vazquez for a good portion of the fight while making Vazquez miss.

[Sweet Pea 50]

This is a toss up between ***** #1 and *****#2.
I'll leave it to the Floyd nut-warmers to discuss this one.

I'd like to see you in the ring with EITHER one of these "bitches". But its OK, ALT. You probably got your feelings hurt when Mayweather smashed out Gatti.

[Lord13]

I'd like to see you in the ring with EITHER one of these "bitches". But its OK, ALT. You probably got your feelings hurt when Mayweather smashed out Gatti.

Oh I forgot about you, I take it back brother.

[cuzfozzy]

Whittaker better defense, power - more exciting than Floyd

watch how he schools a prime de la hoya :

[Pullcounter]

watch how he schools a prime de la hoya :

that's a great vid of whitaker...

I think the difference between whitaker and floyd is that you can tell that whitaker loves to fight whereas floyd loves the spotlight more than he loves fighting.

both were great but in match ups where 2 greats fight I always go with the bigger greater fighter to win.

[DIOS DOMINICANO]

Points Rating Scale:

Mayweather:

Level of Opposition Beaten - 9.0

Speed - 8.5

Power - 6.5

Defense - 9.5

Heart - 6.5

Chin - 8.0

Overall Skill - 10

Score = 42


Whitaker:

Level of Opposition Beaten - 7.5

Speed - 9.0

Power - 6.0

Defense - 10

Heart - 6.5

Chin - 9.0

Overall Skill - 10

Score = 58

Where did you learn math...MEXICO?