Just beautiful watching Pernell Whitaker go to the body.

[Thread Stealer]

How underrated at the time was Pea? People give him credit now but I feel while he was fighting he didn't get the credit he deserved.

He wasn't especially popular, but he was highly regarded as one of the best boxers out there.

He even got covers on SI.

[IMDAZED]

How underrated at the time was Pea? People give him credit now but I feel while he was fighting he didn't get the credit he deserved.

He might've been underrated prior to beating Chavez. But I wouldn't even say that because he was widely considered the best or #2 in the world, depending on who you ask. I think the manner in which he beat Chavez (while not completely one-sided Whitaker proved better in almost every category, even body punching) probably wiped away whatever doubts existed.

[2501]

**** wont play for me for some reason. I didn't see this fight live of course, but I remember an uncle talking about this fight a long time ago saying everyone was expecting Whitty to run and he was the agressor. So I watched the fight.

[Toney Loc]

**** wont play for me for some reason. I didn't see this fight live of course, but I remember an uncle talking about this fight a long time ago saying everyone was expecting Whitty to run and he was the agressor. So I watched the fight.

Must be a Mexican thing. My pops and uncles kept calling Pea "el pinche payaso que le gano a Chavez, pero por payaso se la robaron". Mexicans generally don't like that style.

[KnockoutTheFat]

I remember him catching Juan Nazario w/ a body shot which I believe was the cause of the KO not the head shot that landed shortly after that was a sweet body shot

[2501]

Must be a Mexican thing. My pops and uncles kept calling Pea "el pinche payaso que le gano a Chavez, pero por payaso se la robaron". Mexicans generally don't like that style.

i didnt mean to sound like I only watched it cuz he was the aggressor, I didnt know much about this fight and my uncle told me enough to intrigue me.

[TheGreatA]

I remember him catching Juan Nazario w/ a body shot which I believe was the cause of the KO not the head shot that landed shortly after that was a sweet body shot

Huge knockdown:

[Steak]

he murdered Policarpo Diaz to the body. broke some of his ribs, I believe.

well even hatton would look like a star againts haugen, lolz

Haugen should have two wins over Vinny Pazienza, and Pazienza was probably just as good as Hatton, if not better.

[M.I Truth ?]

He might've been underrated prior to beating Chavez. But I wouldn't even say that because he was widely considered the best or #2 in the world, depending on who you ask. I think the manner in which he beat Chavez (while not completely one-sided Whitaker proved better in almost every category, even body punching) probably wiped away whatever doubts existed.

True, I just remember that whenever I brought up Whitaker up back in the day most people would say negative things right away. I know in recent history pure boxers have not received the attention that guys with one punch knock out power get but I was amazed at how people used to speak negatively about Whitaker. I guess its what the difference between true boxing fans and casuals.

[sweetpea87]

Whitaker won every round of that fight.