Just beautiful watching Pernell Whitaker go to the body.

[nujabes77]

I don't know about that...Hatton beats Azumah and McGirt?

e z, imo

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Don't be an idiot, Hatton may be the harder puncher but he ain't nearly as good as Whitaker going to the body.

'not nearly as good going to the body', pffffft

[M.I Truth ?]

the guy went to distance with whitaker, hatton would've downed him in 4 rounds. how can you say 'not as effective'?

hatton style is of a body puncher, he's more effective

he downed tsuyu and castillio with body punches, both fighters are better than haugen by a mile

try to accept that whitaker is not all that, hatton can go tru whitakers resume (win fights) undefeated...

The reason that its not effective is because the second Hatton steps up in class he will have trouble getting to the body. When he is fighting an elite boxer than won't allow the bully tactics Hatton is done. Pea was clever enoght to get to the body no matter how skilled the guy in the other corner is.

[TheGreatA]

the guy went to distance with whitaker, hatton would've downed him in 4 rounds. how can you say 'not as effective'?

hatton style is of a body puncher, he's more effective

he downed tsuyu and castillio with body punches, both fighters are better than haugen by a mile

try to accept that whitaker is not all that, hatton can go tru whitakers resume (win fights) undefeated...

[Thread Stealer]

Whitaker was not as popular as he should have been early on. In fact most of the 84 Olympians suffered a little backlash.

The reason they did was because of ABC and Alex Wallau hyping them as gods. I remember watching their fights and having to turn the sound off to actually enjoy the fights. Taylor suffered the same fate as Whitaker. It was not until well in their pro careers that they got more appreciated. Holyfield is the only one of them who escaped the curse early by becoming too big for ABC early on, so he escaped the stigma.

I still remember Alex Wallau and that ex Football player as commentators, and I still shudder from the thought of it.

Whitaker was so damn graceful in there though. So fluid and so damn precise.

I actually didn't mind them much as commentators, at least from the fights I've watched with them commentating.

Dan Diedorf is real respectful of boxers and said he misses doing commentary for boxing. He said something like "I come from a sport where guys are tough, but it's nothing what boxers have to go through."

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The reason that its not effective is because the second Hatton steps up in class he will have trouble getting to the body. When he is fighting an elite boxer than won't allow the bully tactics Hatton is done. Pea was clever enoght to get to the body no matter how skilled the guy in the other corner is.

why the double standard? you saying that haugen is elite, pffffft

[nujabes77]

pfffffffffft

[M.I Truth ?]

why the double standard? you saying that haugen is elite, pffffft

Chavez.......

[nujabes77]

Chavez.......

tsuyu/castillio.....

[SkillspayBills]

Pure class all the way, Pernell is an ATG in every sense of the word.