Defense is about even.
Power: Mayweather
Body Punching: Whitaker
Hand Speed: Mayweather
Jab: Whitaker
Footwork: Mayweather
Workrate: Whitaker
Chin: Even
Accuracy: Even (Don't want to hear it, Mayweather throws less)
I'd give Mayweather the nod in the chin department. Sweat Pea has actually been wobbled and tasted the canvas before. In fact, Roger Mayweather hurt Sweat Pea pretty badly.
Whitaker got hit more than Floyd has done generally, but then he hung with a generally better class of fighter overall throughout the arc of his career . . . that told more when he would stand in with guys closer to his own size in the lower weights, it was only a few guys above 140 who he ever really got on his bike for.
That's not even true. When he was past his prime, yes. But in his prime at lightweight Whitaker didn't get hit more than anybody. Including Mayweather.
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