If Toney and Pernell had such great defense, why do they slur so badly?

[Gino Ros]

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[mariobrotherpr]

Because they had the balls to fight the best.

Add Wilfred Benítez to the list.

[Toney616]

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With Pernell it was the declining of his skills due to drug abuse and with Toney it was because of all those hw fights where he came in clearly overweight. So he ended up taking a lot more unnecessary punches.

[Gino Ros]

Because they had the balls to fight the best.

Add Wilfred Benítez to the list.

except for tito who else hit pernell hard

[Gino Ros]

With Pernell it was the declining of his skills due to drug abuse and with Toney it was because of all those hw fights where he came in clearly overweight. So he ended up taking a lot more unnecessary punches.

yeah it makes sense that toney got hit by hvywts like sam peter. he should not taken those shots.

but if you look bad at videos u see that toney was slurring when he was fighting jirov and holifield

[Toney616]

except for tito who else hit pernell hard

I think with Pernell it was due to the accumulation of punches during the back end of his career rather than any particular fight

[jrosales13]

except for tito who else hit pernell hard

Really? Is that like a serious question? Or did you just not follow Whitaker career?

[mariobrotherpr]

except for tito who else hit pernell hard

It isn't about one fight. It's a career. Even if you make prime DLH look foolish 8 out of 10 punches he throws, 2 prime DLH shots are damaging. He also took some shots on the first Rivera fight (which, IMHO, he lost).

[Gino Ros]

Really? Is that like a serious question? Or did you just not follow Whitaker career?

if you just want to make fun of me you dont need to answer the question

[BoxerXL]

They probably took allot of punishment during sparring, your sparring partner trains everyday with you , he knows your style. So sparring partners usually hit you more then your opponent