Meldrick Taylor vs Pernell Whitaker at 140.

[Evil Abed]

Taylor had faster hands and a better workrate, but Whitaker is also very good in these areas as well. Whitaker is the smarter fighter, considerably more difficult to tag, and I think this is the main difference as he wins a 8-4 type fight.

I bet they had sick sparring sessions on the train up to the olympics.

And even later after they turned pro.

[americanbot]

Taylor had faster hands and a better workrate, but Whitaker is also very good in these areas as well. Whitaker is the smarter fighter, considerably more difficult to tag, and I think this is the main difference as he wins a 8-4 type fight.

that is true.....

[RubenSonny]

Taylor had faster hands than Whitaker and I could see Meldrick outpointing him by being more active.

Whitaker had a tendency to go for long stretches of time without throwing punches.

Whitaker had a very high work rate, and threw a lot of punches, Taylor had a higher work rate but don't make out sweetpea to be something he wasn't.

[bojangles1987]

Sweet Pea was a better fighter. Plain and simple. Taylor doesn't have any advantages that would offset how much better Pea was, and Whitaker would win a clear decision.

[ShoulderRoll]

Whitaker had a very high work rate, and threw a lot of punches, Taylor had a higher work rate but don't make out sweetpea to be something he wasn't.

His low workrate is what caused the Ramirez fight to be closer than it should have been. He also took the second half of the Oscar de la Hoya fight off.

No question that he was more skilled than Taylor though.