Who has the better resume Pernell Whitaker or Manny Pacquiao?

[SCtrojansbaby]

Pacquiao and its not even close

Top 5 wins

Barrera x2(Barrera was a little past his prime for the second fight)
Saskul
Marquez
Hatton

vs

Vasquez
Nelson(worse than any catchweight Manny ever had)
Ramirez(who was past his prime)
McGirt
Roger Mayweather.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Im not saying Pac would beat Whitaker. . . I honestly don't know. . . Whitaker had a better all around skillset. . But Pac has a better resume, and is thereby deserving to be ranked higher than Pea. .

So where do you rank ODH?

[talip bin osman]

Starting at their common weights, Whitaker certainly blows him away.

Pea unified at 35; Pac beat David Diaz.

Pac beat Hatton while Pea beat Pineda. Neither stayed long. Edge Pac there in terms of resume.

At 47, Pea kills him. McGirt twice (and Buddy was better by leaps and bounds than anyone Pac has fought at Welter) and a catchweight defense over Chavez win it. he started to lag on the back end of his reign (starting around 96) but from 93-95, he was smoking.

At 54, Vazquez was on a big roll with wins over Castillejo and Wright. Pac beat Marg at a Catch. Advantage Pea.

Pac has a bunch of other classes to his credit though. He had a strong run at 30 but also a loss to Morales. At 26, he beat Barrera and drew with Marquez. Ledwaba was a good win at 22 but he didn't do anything else there and, while the title is nice at 112, he wasn't really very good yet. he won that on raw talent and a hammer in his hands.

In terms of raw, on paper, resume by names, they aren't miles apart but Whitaker not losing more than a handful of rounds for close to a decade, against steady and strong opposition, has to weigh in as well. he also had a the sort of rough shod divisional clean out Pac has never had.

The opinion there that Whitaker should be seen as a heavy favorite to box Pac's ears off counts too (for me). I'd favor Pea.

another point to make is it is easy to forget that MP's run (specially at 126 & 130) he faced his 3 best contemporaries multiple times! and the quality of the names of those three are IMO slightly better than mc girt or ramirez or haugen...

is beating azumah nelson much better than knocking out barrera?

the question is difficult to answer with enough conviction... im just trying to make some interesting points...

[Mr. Invincible]

LOL is this a serious question considering Pac has probably a top ten all time resume?

[Mr. Invincible]

Sweet pea has a rob of 2 wins. 1 Vs dela hoe-ya and 1 Vs JCC.

Even with that sweet pea still has a better resume.

Even though I respect Whittaker a ton, he is nowhere in the same galaxy resume-wise.

Please list his top ten wins and I will list Pacquiao's and we will debate.

In no special oprder:

1)Lehlo Ledwaba
2)Marco Antonio Barrera x2
3)Juan Manuel Marquez x2
4)Erik Morales x2
5)Jorge Solis
6)Oscar De La Hoya
7)Ricky Hatton
8)Miguel Cotto
9)Antonio Margarito
10)Shane Mosley

[Brother Jay]

LOL@ this thread.

Its like desperation manifested.

Sweet Pea became the best by winning.

Pacquiao became the best because the boxing writers association needed someone to write about once Mayweather became inactive for 2008.

Puh-leez.

[JAB5239]

lol yeah those wins against Julio Cesar Vasquez and Nelson Axumah at lightweight really stand out. Whitaker's resume sucks and is probable the bare minimum for an ATG

Lol, his resume sucks? Nelson was a beast who hadn't lost in 8 years. Vasquez had been knocking out middleweights and was avoided at 154. And lets touch on the Chavez fight where Pea schooled him only to be robbed by a shady DK style decision. He arguably beat Oscar and went the distance with Tito while being past prime and whiffing lines daily. The boxrec analysis and biased hatred don't work with people who know what they're talking about, sorry.

[JAB5239]

LOL is this a serious question considering Pac has probably a top ten all time resume?

His resume is only top 10 if you don't know boxing history. You clearly don't.

[Allucard]

Pernell Whitaker would have beat Pacquiao, but he doesn't have the better resume. With that said, Pernell should have a win over Chavez Sr on his, and Pacquiao should have a loss or two against Marquez.

This.........

[tatangb45]

The better way to judge and see who is better is to watch carefully their styles of fighting. Watch both videos below and decide.

This one is Pernell vs. Mcgirth l.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2iqy4gOQZw

This next one is Pacquiao vs. Cotto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08kUTlcjCfU