As a youngster, Whitaker was known to friends and family as "Pete" and when he began to emerge as a top amateur, fans in his hometown of Norfolk used to serenade him with chants of "Sweet Pete." This was misinterpreted by a local sportswriter as "Sweet Pea." When this erroneous report came out in the local newspaper, the new nickname stuck.
I Got Floyd on this one by alittle bit honestly people act like Floyd has fought bums Floyd would do the same to any Pernell opponents whats so special about them oh cause Floyd wasn't their to make them look easy "peeleft:
Whitaker could clown most of Floyd's opponents too. Including Manny, a guy Floyd was hesitant to fight.
Lets try and keep things 50/50 here Delahoya at 24 would give a 32 year old Mayweather hell as would Trinidad and Vasquez
Whoever saids broner or leonard are better defensive than mayweather and sweet pea are in denial or just plain ******. Broner is a offensive fighter for one thin and leonard was never defensive except a few fights with hagler and hearns
Which further proves how ****** you are. You knocked Mayweather's opposition, I simply said Pernell Whitaker hit the canvas quite a few times against the kind of opposition Floyd would have hardly got touched against, after all the topic here is defense. You pretty much shot yourself in the leg, but that doesn't surprise me cause plenty of people are hateful enough that they can't be unbiased to make a point. Changing the subject, bringing up Nelson, Oscar and Tito made your argument so much weaker considering no one is debating who had the better resume, Pernell Whitaker obviously has the better resume. I actually watched his career set again not too long ago so don't even think you can educate me, it's you who needs to pay attention.
Lol! Alright dude whatever you say... Not even worth arguing.
I have Floyd ahead of Whitaker because I believe his defense is more varied, it allows him more room to adapt when faced with different styles.
That being said these topics annoy me. It's as clear as the difference between night and day that Floyd and Pernell are in the same ball park in terms of defense, but fools in this thread act as though it is sacrilegious for someone to rate Floyd higher. It's as though the man shouldn't be complimented, the hate runs deep.
Prime Ivan "Iron Boy" Calderon drops in to say hello to silly list.
Broner can't even fit into the shoes of Calderon, never mind having him within a 100 mile radius of someone like Sweet Pea. Bonehead sucks. Imagine if someone other than Paulie with his washed up, pillow fists were tagging that body. He'd be dead
I have Floyd ahead of Whitaker because I believe his defense is more varied, it allows him more room to adapt when faced with different styles.
That being said these topics annoy me. It's as clear as the difference between night and day that Floyd and Pernell are in the same ball park in terms of defense, but fools in this thread act as though it is sacrilegious for someone to rate Floyd higher. It's as though the man shouldn't be complimented, the hate runs deep.
LOL I did see that.. It seems if you give Mayweather props it's against the rules in this place.
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