How would Pernell Whitaker do against fighters on Floyd's resume?

[Rockin']

Pernell would do fine against Floyds opponents.

I consider Sweet Pea to be a much better fighter than Floyd........... Rockin'

[SweetScience]

Pea is better than Floyd, that is all.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Whittaker would beat everyone that floyd has fought with ease...

Sweet pea was a goon....

The only people that think floyd is better than sweet pea are the guys that have been watching for like 5 years or less, and only know floyd as a ppv attraction...

Whittaker would beat everyone floyd has faced and be undefeated......

Floyd would never fight a prime oscar and tito like sweet pea did....

[The Big Dunn]

Whittaker would beat everyone that floyd has fought with ease...

Sweet pea was a goon....

The only people that think floyd is better than sweet pea are the guys that have been watching for like 5 years or less, and only know floyd as a ppv attraction...

Whittaker would beat everyone floyd has faced and be undefeated......

Floyd would never fight a prime oscar and tito like sweet pea did....

he begged a prime ODH to fight for over 2 years. why did ODH wait until he was old?

Could it be because floyd was younger and fresher and still as fast and as good defensively as sweet pea-who almost beat ODH prime ODH when he was well past prime?

[Sugar Adam Ali]

he begged a prime ODH to fight for over 2 years. why did ODH wait until he was old?

Could it be because floyd was younger and fresher and still as fast and as good defensively as sweet pea-who almost beat ODH prime ODH when he was well past prime?

True, you make a good point about the oscar/floyd situation, but to be fair when floyd started calling out oscar he was not an established ppv draw yet...
It was till gatti/judah/baldomir ppv fights that oscar took floyd as a serious opponent that could bring big $$$$$$
Yeah Prime oscar didnt fight floyd, but he was busy fighting hopkins, vargas, mosely so i really cant blame oscar or floyd...

But as far as tito is concerned.... There is no way floyd would tangle with a prime welter tito in the late 90's.... Floyd is a whole lot more skilled but the size and youth of tito would be too much, just like it was for sweet pea who fought nearly the entire fight with a broken jaw...

[LoadedWraps]

Pernell would do fine against Floyds opponents.

I consider Sweet Pea to be a much better fighter than Floyd........... Rockin'

Better than floyd, obviously. If this isn't a bait thread I don't know what is, don't you guys get tired of reading ignorant comments like "floyd GOAT" etc from people who have no knowledge of boxing?

[djtmal]

even though, pernell sweet pea whitaker, was the #1 p4p fighter for years, pernell sweet pea whitaker, wasn't the cash cow, that floyd money mayweather came to be...that being said, not only would pernell sweet pea whitaker, wax and polish, everybody on floyd money mayweather jr's, resume, he would have fought cotto and shane, closer to their primes, and he would have fought and beat, everybody that floyd didn't fight (manny pac, p. willlams, margarito, etc)...imo because sweet pea whitaker wasn't the cash cow, and didn't have the luxury of picking opponents...

[Capaedia]

Fighting one after another on the same timeline, he picks up losses.

But individually the only real problems would come from DLH and Cotto.

Whitaker did not take the same strict care of his body that Mayweather did (******* is the big issue)




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[Lucas Machine]

He'd beat them all with relative ease.

I agree but I don't see Whitaker with knockouts in some of those fights. sweet pea punched about as hard as a pea shooter. I really don't like either fighter or their styles but that's my observation.

[A-Wolf]

Whitaker is smaller than Floyd and Whitaker probably had less pop in his punches than Floyd. Having said that, it's clear that Whitaker is the better defensive fighter because he wouldn't just potshot like Floyd, but actually let loose combinations.

I wouldn't call Floyd the greatest defensive fighter of ALL TIME. For this era maybe, but not ALL TIME.

Floyd's skill is assessing risk, and minimizing risk. Floyd is one of the greatest risk averse boxers of all time. Floyd has learned Bruce Lee's "art of fighting without fighting". Floyd's boxing I.Q. is on the level of Sun Tzu's in warfare, but Floyd can't do what Whitaker did, be defensive and fire combinations. Floyd can only be defensive and potshot.

You are correct, sir.