Pernell Whitaker was probably overrated

[RightJabLikeZab]

Pernell made Oscar look silly. He won that fight.

[RightJabLikeZab]

Terrible thread btw. Way too many on this forum nowadays.

[Lomadeaux]

Terrible thread btw. Way too many on this forum nowadays.

Yea, this is one of the bad ones.

[Luilun]

Look he had a draw with Chavez who some think he won now he didn't fight the best of Chavez who was a coked out alcoholic at the time but if Chavez is consider one of the all time greats than you have to add Whitaker to that list. What he accomplished as a Gold medalist and 4 world titles is no hype job

[_Rexy_]

I love how you use the Chávez and Oscar fights as proof he’s overrated. Did you watch those fights? Sweet pea was robbed

[Eff Pandas]

Paragraphs please. Wall of Text!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Arrrrrrgh my eyes!!!!

But nah Sweet Pea ain't overrated. If anything he's underrated cuz its primarily the boxing dorks who still hype him today. You can't find very many casual fans who are big upping Sweet Pea. Thats usually the main part of being overrated in boxing is when the casuals are spitting out your name blindly & without much context or true knowledge of the game.

[djtmal]

how can pernell be "probably" overrated...

[IronDanHamza]

Azumah Nelson was a great fighter on his resume.

Chavez was a clear win.

Ramirez, Vasquez, McGirt, Mayweather, Pendleton, Haugen etc weren't great fighters but all very good, top level guys.

[Death_Adder]

Trinidad is the only fight he legitimately lost, the fight against ODLH could've gone either way and he definitely beat JCC. Sweet Pea boxes the nuts off Porter, Brook and the Garcia's. Very confident he beats Thurman as well, Crawford fight is very intriguing because those 2 remind me a lot of each other

He lost to Wilfredo Rivera and Andrey Pestryaev. Don't forget about those.

[Dr Rumack]

1. He won at least 9 rounds against Chavez.

2. Prime Floyd probably lost to Castillo.

Would agree that Whittaker's resume isn't that impressive though. A guy with amazing skills but lacking those wins over prime hall of famers that elevates someone to that true great level.