Comments Thread For: Pernell Whitaker - Could He Have Been Perfect Like Mayweather?

[MexicanStyle#1]

Both have the most boring fight style. If one says this two are ATG, I can certainly agree but they would the ATG at boring. Definitely in my top 1 and 2. Mayweather 1 and sweet pea 2. Don't hate, it is my personal preference and opinion. I could add Guillermo rigeandoux and titere Vazquez as 3 and 4.

[elfag]

You seriously can't be serious about Mayweather fighting everyone in his path. Did he fight Antonio Margarito when no one wanted to fight him? And please don't say he was a cheat because obviously Mayweather didn't know that at the time. Oh, and did he fight Cotto in his prime? No, he conveniently retired. Why are we so quick to forget? Also, if you are real you know he lost the first Castillo fight. I'm not hating on May but I'm not gonna defend him either on how he went about his career.

Cotto wanted nothing to do with mayweather at 140. Go watch the gatti fight.

Mayweather fought cotto at the full 154, giving cotto the full advantage and still made cotto do the funky chicken dance in the 12th. Then cotto cried like a bish and claimed he was robbed, like he does after every loss.

[IHITBACK]

Floyd is a more advanced version of Sweet Pea

[GrandpaBernard]

Whitaker GOAT Southpaw

Peerless in his prime. Schooled Mexico's greatest

Was only truly beaten towards the end of his career. Both major losses to rising ATG superstars

[GrandpaBernard]

Whitaker was a playful fighter and would showboat with his defense.

Floyd was a focused serious man inside the squared circle.

[ShoulderRoll]

Nicolino Loche was way better

Locche was good but spent most of his career fighting in Argentina and his resume is lacking in wins over elite opponents.

[xxlefthookxx]

The real question...would May be undefeated had he followed Pernell's career path? What if he had fought Prime Oscar or Prime Shane instead of fighters at the end of their careers? Considering he eked out a victory over past his prime Oscar...the answer is a pretty easy "no".

[Chris Hanson]

Floyd was protected. So no. Watch any fight with Kenny bayless or joe Cortez. Floyd had his daddy watching over him.

[Chris Hanson]

Whitaker GOAT Southpaw

Peerless in his prime. Schooled Mexico's greatest

Was only truly beaten towards the end of his career. Both major losses to rising ATG superstars

Schooled? You mean ran, held, and low blowed under the protection of Joe Cortez?? Whitaker was overrated and got smacked around by Oscar and ramirez and apparently a Prius. Rip champ

[IronDanHamza]

Whitaker fought the best for the majority of his career, but when he moved up to 147lbs he started fighting B fighters, and he struggled in some of those fights. Then he moved up to 154lbs and instead of making a super fight with Terry Norris he picked the weakest champion won a decision and quickly went back down to 147lbs. He finally took on a big challenge against De La Hoya because the money was huge and when he lost he was sort of put in place where he had to fight better opponents so he then fought Trinidad, which he deserves a lot of credit for fighting.

How was Vasquez the weakest champion at 154? Vasquez was #1 at 154 ahead of Terry Norris when Whitaker fought him.

Whitaker fought the best at 135, 140, 147 and 154.