Tito vs Whitaker

[amagnin]

True, they were stonger than him, but they didnt impose their will on him. They simply out boxed him. Wright and Hopkins both counterpunched him to death, and he couldnt adjust because Trinidad can only fight 1 way. So with that said, Sweet Pea, would have been more elusive, countered him to death, and would have beat him Winky Wright fashion in his prime.

Exactly. DLH gave the blueprint on how to beat him (although he didn't get the decision) and Hopkins and Wright executed the plan better (probably because it was at MW). I think Whitaker wins 7 rounds to 3 for a fairly comfortable decision.

[Left2body]

True, they were stonger than him, but they didnt impose their will on him. They simply out boxed him. Wright and Hopkins both counterpunched him to death, and he couldnt adjust because Trinidad can only fight 1 way. So with that said, Sweet Pea, would have been more elusive, countered him to death, and would have beat him Winky Wright fashion in his prime.

Actually I think that B-Hop did impose his will and outmuscled Tito in the tie ups. I just think that Tito would'nt face many of the obstacles he faced in his only losses. Tito is a very accurate puncher and think he would land more than most of Whittakers opponents. Also Tito's power and strength at 147lbs can;t be taken too lightly.

[guru]

at 147, tito could compete with prime pea

[pjpj]

BTW Trinidad didn't struggle with top opposition, you may be thinking of ODLH who has fought the best but struggle with the best. Trinidad only has 1 controversial win against ODLH. Otherwise he destroyed or comfortably beat all his opponents including Compas, Oba Carr, Vargas and Reid, he didn't struggle with anyone other than ODLH until he went to middleweight.

The perception isn't that Tito struggles with top opposition, rather he struggles with top 'boxers' - guys that stick, move, and counter. Obviously, Tito got outboxed by Oscar, but his next fight he was outboxed by David Reid. Yes Tito ended up beating Reid like a rag doll, but it wasn't exactly a comfortable win as you suggest. Reid was boxing Tito's ears off for the first half of the fight until he got caught, then of course it went all downhill after. He was also outboxed by Hopkins and Wright, as a result the perception was formed

[borikua]

I really like Trinidad but I'm not sure if he would've beaten a prime Sweat Pea. Trinidad was very powerful and strong at welterweight and could've probably got in some good work but I see a prime Whitaker winning but then again Trinidad had dynamite in both hands at that weight, probably most powerful welterweight of all time so who know's but I would say Whittaker wins 6 out of 10.

BTW Trinidad didn't struggle with top opposition, you may be thinking of ODLH who has fought the best but struggle with the best. Trinidad only has 1 controversial win against ODLH. Otherwise he destroyed or comfortably beat all his opponents including Compas, Oba Carr, Vargas and Reid, he didn't struggle with anyone other than ODLH until he went to middleweight.

Great post man, agreed 100%.