Tito vs Whitaker

[Del Coqui]

Actually alot of people do have Sweet Pea in the top 10. Definatly much higher then top 50. He is definatly a top 20 guy for sure. 1st off he was a Southpaw with the best D in history, and he could score all day.

A prime Sweet Pea kills Tito. If X & Oscar can outbox him then Sweet Pea definatly can

Actually is hard to outbox a guy who's 5'' taller than you, throws fast crisp punches, you're a south paw and he's got a wicked straight right. I think they fought during Trinidad's peek and Sweet P's beginning to fall. The way I saw their styles match, I think Sweet P at his peek would've won a few more rounds but I would still have to favor Trinidad. Styles make fights and it seemed to me in that fight that Sweet P realized he was either gonna catch left hooks or straight rights, he took the rights.

[Rane-Ex54]

yeah i would still personally give it to Tito. Just the way Tito beat Sweet Pea, its tough for me to view Whitiker dismantling tito. Both in the primes though, it would have been a more competitive fight.

[The Noose]

Sweet Pea was probably the 2nd best lightweight ever right under Duran. He chose to fight Tito he didnt really run he traded with Tito for most of the fight towards the end he couldnt take it anymore and just stood away from Tito. He was clearly not the same fighter he was when he beat J.C.C ( i mean got robbed againts J.C.C). But he was still game and In my opinion beat DLH 2 years before he fought Tito. But also got robbed againts DLH.

Im not sure if Duran was truly the best lightweight ever. Im a huge fan, but who did he fight?

Anyway, the Whitaker who fought Tito wasnt just on the slide, he was a shadow of his former self. Tito would not of been able to touch him if they fought 2 years earlier.

IMO DHL just about won against Whitaker, but was not able to land one clean shot against him. And DHL was very fast with a good reach.

[boski]

Sweet Pea in his prime gives Tito a boxing lesson.

[adrsan84]

Sweet Pea in his prime gives Tito a boxing lesson.

i would think that Sweet Pea would give trinidad a boxing lesson also, but you have to take into consideration that in this case Trinidad was also the naturally bigger man and could impose his will on whitaker a bit more than the other greats whitaker fought. I'd favor sweet P but wouldn't ule out trinidad in this one.

[Left2body]

So I was thinking about this the other day. In their bout, Tito won a wide margin UD, which is very contrary to the notion that Tito struggles against top tier 'boxers.'

however, Whitaker's coke problem was emerging around the time of this bout as well and he had decline considerably.

So my question to you fellas is how a prime Whitaker would've fared against Tito. Would it have resulted in the same way as perhaps Tito just had his number? or would Whitaker have boxed circles around him.

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.

[Left2body]

Im not sure if Duran was truly the best lightweight ever. Im a huge fan, but who did he fight?

Anyway, the Whitaker who fought Tito wasnt just on the slide, he was a shadow of his former self. Tito would not of been able to touch him if they fought 2 years earlier.

IMO DHL just about won against Whitaker, but was not able to land one clean shot against him. And DHL was very fast with a good reach.

Duran is the best lightweight ever. He went up in weight to fight big names but he could've stayed at that weight for the remainder of his career. Duran's power, defense, stamina and chin would make him a favorite versus ANY other lightweight. Remember he beat a PRIME SRL at welterweight when Duran actually started boxing at 122lbs. If 6 years ago Pac-Man would've came up to Welterweight and beaten a prime Tito Trinidad or prime ODLH it would've not been as impressive as Duran beating a prime SRL.

IMO Duran would win atleast 6 of 10 versus ANY other lightweight in History.

[amagnin]

I like Whitaker in his prime to take this by fairly comfortable decision. Whitaker beat taller in his career and clearly Trinidad struggles against superior boxers. He struggled mightily against the 2 best boxers he faced (close to their primes) Winky, Bernard, and DLH. Trinidad was a great fighter and was greatly entertaining but boxers with tight defense were his weakness.

[Left2body]

I like Whitaker in his prime to take this by fairly comfortable decision. Whitaker beat taller in his career and clearly Trinidad struggles against superior boxers. He struggled mightily against the 2 best boxers he faced (close to their primes) Winky, Bernard, and DLH. Trinidad was a great fighter and was greatly entertaining but boxers with tight defense were his weakness.

I agree that Whittaker would probably win but I dont think it would be as comfortably as you think. First off the guys who out boxed Trinidad were middleweights who were stronger than Trinidad. Now the question becomes would a prime Whittaker have had enough pop in his punches to keep Trinidad honest. If Trinidad didn't have to worry about Whittakers punches then cutting off the ring and closing the distance would be easier for Trinidad. I think ODLH had the pop to keep Trinidad honest and was therfore able to out box him in the first half of his fight with Trinidad. But cutting off the ring and closing the distance with someone who has pop or can hurt you is totally different than doing it against someone who can't hurt you.

Again I would give Sweat Pea the nod 6/10 but I just dont see it being a blow out.

[cortdawg25]

I agree that Whittaker would probably win but I dont think it would be as comfortably as you think. First off the guys who out boxed Trinidad were middleweights who were stronger than Trinidad. Now the question becomes would a prime Whittaker have had enough pop in his punches to keep Trinidad honest. If Trinidad didn't have to worry about Whittakers punches then cutting off the ring and closing the distance would be easier for Trinidad. I think ODLH had the pop to keep Trinidad honest and was therfore able to out box him in the first half of his fight with Trinidad. But cutting off the ring and closing the distance with someone who has pop or can hurt you is totally different than doing it against someone who can't hurt you.

Again I would give Sweat Pea the nod 6/10 but I just dont see it being a blow out.

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.