The great, the greatness, the best fighter of the 90's - Pernell Whitaker

[Pugilist95]

The great - Ended Chavez unbeaten record.

The greatness - Beat a prime De La Hoya when he was past his prime.

The best fighter of the 90's - What wins did Roy Jones have that were better than a prime Chavez and De La Hoya?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

box rec says otherwise.

he lost to two top fighters of the 90 oscar and tito

so how is he the best fighter of the 90s

[Santa_]

"beat De la Hoya"

[Meldrick_]

he lost to two top fighters of the 90 oscar and tito

He was far from his prime when he lost to Tito.

[IronDanHamza]

Roy Jones was the fighter of the 90's for me.

Whitaker was on the slide for a lot of the 90's.

[LacedUp]

Roy Jones Jr was the top fighter of the 90s.

Pernell had his prime in his lightweight days.

[W1LLPARK3R]

He was great for the first half of 90's, but started fading after that. He didn't beat Oscar, you could argue a draw at best..Roy was fighter of the 90's..

[Fetta]

No argument here. He was the best of his time.

And yes he beat Oscar.

[MrClutch85]

Pernell Whitaker one of my favorite fighters. RJJ was the top fighter of the 90's

[-PBP-]

Sweet Pea 1990-1999:

1. Became undisputed lightweight champion
2. Beat Chavez (if you know what you're watching, #2 p4p, HOF, ATG)
3. Beat Buddy McGirt 2x (who was ranked p4p top 10)
4. Beat Azumah Nelson (top 10 p4p, hof, ATG)
4. 9 title defenses of the lineal welterweight title
5. Won titles at 140 and 154, beating the #1 ranked fighter at 154
6. Arguably beat Oscar (majority of the press scores had him winning for you history revisionists)


I'm a Roy Jones stan boy but he is not ****ing with Sweet Pea in any way shape or form. He gets props for Toney and Hopkins but he was nothing ever more than a title holder in his division. Sweet Pea was lineal champion in 2 weight classes and won titles in 2 more.