For all you youngsters out there who have'nt seen Whitaker-Chavez, I'd invite everyone of you to somehow get a hold of the fight, and judge for themselves what the controversy was all about. Just about every soul thats seen this fight with me claiming beforehand that Whitaker was blatantly robbed, has come out of our viewing with a different opinion when I've forced them to score with pencil and paper!:yep
What!!! I am 33, you make seem like you got to be some ancient veteran to of seen it. It was in 93... 1993, not 18
Whitaker 8-4. Bad decision. Unless you score points for "Ring Latinship" and "Effective Mexicaness. :good
My call was mostly to posters who post in the general forum but who sneak a peak into the classic section. There's alot of youngsters out there under 25 that were somewhere near grade school when Chavez-Whitaker came about. These youngsters take for granted that Chavez-Whitaker was a true robbery. I invite them to judge for themselves!:deal :hey
Ha ha yeah. He also converted an old Aztec tribe that had never seen a TV before and the entire Rodriguez clan- a family of goat herders from Monterrey. The sole exception being youngest son 'Chico', who made the mistake of saying "I thought de black boy deed ok". Chico disappeared late that night and has never been seen since. :-(
divac, I'm not going to get into the insults. I'm saying I have scored the fight on paper. Chavez won rounds 1,2,5,and 9. Whitaker rounds 3,4,6,7,8,10,11,and 12. I'm through here, because I have not even been on subject with the original thread. I just been posting away.
I always thought Chavez looked gaunt at 130 and very lean and dry at 135... 140 became home for Chavez cuz his body and tone seemed right there... 140 was Chavez' home base to the max... Chavez never proved he could handle "A" fighters at 141 to 147 pounds... I have "Chavez-Whitaker" rolling right now for review.... Chavez at 142 is strong and aggressive, but also slower and missing many shots against the savvy and spry 145 pound Whitaker in Texas '93.... MR.BILL
amen. That's back when Braverman was doing the matchmaking for DKP and I spoke to him a few times. In his candid way--if you ever spoke to the guy you know what I mean--he said his job was to get Chavez wins, not losses. And that pretty much sums up the opponent list compared to the fighters available at that weight to fight.