The overall more skilled fighter: Whitaker or Sanchez?

Whitaker is the answer here. Sanchez was outstanding at keeping his range against his opponents. The problem he had with nelson was that nelson was able to take him out of his comfort range and that affected his ability to defend. Whitaker was/is able to fight at close quarters or at long range. The biggest deal is this, whitaker was better at fighting sanchez' style than sanchez was, (imo) and whitaker was also a much better infighter as well. Too many tools to use for whitaker so he gets the nod.

 

He was more hittable... but I`ve never seen him slap, he`s probably the smoothest puncher I`ve ever seen tbh.

 

2 of the most complete fighters ever, I`ve actually compared both guys in my own head but could not come up with a decisive answer so decided not to do the thread

Sanchez seemed to have utterly mastered everything that your supposed to learn, the things you get taught in the gym & his own natural ability makes it look effortless... Whitaker is more unique, he has his own style & attributes that cannot be taught to anyone else, he`s also a brilliant overall technician (just as Sanchez is)

Sanchez gets hit flush more than Whitaker even tho he does have a good D himself but Sanchez`s offense causes more damage.

If pushed I`d give Whitaker a slight edge but in reality both were near perfect fighters that had small edges over each other in certain areas.

 

Whitaker proved far more against far better opposition ...

 

Obviously they're both brilliant. Defensively, Whitaker's more skilled. Salvador's the more skilled offensive technician.

Flip a coin, and take your pick. Today, I'm digging Salvador's ruthlessly efficient and accurate punch placement and the footwork that gives him more power on every shot in his combinations.

 

Gomez was fighting out of his weight class and past his prime and Nelson was a 13 fight novice .. Danny Lopez was a warrior but not a great fighter by any means as the Sanchez fights proved ...

Whitaker easily defeated a far better Nelson who was out of his weight class but still at the top of his game .. Ramirez, McGirt twice, Chavez ( who he dominated but received a draw that everyone knew he won) and far past his own prime and his best weight fighting Oscar to a near standstill and then even later being very competitive with a prime Tito ...

IN addition, in his prime Whitaker rarely lost rounds in fights, he was that dominant while Sanchez often fought down to his opponents having several close title defenses against modest competition ..

No knock on Sanchez but Whiter was one step higher in class ..

 

Gomez being a favorite was worth the result.

So your saying that you think the 13 fight Nelson was better than the Nelson that post Whitaker went on to crush Fenech, Ruelas, Leija and decision Calvin Grove ? What do you base it on ? I don't think it's close ... in addition, Whitaker beat this version by a wider margin than Sanchez was at the time of the stoppage ...

 

So in other words you were splitting hairs for no reason ... :nut