I'm holding back because at this moment, I would probably put Pea in at 135 over The Almighty. I change up... And right now, I'm getting off on Whitaker's ability and skillset.
or none of'em. haven't quite sorted it out yet. Maybe Ward will change my perception of this weightclass.
hw louis lhw charles mw hagler ww/lw whitaker and ross fw sadler bw jofre hon mentions for froch, naz and kahn, might not be the best but u know there'l be entertainment
Heavy: Joe Frazier Cruiser: Evander Holyfield Light Heavy: Dwight Muhammad Qawi Super Middle: Andre Ward Middle: Marvin Hagler Light Middle: Mike McCallum Welter: Pernell Whitaker Light Welter: Julio Cesar Chavez Light: Roberto Duran Super Feather: Alexis Arguello Feather: Juan Manuel Marquez Super Bantam: Erik Morales Bantam: Ruben Olivares Super Fly: Gilberto Roman Fly: Miguel Canto Light Fly: Humberto Gonzalez Straw: Ricardo Lopez
As awesome as Pea was at 135lbs, i would have to say my favorite performances by him were at 147lbs..McGirt 2/Chavez. :deal
It's tough, man. He had some seriously dominant performances at 135: Nelson, Haugen, Ramirez II amongst others. He became an ATG when he unified the division, especially now in hindsight since it hasn't been done since. But it was when he moved up that he really solidified his P4P credentials: Chavez, McGirt x2, Vasquez, DLH (arguably).
I think Pea beats Duran at 135. I'll be a plaspheme here and suggest Duran might be a bit overrated at that weight. Whitaker beat better guys at 135, and his style would have given Duran absolute fits. He'd have nothing to combat it.
Favorite, right? Not necessarily the best.... OK. Keeping that in mind... HW: Ali CW: Holyfield LHW: Mike Spinks SMW: Roy Jones Jr. MW: Iran Barkley JMW: Hearns WW: SRL JWW: Saoul Mamby LW: Edwin Rosario JLW: Floyd Mayweather Jr. FW: Eusebio Pedroza JFW: Wilfredo Gomez BW: Lupe Pintor JBW: Johnny Tapia FW: Tyson Marquez Junior fly: Jung Koo Chang Minimum: Lopez. Kazuto Ioka and Roman Gonzalez were/are favorites of mine as well.
Don't have any issues with anyone picking pea, but he didn't beat better fighters.Buchanan and Dejesus(and Marcel if you include it)comfortably trump Pea's best at the weight imo, which would be Nelson and probably Roger mayweather.