Like February 1981 to June 1981. Whyte wins. Greg Page fought for 21 years. He arguably lost every year of his 21-year career, except for 1979, 1991 and 1997 - the year he turned pro, and two different years where he tried to start over from scratch.
Best for best (which is what these threads are about of course) Page probably by decision. Tho inconsistent Page had some excellent performances from 81-84. He's a bit better fighter at his best for mine.
From February of 1979 to October of 1983 ( a period of nearly five years ) Greg page went 23-1-0-18. His only loss was a hard fought decision loss to a prime Trevor Berbick. His wins during that time were Renaldo snipes, James Tillis, Alfredo Evangelista, Jimmy Young, Marty Monroe, Scott Ledoux and George Chaplin. Dillian whyte got knocked out by a forty year old Povetkin. Fought life and death twice with an old Chisora. Got knocked out early by a green Joshua. Got decked by the obscure Oscar Rivas. I’m not betting on anything here but I think Page in his early years could have possibly beaten whyte. The mid to late eighties version who was losing to An old Bugner, David Bey, Mark wills, etc is a different story. Different fighter really.
Greg Page was a bum but he'd likely beat Whyte by KO. Whyte's more on the level of Scott LeDoux. Perhaps I'm being unfair to LeDoux though. Whyte would probably lose to old Bugner and '84 David Bey too. Mark Wills was dangerous. He's about Whyte's level. Whyte's really not much good. If he was around in the 1980s he would be lucky to get past Horace Notice. He'd lose to Marvis Frazier.
Hmmm...Whtye I think would win. Page lost a lot on points. He fought a better class of me for sure, but offer was the loser on points to 80's contenders. Whyte career isn't over.
Here's the thing, Dillian Whyte is almost universally ranked in the top five in the world. He's been in the rankings for five years now. Broad was ranked for a few months and never was higher than number seven. Really, the difference between them in terms of their relative statuses in their own times is dramatically different. So, boxing has dramatically changed? This is one of the weakest eras in boxing history? Or rankings don't work to denote quality? Or something else?
I do not get the hype for Whyte; to me he is a near the top domestic operator, so will compete at a level in the world, but fall short. Page at times was genuinely world class, and even when he hit a trough, he could come over to the UK and pick up an easy win over a domestic operator (Banjo). Is Whyte better than Funso? Probably, but I would not rule out Banjo blunting Whyte's offence and sneaking a very boring decision. So Page anywhere near his best wins a decision.