Pernell Whittaker - How do you beat him.

TBH I was half thinking of AA at 130 and giving up the weight to keep the speed.....

 

I can see Duran possibly overtaking Whitaker with his power, speed, and swarming attack, but the thing about Duran is that we saw against Leonard and in other fights that he doesn't respond well to being frustrated and discouraged - and Whitaker is about as frustrating/discouraging a fighter as you can fight. Also, if they fight at 135, Whitaker could punch pretty good at the weight, and Duran was dropped a couple times by "sneak" punches at the weight, so that increases the likelihood that Whitaker could get Duran's respect and discourage him.

 

Tito is tailor-made for Pea.

 

Both Arguello and Williams get handily outboxed as well. Not good style matchups.

 

Clearly, no answer for the mobility/ability in my book.

 

Don't worry about Whitaker's lack of power against Duran. He doesn't need it. His style and overall skill level would neutralize Duran. IMO, Duran isn't going to constantly steam forward until he catches Whitaker just because he has a fighter lacking power in front of him. It doesn't work like that. I would bet my life savings that Duran's punch out-put would be low due to sharing a ring with Whitaker. Duran would be made to think like never before.

 

To be honest i doubt duran would be discouraged by a flash knockdown, look at him in the 2nd round against hearns after taking a frightful beating in the 1st he just thows himself forward for more in the 2nd. A little flash knockdown isn't going to stop him, also he would need to be careful coming in on whitaker at any point in the fight, if he continually rushes in he'll get countered to ****, but he has the ability to mix up the way he looks to get inside, whether that be by using his feints and footwork or by using the bullish fast moving swarming style, he would need to be versatile in his ways of cutting the distance to get inside but he has the ability to do so IMO.

The frustaton side he showed agains leonard in no mas of course comes into play here, duran could be pissed of if you didn't ingage him, however duran wasn't at his best at leonard 2, duran at his absolute best i envisage cutting the distance down far more effectively, i also don't see pea being as ultra defensive as leonard was in that fight and that will give duran the chance to get inside more often than he did against leonard.

 

GP, i can say why i would favour Whitaker over Williams. I just think he could drag him into a chessmatch and be the better man in it. Williams stood at range probing with a jab a lot, and if he caught you with a hard shot he could finish you like you were a piece of ****. So it's always possible because his hands are very fast, but i think Whittkaer's skillset at range could get him a decision there personally.

 

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