Prime Hector "Macho" Camacho vs Prime Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker.

That post is as intelligent as your 'Ray Leonard was overrated' thread:hi:

 

Didn't take the greatest punch? Than why couldn't Trinidad KO him.

 

I'm not the only one that has seen that report. I don't know where you got your report from but I never came across it.

I know two others who just last week gave you the same story as me. My words are living truth itself.

I'm sure Pernell did look up to Hector because while Pernell was toiling as an amateur, Hector was world champion so it's only natural to want to test him. It's a gesture of respect.

 

Apparantly BrownPimp knows the history. Gazoc also backed me and both of them are more reputable than myself. So...how could three people agree to the same thing unless we all saw it? Why would we lie?

 

So Manny Stewart and Whitaker are liars?

 

He definitely has a shot, especially if his head on right.Camacho above 135 and Camacho at 135 and under were two different animals.

 

I'll be perfectly honest, I'm not 100% sure but in the pre-Internet days I was reading a lot of boxing magazines (too many TBH) so I'd guess I'd have read it there. I'd have thought the same basic 'facts' could have been reported a number of ways depending on the slant the writer wanted to put on the piece.

Either Sweet Pea schooled Camacho who then started fouling and the sparring was stopped or Camacho took it easy at first sparring with an amateur but realized he was up against a decent opponent and started to dominate Whittaler using 'pro tricks' and the sparring was stopped because of that.

Both stories fit the basic facts.....I don't put too much store in Whittaker confirming he schooled Camacho, he's bound to say that.

 

Prime Camacho and Prime Duran are the only fighters in the last 30 or so years that I would consider a pick'em against Whitaker at 135.

The only two.

 

You definitely need to re-visit a young Camacho.

 

Tough fight to pick, both men had some of the greatest pure talent I'd ever seen. Hector's image spoiled a lot faster than Pea's thus clouding the minds of many fight fans. Pea also lost his luster due to activities outside the ring. Its a pure shame some fighters are just so good they feel they can stand to lose a couple days of training or get trashed a couple nights a week. I think both men fell pray to the lusts and ills of this fabricated world thus causing them literally **** away their great potential. At 135lbs Pea wins a contraversial SD that could have gone either way and will in a rematch with Camacho pressing more action by using his greater ring cutting skills. This leads to a trilogy with Pea winning a UD by using effective countering and staying away from pocket exchanges that seem to lean towards Hector in the judges eyes. :smoke

 

fact is if these guys crossed paths at 135 lbs we would have seen some of the finest fights of all time ! two southpaws ... fastest fighter i've ever seen in camacho and greatest defensive master in whitaker .... they would have been close fights !

I could see if they fought 3 times that each guy would have at least 1 victory under his belt but there would be no shutouts like the pea nuthuggers are claiming