Where would you rate Pernell Whitaker among the all time great lightweights?

Are you a mong?

 

You always pop up sometime and someplace with some kudos for Grigorian

 

Whitaker is a top 5 all time LW IMO, right alongside Leonard, Armstrong, Duran, and Williams, in whatever order you want to put them.

 

Top five easily.

 

Well, classic ESB is certainly the place for you

On topic tho - Whitaker MUST rank as one of the top LWs ever caught on film, the only 2 LWs Id pick over the best LW Pea are the Duran of Dejesus III & the Chavez of Rosario.

Whitaker maybe gets a tad overrated on here at times but he was without doubt one of the greatest boxers of all time, no doubt at all.

 

A top 5 spot is certainly debatable, but a shoo-in for top 10.

 

True story.

Anyway, i have him at 4 i think. We've went resume mad on here, and i know it's right, but maybe we should take it back to the old school and give credit to guys being great fighters a little, that's Whitakers domain, that's his patch, don't **** there. Not to detract from the resume though.

 

Top 5 definitly, on ability he is on par with Armstrong and Duran

 

Consider the possibilities if you will.

If Leonard could box and jive Duran into walking out of the ring, imagine what a prime Whitaker might do with him.

 

Whitaker was too proud and noble to do a second rate Lou Bizarro impersonation though.He would want to pit his best skills against whoever he was facing.