defeated 12 former champions and had over 15 title defenses. He also bested three potential Hofers. Roger Mayweather (WBC Light Welterweight Champion) Jose Luis Ramirez (WBC Lightweight Champion) Greg Haugen (IBF Lightweight Champion) Freddie Pendleton (IBF Lightweight Champion) Azumah Nelson (WBC Featherweight Champion) Juan Nazario (WBA Lightweight Champion) Jorge Paez (IBF Featherweight Champion) Rafael Pineda (IBF Light Welterweight Champion) James McGirt (WBC Welterweight Champion) Julio Caesar Chavez (WBC Light Welterweight Champion) Jake Rodriguez (IBF Light Welterweight Champion) Diosbelys Hurtado (WBA Light Welterweight Champion) he beat the best fighters in his weightclass for over ten years won 5 titles in 5 weight classes while remaining undefeated..defeated 3 active ring champions during that span. defeated 12 former champions, with 11 title defenses. Also besting 4 potential Hofer's. Genaro Hernandez (WBC Super Featherweight Champion) Gregario Vargas (WBC Featherweight Champion) Diego Corrales (IBF Super Featherweight Champion) Carlos Hernandez (IBF Super Featherweight Champion) Jesus Chavez (WBC Super Featherweight Champion) Jose Luis Castillo (WBC Lightweight Champion) De Marcus Corley (WBO Light Weltwerweight Champion) Arturo Gatti (WBC Light Welterweight Champion) Sharmba Mitchell (WBA Light Welterweight Champion) Zab Judah (WBC/WBA/IBF Welterweight Champion) Carlos Baldomir (WBC Welterweight Champion) Oscar De La Hoya (WBC Light Middleweight Champion) now who defeated more champions. I am not into the whole hypothetical scenarios abot who would win. I am interested in their careers and what they accomplished. floyd did more then sweet pea and did it at an earlier age then sweet pea. If sweet pea was so great how come he didn't go to middleweight and win a title:deal floyd started at 130 sweet pea t 135 if sweet pea was so great he could have done what floyd did:hat
His biggest fight was against Julio Cesar Chavez and you know he was shafted. It would be similar to Castillo getting the nod over Mayweather in their second fight...in other words, complete bull****. The same goes for the loss to Jose Luis Ramirez. That fight is widely considered one of the worst robberies in the history of boxing. When you watch that fight, you see Pernell's greatness as a fighter. The judges were either payed off or blind. Esentially, Whitaker was undefeated and should have won every fight from 1984-1997. When he fought De La Hoya and Trinidad, he was addicted to cocaine, older, and well past his prime. Hopkins was a better fighter when he faced De La Hoya and Trinidad. Like I said, Whitaker was well past his prime and his unreal defense, timing, and speed were a thing of the past. Not to mention that he enjoyed a considerable size advantage over both Trinidad and De La Hoya. If Mayweather beats Hatton, Cotto, and Williams, I would rank him over Pernell Whitaker. Until then, I think Whitaker beats him and accomplished more.
If you go by official decisions, then perhaps Mayweather is in the discussion. If you go by the general boxing consensus, then he isn't. NO ONE thought Whitaker lost to Ramirez. NO ONE thought Whitaker drew with Chavez. More than HALF the boxing scribes thought Whitaker beat a prime DLH when Whitaker was himself past his best. ALMOST HALF the scribes thought Mayweather lost the first fight to Castillo. A FEW scribes thought he lost to a past his prime DLH. Now let's talk about their opponents. Whitaker faced Chavez when Chavez was the general consensus no. 1 fighter in the sport. Whitaker fought DLH when he was the general consensus no.1 fighter in the sport. Whitaker fought Tito when Tito was a consensus top 3 fighter in the world. Whitaker faced Buddy McGirt when Buddy was a general consensus top 5 p4p fighter in the world. Whitaker faced Azumah Nelson when he was a general consensus top 10 fighter in the world. By contrast Floyd Mayweather as it now stands, has not fought a SINGLE fighter who was a general consesnsus top 10 fighter in the sport at the time he fought them.
Another thing to keep in mind. Pernell Whitaker unified the lightweight division, winning the WBC, WBA, and IBF titles. He made 6 defenses of 2 or more belts. Floyd Mayweather has yet to unify a division.
You are correct, Floyd has not unified a division, but the great Cory Spinks did, and Zab Judah beat Cory and Floyd beat Zab, so he is definitely the undisputed champ at welter, he was not the champ at 140, Tszyu and Hatton was, and he was not the undisputed champ at 154, Cory Spinks was and still is.
Not anything readily available in one poll which canvasses everything, but following the boxing scene around the time of the fights, I think it's pretty common knowledge. You're welcome to try and find anything that contradicts what I just said. I'll be interested to see if anyone that was around the scene at the time of the fights does disagree with it though.
My only disagreement is that I believe more than half of the boxing media felt that Castillo beat Mayweather the first time around. I scored it in favor of PBF just barely, but I don't believe a majority scored it that way. I also believe there is an uncalled KD in that fight that if accounted for, gives Castillo the win by a point.
I think amongst the fans Castillo got a slight majority vote, but I thought the boxing scribes had Mayweather by a slight majority. I could be wrong though. BTW, I agree with the uncalled KD. Castillo landed that body shot and Floyd went down. Should have been called a KD.
Best comparison I have heard so far...is the simplest one. Go watch a PRIME Floyd vs an old Oscar...then go watch an old, drug abused, past it Whitaker vs a PRIME Oscar. It speaks volumes about the gap between the two fighters.