DURAN (1978) vs WHITAKER (1990) @ 135 lbs ?

Disrespect Whitaker much?

 

*Also Pea's best weight.

*Duran also had the odd performance where he looked fairly average..you will actually find some were against light hitting back foot fighters.

*Sweet Pea is as good as Leonard overall..They have different strengths..Leonard fit the boxer-puncher role better..Pea the defensive specialist.

*Pea had a very very good jab...that was probably his best punch..not his left, which was excellent though.

 

I've never seen Whitacre fight, but if he had no offense he'd likely lose to Duran. What about Whitaker, though?

 

Ive always wanted to buy a few whitacres...you know raise some chickens, maybe some cows.

 

On the real, what fighters did Pea look like **** against at LW? I don't just mean what "lesser" fighters, I mean what fighters period? I'll wait, and continue waiting, as you'll never have a viable answer. If anyone looked, at times, poor against lesser opposition, it was Duran. You're completely ass backwards.

 

Who exactly did he look like **** against? (Can't wait for you to mention Ramirez, despite the fact that he easily won the first 5 rounds and then held his own for the remainder of the fight with one hand).

Who else did he look like **** against? You couldn't name one fighter in his prime.

Also, Duran looked fairly ordinary against Edwin Viruet the first time and didn't look anything too special against Ray Lampkin or Esteban DeJesus the first time they fought.

I happen to think Duran beats him at any weight, but it's got nothing to do with him not being better than Leonard, looking like **** against lesser fighters or having no offense. Calling a guy that threw 80 punches per round (many of which hit the mark with his great accuracy) a no offense fighter is a joke.

 

I like Duran by close decision. I can't think of a fighter who closed the gap so rapidly and effectively as a Prime Duran. There's no doubt he'd get hit on the way in, but once there I think he'd have the advantage. Whitaker can handle himself on the inside so it would be a close fight.

 

you make a good case

Thats how i see it really.

atsch

you will be waiting a long time

i thought he did good against Ramirez the first time i guess your meaning.

He boxed very well reminisent of Willie Pep

 

Never mind him, let's stay on point here: who would win between Duran and the mysterious forgotten legend Parnobb 'Swell Pint' Whitacre?

 

So many plausible scenarios that either lead to a Whittaker decision victory or a Duran decision victory. Whittaker not running but using the movement he could employ to step around his man, if he fights a perfect game plan, can get a decision. I do take Duran if pushed, even the lightweight Whittaker did some of his work in the pocket, where Duran enjoys his best periods of any fight. At distance one would ultimately have to favour Whittaker, but just as the inside game does not go totally Duran's way, the long-range chess match is not completely Pernell's either. Duran's feinting, slipping, and accurate right hand from distance to close the gap are great tools against any boxer, whereas Pernell's ever pot-shotting jab are also.

I believe whoever's work has the other off-balance is decisive.

 

Hahaha, hilarious page 2 of this thread

 

Wow, so many posts,

 

yet....(go ahead and say it)

 

I got Pernell winning on decision. If Pea implemented the "tight circle" to perfection (the way he usually did) than I see him frustrating Duran to some degree. Also, Duran always had a tendency to fall asleep at times, that would cost him rounds if he did this. Plus, you have to factor in Peas extraordinary defense and inside fighting skills, not mention Pea hardly ever ended up on the roaps. Duran's ring IQ would have to show up that night.