Hearns vs. Whitaker at 147 15 rds.

PbP Bacon · Aug 28, 2009

sweet_scientist said: ↑

Though it's unlikely, there's nothing rediculous in claiming that Whitaker lasts the distance with Hearns.

There are four obstacles that Whitaker faces: height, reach, speed and power.

In terms of height, Whitaker has faced tall fighters before and done ok with them (e.g. Mayweather, Pendleton, Pineda, DLH, Trinidad) but Hearns is taller than anyone he has faced. Who knows
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this will cause a problem Pea can't counteract.

In terms of reach, Whitaker has taken on fighters with longer reach and beaten them in the past, e.g. Mayweather, Pendleton, Pineda and arguably DLH. But never quite the reach of Hearns. Who knows
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he can get inside his reach effectively enough and get out before Hearns retaliates. It will be hard to do, no question.

In terms of speed, Whitaker has faced quick fighters and made them look silly before (e.g. DLH, McGirt) but Hearns is quicker than anyone Whitaker has ever faced, and who knows
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he can evade his shots. It will force Pea to be more defensively astute than he has ever had to be.

When it comes to power, the fact of the matter is that Pea was never knocked out and though he'd be facing a superior offensive machine to any he ever faced, we don't know for sure how he would react to it. As has been said by Sweet Pea, Whitaker fought Trinidad when his defense was gone, and he took Trinidad's punches. He wasn't dodging them, he was eating 50% of whatever Trinidad threw. So we know that Whitaker is resilient. That Tito had him hurt on numerous occasions doesn't bode well though.

IMO its possible that Whitaker meets all these obstacles well enough to last the distance, but there's a lot of obstacles there, and when taken together there's plenty of reasons to suggest he'll fail one of the tests. That said, I wouldn't be shocked to see him on his feet at the end of the fight, though I would be shocked
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I don't see him on the canvas at least once or twice throughout the encounter.
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Very solid post... but again, there are too many "
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" for my liking :think

Thus, I will go with the crowd: Hearns wins by stoppage

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Hearns vs. Whitaker at 147 15 rds.

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