P4P Matchup 1: Joe Louis vs Pernell Whitaker

Is this assuming size parity? If it is then easy win for Whitaker. Much better and more skilled boxer plus he was a mover who Louis struggled with along with being slick as hell as well a being a southpaw as well as being underrated on the inside. Honestly any heavyweight will probably lose against a lighter fighter if there was size parity lighter fighters tend to be much better skill wise.

 

I don't think it would be enough Whitaker is just too slick and Louis always struggled with movers plus whitaker beat plenty of power punchers and great offensive fighters whereas Louis has never beat someone as slick as Whitaker

 

Louis beat plenty of movers, plenty of times.

 

Whitaker would win.

Louis was an economic fighter, and only liked to throw when he was certain he'd land. He struggled against those who could move enough out of the way of his power shots, and chose to walk them down with the jab until he was in range consistently enough to stop them.

Whitaker would be the best mover he ever fought, and even better at positioning than Louis. He'd never be in a position to throw the right, and Whitaker was a mover who could jab with Louis, something he's seldom used to.

 

He struggled with them though and none of them were as good as Whitaker

 

He did but he struggled at least with Billy Conn in part one.

i see it two ways: Louis by ko or Whitaker by comfortable decision.

 

He went 8-0 with 6 Kos against the best movers he faced, how much trouble they gave him has been overblown.
Most heavyweight atgs had a lot more trouble with guys like that yet Louis gets singled out.
I don't know how Conn compares to Whitaker but if Conn is nowhere near him then the guy must make Robinson look like a third rater.

 

Well if movers give you trouble and you're fighting one of the best movers ever then the odds don't really favor you lol

 

He did knock out one of the best movers ever though so it evens out.

 

I’m going with Louis. Roger “The Black Mamba” Mayweather froze Whitaker to his boots and dropped him with a laser of a strait right. Louis even with the rules here punches harder than Roger and is an absolute offensive machine and when he clips you it’s game over!! Louis by come from behind KO.

 

Do people even watch Whitaker’s fights? He is not a, “mover.” To hear him described here you’d imagine a Lightweight Muhammad Ali. He was a brilliant & staggeringly unconventional defensive master, & I’d favour him here, though I do think Louis is 200% a live opponent with a legit shot at a KO.

 

Who was way smaller then him lol