We need Sweet Pea in here to have a heart attack and call everyone a pedophile. Whitaker threads just aren't the same without him.
The Pea of 135 would beat anyone at that weight in the modern era except maybe Duran...that fight would be a toss-up. But you brought up a Pea at 147...the one that fought McGirt and had a lot of trouble in the first fight in NYC as well as early in the rematch in VA. A 7-5 win over McGirt in the first fight wasn't dominant. McGirt was Top 10 P4P at the time, but so was Cotto in his fight with Pac. And Pacquiao lost two rounds out of 10 en route to a stoppage. That's 8-2 with 2 extra pts in the margin for the KDs. In McGirt's rematch with Whitaker, Buddy scored a legit KD and had Pea hurt early. Whitaker was not invincible at that weight. And you are fooling yourself if you think McGirt was miles ahead of Cotto as a welterweight champ. I think Pacquiao would be an underdog but a live one capable of beating Whitaker. It would be a matter of Whitaker being able to neutralize Pacquiao with his signature off-beat jab he used, well, on McGirt in the second fight. But come on now. Pacquiao is not McGirt, styles-wise, speedwise, or powerwise.
I agree with this. I think all those guys are good opponents but the think with Cotto and Hatton is that they have been in too many wars
All old and retired fighters get totally over-rated. Sweat Pea would get knocked out at 147 by Mosley. Mayweather, Pac and Cotto.
They would be doing something that neither prime Tito or Oscar could do to a washed up Pernell then....:deal