Remembering Whitaker - Chavez: images from the most important fight of the 1990s

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  1. chimba

    chimba Off the Somali Coast Full Member

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    Just because of the way that fight ended. Definitely more talked about in retrospect. ****in Steele and King took Taylors manhood that night.
     
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  2. dave82

    dave82 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Ohh sorry. That was my scorecard for Whitaker and Chavez.

    I had Whitaker winning by 3 points against Oscar :good
     
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  3. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  5. Realspitts

    Realspitts Boxing Addict Full Member

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    :lol:

    and i had pea in a landslide as well against chavez.
     
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  6. JMP

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    it's funny how people were calling jcc the best fighter since srr.

    good stuff sweet scientist!

    i scored the fight 9-3 or 10-2. dont remember exactly.
     
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  7. sweet_scientist

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  8. JMP

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    BASAGulo <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< every other poster on East Side
     
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  9. sweet_scientist

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  10. dave82

    dave82 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Dont know who the **** Weetaker is, and i dont care.

    Whitaker > Chavez. :hi:
     
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  11. PATSYS

    PATSYS Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Just like Holyfield-Lewis 1.
     
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  12. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fight would have been closer at 135, but I think both men are markedly better at 135 than 147 and I don't think the outcome would be much different. It wasn't as if Chavez was landing shots on Whitaker that would make you think that if Whitaker was a bit smaller, the fight would have turned out different. Chavez would have a hard time hitting Whitaker at any weight and this fight showed that. Chavez had been dominant for years at 140 and came in at 142 against Whitaker, and was unable to land anything meaningful on him.

    Against a quicker and nippier Pernell, things remain problematic, even if Chavez would be quicker and stronger relatively speaking to the version that fought Pea.
     
    sweet_scientist, Jan 27, 2009
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  13. sugarngold

    sugarngold RIDDUM Full Member

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    This was such an amazing fight. I consider Whitaker's taming of the great Chavez as the finest performance of his career.
     
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  14. cpnasty

    cpnasty Fight Fan 83 Full Member

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    < Yeah, I remember.
     
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  15. sweet_scientist

    sweet_scientist Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cheers man.

    Chavez was extremely highly thought of back in the day. Before the Whitaker fight some were even questioning whether he'd surpass Robinson.

    My how opinions have changed since then......
     
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