Pernell is 29-1 with 13 ko's he moved to 140 his next fight . His best wins are Azumah Nelson 12, Greg Haugan 12 , and he avenged an earlier loss to Jose Luis Ramarez by UD . Roberto has just stopped Dejesus for the second time avenging an over the weight loss in a non title fight. His best wins are Ernesto Marcel ko 10,,,Ken Buchanan KO 13,, a 13th round stoppage of Arguello conqueror Wilomar Fernandez ,Guts Ishimatsu KO 10 ,Kobayashi KO7, and 2 KO's of Estaban Dejesus. He is 63-1 with 51 ko's and never lost at 135 pounds
I’d make Duran the slight favorite. This and Spinks-Foster are 2 of my top mythical matchups between ATGs of a traditional division
Love both fighters but if I had to pick one at their absolute peak I’d choose Duran by highly competitive but convincing decision.
It's hard to imagine a more intriguing Styles matchup. I'll go with Duran but I'm not real confident in that. Whitaker was one of the greatest to ever lace them up.
Even if you think Duran wins (and this is one of the only fights I think I'd possibly pick Sweet Pea to lose), you can't possibly think Duran would stop him..........................Pea is probably one of the toughest to ever lace em up. Even coked out and post prime no one was stopping him. Original question: I think I'd lean towards Duran to win because stylistically he's gonna give the judges more to score. Pernell is gonna give good and will likely clown Duran at times from he outside , but he's gonna lose on the inside. No one Duran's size can beat him on the inside................I personally consider that impossible. Thinking about it, this really is the first time I've ever picked against Pernell but I believe 135 Duran is top 10 ever.
Pernell is a Top 5-10 modern(post Ali) great Duran is nr 1, the greatest fighter alive and too big, strong and relentless for Whitaker