Roy or Sweetpea ? Who was greater ?

RJJ hands down greatest boxer since SRR IMO.

 

RJJ on pure talent and acheivment

 

Roy, based not only on acheivment, but far more the sensational fighter.

 

Whitaker.

Clearly has a better resume, not much seperating them in terms of ability with Pernell being more versatile in the sense that he was both excellent on the outside and was downright amazing on the inside where as roy was a primarily outside fighter. Pernell also proved his greatness by overcoming adversity, clearly past his best and fighting a bigger man, he was down on points and dropped a few times by Hurtado before roaring back to stop Hurtado in a brutal finish. When Roy got hurt he went down and stayed down, twice.

Acheivements are near even as is overall ability, but Pernell's better resume and the other intangible give him the clear edge.

 

Pea. Just looks at the records. And no, the Ruiz win doesn't mean Roy was HW champion.

 

sweetpea whittaker

 

The two most talented and greatest of their eras....I give the edge to SweetPea, he had the better resume.

 

Clearly Whitaker all things taken into consideration, not just talent. Based on ability you could argue Roy, but not based on resume. I rank Whitaker 17th on my all time list with Jones Jr. 30th.

 

Rjj.

 

the jolly green giant.

 

Whitaker

 

Yep. :thumbsup

 

Jones