Sweet Pea would have OWNED Floyd

So the Floyd that was troubled by Castillo would easily berat the phenom at LW that was Pea, the one who cleaned out the division?

And? In that case I could say Floyd doesn't have the power to back Pea up, considering he fought far more powerful fighters in his day and stood up to them. And you're right, Floyd does show the ability
to adapt after a few rounds to the likes of Hatton, old De La Hoya, Jesus Chavez, Zab Judah, etc. Pea never did any of that, you're right. Probably because he was content with beating his opponent from the opening bell and never needed to adapt.:good

And just because you've seen a little bit of footage of Pea, doesn't take away his ability in the ring, the guy was a genius. And one who clearly provide stylistic nightmares for Floyd. Specific ones as well if you'd like to debate further. I'd advise against it though.

 

Sweet Pea, the gay guy from our forum or Pernell Whitaker?

 

Pea would win about 9 rounds to 3.

Answer me this: How is Floyd going to win many rounds when A) He always needs time to adapt, which would guarantee Whitaker the early rounds, B) Pea has clear stylistic advantages on him, such as the southpaw position which Floyd himself has admitted troubles him, the piston jab which we've seen trouble Floyd, and the higher workrate, C) Even by the time Floyd does adapt to these stylistic disadvantages(which would certainly be a bit more of a hastle than figuring out Hatton's flaws) he still holds no real edges in this matchup, as Pea pretty much has him covered in ever area.

Explain. I see Floyd winning 4 rounds tops, likely 3, evening it out a bit in the second half, but still losing pretty wide.

 

Whitaker. But us boxing fans are having a discussion, you'd be best served sticking to what you know best, which is oogling that special little 15 year old boy in your "hood" that you fawn over constantly in the Lounge. Or you could make another poll on who the forum likes best between you and another poster. And lose. Again. Either way, we're discussing things here.

 

See I see you looking at all of Sweet Pea's strengths and looking at them against Floyd's weaknesses; and not trying it on the other side.

Simply put - Floyd would still be the best defensive fighter Pea fought, regardless of any name you pull of his resume who may have had a very good defense... Likewise, Floyd would be the fastest, or at least, ONE of the fastest fighters that Pea has ever fought... Floyd would also be one of the smartest boxers that Pea has ever fought.... Combine all this with Floyd's accurate punches, his ability to be a ring general (which might be negated by Pea's ability, but so might Pea's by Floyd's ability), his foot work, his angles.

Basically, Pea's never fought a style like Floyd, just as Floyd has never fought a style like Pea's... And Floyd would be the best he fought, when you take styles into play (JCC Sr had a perfect style of Pea, imo)... So to say that Pea would win lopsidedly is wrong, imo. I see it being VERY VERY close.

 

You're entitled to your opinion, but I brought up all the stuff you brought up as well. The points I brought up are what Pea has advantages in. What you brought up were not advantages, but simply Floyd's style and abilities. Which of them does he have a key advantage in?

 

Whitaker would have beaten him comfortably. 9-3.

 

Would Mayweather beat Chavez??

From what I hear Julio was basically a better version of Hatton with more power, rounded skills, chin etc - would FMJ be able to potshot to a UD, or would Chavez get ahold of him?

 

Chavez was a better version of Castillo, not Hatton. Hatton is far too open and flawed to be compared to Chavez, who was one of the best technical pressure fighters of all time.

This is a matchup that's been discussed a lot here. I pick Chavez to win on points, as I believe his style to be all wrong for Floyd. I think he's the perfect type of pressure fighter to get to Floyd. I can provide stylistic analysis for that as well. Lord knows I've done it enough in other threads.

 

Where does Floyd actually have an advantage in this styles matchup?

There is absolutely nothing going for a Floyd pick, at all.