What was Sweet Peas best performance?

The schooling of wat some people believe to be the greatest mexican fighter of all time! And he made it look easy! peace.......!

 

Hugely underrated win over a good champion.

 

A win that comes to mind too was Diosbelys Hurtado. It wasn't vintage Whitaker and he looked well past his best days, but it showed he would do whatever it took to win a fight. Behind on points, he stepped on the gas pedal and knocked a defenseless Hurtado out with a brutal barrage of punches.

This win, to me, illustrates his fighting heart and determination

 

J.C. Vasquez fight was booed extremely by public, even more than PBF-ODLH. They threw lots of garbage to the ring. Public applauded to Vasquez for rabbit punching, they were pissed off with Pea's clinching.

I'd say Chavez, Ramirez II and not to mention rematch with Buddy McGirt.

 

For 4Rounder, here is a pic of Jackie Smith & George Benton at Chavez-Whitaker in San Antonio celebrating Whitaker's victory.

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Cheers.

 

azumah nelson because he was dominant against an all-time great(i had whitaker winning by seven points).you could say chavez aswell but,remember welterweight was not chavez' best weight

 

It wasn't against Tito. That never showed me he performed well by his own standards. He fought flat-footed and traded. However, It did show that heart and chin were solid.

Nelson or Ramirez II. Some people have put forward the Chavez fight, but he was at the peak of his powers at lightweight.

 

That was exactly what I mean. He stood and threw with AN ATG...A MONSTER at a weight above his prime, past his prime...in said oppenents prime...and took it all (tho he was hit and hurt). He showed TREMENDOUS heart and determination in this one. Even tho it was a loss...it is still my favorite Sweet Pea performance, and you know I have seen them all (many MULTIPLE times).

 

It does add to his greatness, no question. Duran went 15 rounds with a prime Hagler, and Duran himself was just as out of his depth as Whitaker was against Trinidad. And Duran gets many plaudits for that fight, even though he lost.

The way Duran and Whitaker approached the fights in question were entirely different. Roles reveresed. Whitaker was a fantastic defensive swift moving wizard who traded with Trinidad wearing concrete shoes. Duran was the opposite. He had never showed such caution in any of his previous fights as he did against Hagler. Always cagey, slipping for fun, feinting, but it was always done while being aggressive. He stood off Hagler and his success came when he wasn't inside.

Whitaker's showing against Trinidad was a good performance regarding heart and will; durability. But I couldn't see how it can be considered his greatest performance. He simply wasn't able to do the same things he could do years before.

 

Bottom line...Sweet Pea put an elite performance against perhaps his most elite opponent. Draw? Pshh, sure.

 

Great post.

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As for me considering this Whitaker's best performance. To me it showed just how great he really was. I could go with his dominating wins over Ramirez or whatever. But I remember seeing the Tito fight, thinking Whitaker had no chance (in the state he was in at the time...if it was a few years prior, Pernell wins a WIDE UD)...then watching him put up the FIGHT of his life in there. I think this was a DEFINING moment...just as many of the others were. It will always stand as my favorite Whitaker performance. Personal preference I guess. I think you get what I mean tho.

:thumbsup

 

That's actually a good shout. I feel the same way about that performance. He was up 4 rounds to 3 after 7, with the fight even on points because of Tito's knockdown(although they didn't score Pea's knockdown over Tito). He was really out-fighting Tito on the inside, but at that stage of his career he just couldn't keep it up, and went on a big decline the rest of the fight, only his heart keeping him in it.

The best boxing exhibition though would have to be his fight against Nelson. Ramirez II was perhaps more impressive, but the way he did an ATG like Nelson, winning about 10 rounds to 2 at best for Nelson, was amazing. That Pea I would take over any LW, ever.

 

his performance on pros vs. joes!!!

chavez was his best....too bad they robbed him.

 

Nelson

 

Here is a good way of summing up the Nelson showing.

Ramirez I + Ramirez II = Nelson

A nice mixture of both Ramirez fights IMO equates to his performance against Nelson. Just a mixed ingredients of wepaons/attributes from both fights combined.