Whitaker v Mayweather

Sweet Pea

 

If it's the same judges that were at the Whitaker/Chavez fight then anything could happen - otherwise I tend to agree. Mayweather's best weight wasn't at 140, and the elusiveness of Pea would without a doubt cause Mayweather fits.

 

Whitaker

 

Nope. Highly technical affairs like this one are usually the best for me. Some of my favorite WW fights include Leonard/Benitez and Hearns/Benitez despite the methodical pace and lack of clean blows landed(in the latter anyway).

 

Most areas where Floyd excels, Pea has him beat. Not only that, but stylistically, being a southpaw with a constant, accurate jab, he would make it difficult for Floyd to find any kind of rhythm, as Floyd has trouble with both of the above qualities. Not only that, but while Floyd typically takes a few rounds to figure his opponent out, Pea started right out of the gate, so even if Floyd were somehow able to even up the battle at some point, Pea's early lead would hold him to the decision comfortably. I see it as a clear call.

 

Nope. Pea was a brutal fighter when he wanted to be and PBF wanted to fight, Pea would say 'bring it on'.

He is the holder of some SAVAGE stoppages. He's better than Floyd in EVERY department.

 

No he doesn't. Pernell had the better jab by far, the southpaw stance (which gives Floyd trouble, according to Floyd himself), the higher workrate, and was the better in-fighter. What edges does Floyd have? If you want to claim he holds a slight edge in power, do so, but it's not enough of an edge to make any kind of difference in the matchup. In actuality, Pea was the one with the more devastating knockouts when he put his body into his punches.

 

I wouldn't quite say that, whitaker clearly has the better jab,higher workrate and put his combos together better, personally i think floyd was slightly more accurate, and a great straight right which is a good weapon to counter the southpaw jab with and slightly more power

I used to pick floyd in this fight, i now slightly head towards pea, the reason for this is the southpaw jab is very difficult for floyd, he needs to counter it often and take that weapon way from whitaker a little bit, its closer than most think in my opinion though