Pernell Whitaker in my opinion beats any of the current welterweights. His hand speed ison par with Mayweather and Pacquiao. His defense is basically the blueprint for Mayweather. What separates him is the fluidity, ring generalship and natural ability. He improvises better than either man and his counter-punching is sharp and accurate.
Did anyone else see that supercool shit Whittaker did at 8:00 towards the end of round 11? McGirt slipped on the wet spot while Whittaker was attacking and Whittaker chilled and motioned for them to move over to the side. Class act, sportsmanship. Yes of course he went back to kicking Buddys ass..but for that moment it was all brotherly love and respect.
It's a testimony to his skill that a guy who doesn't have a heavy punch can still punish tough guys like Buddy McGirt, Roger Mayweather and Greg Haugen. Truly one of the greatest of all times.
Buddy McGirt's head never changed from birth. Most people's head is shaped like McGirt's head after going through the birth canal. But McGirt's head stayed the same.
114-111 Sweet Pea Whitaker. Even scoring the two knockdowns in favor of McGirt, Pernell still wins the fight. Great fight but Buddy gassed out after the 7th round. I gave rounds 1 and round 7 to McGirt but those could easily have been Whitaker rounds too. This is essentially as close as you could have had it for McGirt. Round 10 was a 10-8 to me bc McGirt only landed 3 punches and was basically non existent. Whitaker McGirt ROUND 1 9 10 ROUND 2 8 10 ROUND 3 8 10 ROUND 4 10 9 ROUND 5 10 9 ROUND 6 10 9 ROUND 7 9 10 ROUND 8 10 9 ROUND 9 10 9 ROUND 10 10 8 ROUND 11 10 9 ROUND 12 10 9
Whitaker was smart but his natural instincts took controll at times. he was a true brawaler with the boxer talent he fought between the two.Mayweather style takes less chances and leaves his legacy wanting because of this pure defensive style gret.It gives Whitaker the bump for pond for pound for pound.When a fighter get hit he want to do damage,thats the instinct but Mayweather keeps cool break you down later.Not crowd pleasing but dawn fine thinking in the ring.You work with what you got.
I couldn't be bothered posting the whole fight, it takes ages for me to do it. It's easier just to put up some highlights. If you want to see the whole fight, you should get a copy of it and stop whining like George Michael deprived of his ky lube.
