THE MACHINE
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Not a boxing head, so is Floyd's defense better than this?
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Pernell Whitaker defense appreciation
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Not a boxing head, so is Floyd's defense better than this?
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
If Pernell Whitaker didnt want you to him, you werent going to hit him. Dude's defense was crazy, it was so sweet to watch him. His body and head movement was unlike anything.
Pernell was probably the first boxer i've seen to make you go
without him having to throw a punch
Pernell was probably the first boxer i've seen to make you go
without him having to throw a punch
pernell had better defense. not a knock on floyd. but ur talking about arguably the greatest defensive fighter of all-time. pernell was the first boxer i can remember (my generation) where analysts made a bigger deal out of how much people missed him, instead of how often he hit his opponents. his opponent's connect totals looked like hockey scores in his prime.
floyd's the better offensive fighter tho. no question.
floyd's the better offensive fighter tho. no question.
TheScarsOnSealsFace
Kiss From A Rose
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Sweetpee got hit more than floyd but his defense was more show. More amazing and more athletically spectacular. Sweetpee also had decent power. He could hit you with the 1 hitter quitter. Floyd is more technically sound, conservative.
Now only if my G ain't fukk with the nose candy.
the crazy thing about pernell: he had average power, at best. he was precise, and he could definitely knock a dude out if he caught u slippin. but he was far from a big hitter.
it didnt matter tho. fighters would try to eat his punches and walk him down (looking at u chavez), and he'd just make them miss, then make them eat some more for their trouble. fave boxer of all-time.
it didnt matter tho. fighters would try to eat his punches and walk him down (looking at u chavez), and he'd just make them miss, then make them eat some more for their trouble. fave boxer of all-time.
West Coast Avenger
West Coastin & Smokin
he got robbed against Chavez.........I always thought he won that fight....
I swear my dad use to stan this nicca sooooo hard lol 
Thats how I became a boxing fan...
Thats how I became a boxing fan...goat defense
Yuzo Lightheart
Rookie
bittersweet symphony
disagree. his defense was more show for sure. but in his prime dude did not get hit. i remember over a three fight swing his opponents were connecting at like 7-10% total, on some truly insane shyt.
Yuzo Lightheart
Rookie
i think whitaker went through a stretch where he was winning like >95% of all his rounds in all his fights. just pure shut outs. his defense was so good that it would literally freeze people out of fights to where it looked almost like he was by himself in the ring
Majestic Pape
The-Coli = W SOHH = L
He got robbed (well, shouldn't say "robbed" as much as he should have got the decision) against De La Hoya as well when ODLH was on the come up.
And LOL @ him throwing a behind-the-back punch (around 1:54 I think) in the OP's video.
AlbertPullhoez
The Takeover
He got robbed in the first fight against Jose Luis Ramirez. Pernell didnt get a "real" loss until the Felix Trinidad fight and that was when he was past his prime and hooked on that white
