Pernell Whitaker vs Diosbelys Hurtado-part 5/6

WBC Welterweight Title
Lineal Welterweight Title

Atlantic City,NJ,USA
24/1/97

Sweet Pea(39-1-1)defends his title against young Cuban Hurtado(20-0-0) in a "tuneup" for a lucrative bout with Oscar De La Hoya.

Very entertaining fight!Plz rate and comment!

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• Pernell
• Whitaker
• Diosbely
• Hurtado
• Oscar
• De
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• Hoya
• Atlantic
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• Legend
• Boxing
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[Daveyo5150]

Ain't that one up already?If not ill get it sorted soon am gonna add a couple inside the distance bouts first though cos the editing is infuriating.

By the way anyone no some really good straight foward editing software?One that dosen't crash the instant u click the mouse?(windowsmoviemaker)

[Daveyo5150]

thanx for the correction but i reserve the right to spell it however the fuk i want!U have any Whitaker requests?Tht rnt already up?I cnt promise anythin but ill see what i can do!

[Daveyo5150]

No probs,might post some more stay tuned!

[dhuang8]

Damn that ref could have gotten Hurtado killed. That's just a terrible job.

[5686tobi]

did the ref want him 2 die......worst stoppage ever

[mrgor24]

wow absolute shitty point deduction to start off

[ngonzoak]

DWiens ur absolutely right. Mayweathers technique is so good he can still be a top fighter durinh his athletic decline.

[DWiens421]

@daTruChosen The reason Jones fell off so fast is that he lost his athletic skill and didn't have technique to fall back on, and that includes footwork. Plus, his footwork in his prime was largely jumping in with power punches, which is the exact opposite of what technical footwork is supposed to consist of.`

[daTruChosen]

@DWiens421 Can't say I agree with your RJJ assessment, though. Since footwork is a product of the athletic dimension of boxing (the other being the technical dimension), an athletic fighter will almost always have superior footwork to one who is less so. RJJ is the most athletically gifted fighter to ever lace up a pair of gloves, but these same prodigious physical talents also served to conceal the glaring TECHNICAL deficiencies he possessed which manifested themselves once he lost his prime.

[daTruChosen]

@DWiens421 Agreed. Completely. Castillo got that ASS in that first match, I don't care what ANYONE says. And the ONLY reason Castillo lost to Hatton was because he was rebounding from an injury and was dealing with management problems (the Mayweather camp even said this ... they respected Castillo after PBF's fights with him).

[DWiens421]

@daTruChosen Mayweather's career took a turn for the worst when he was awarded a unanimous decision over Jose Luis Castillo in their first fight (which should have been a loss, it's hard to find even six rounds to give Floyd for a draw in my opinion). I think it scared Floyd to get that close to losing, giving him incentive to stay away from the best opponents.

Had he lost that fight, he would have less to lose, likely taken and won some of those fights, boosting his legacy past what it is now.

[DWiens421]

@daTruChosen Camacho may have been faster than Whitaker, but that definitely is not everything. Mosley is considered faster than Mayweather by most, but it was the defense and intangibles that let Floyd run away with that one, and I think the same would be true for Whitaker-Camacho.

Second, he should have forced Hurtado to come forward by staying away and moving himself instead of cutting the ring off.

Finally, Roy's footwork wasn't that good... he was just athletic enough to get away with it.

[DWiens421]

@Trey029 Wow, you aren't kidding. Lethal shot... the kind that gives me second thoughts about never stepping inside of the ring. Getting crushed to the midsection is among the most painful things imaginable.

The ending was amazing for the reason that Pernell Whitaker finally showed some passion and emotion in his bout, other than acting like an asshole and making a mockery of his opponents in the twelfth round. It's nice to see viciousness come out when needed in guys you didn't know had it.

[daTruChosen]

@arachtinilith Camacho was my DUDE in the 80's; FOR REAL, for real, but there's no way in hell he'd have beaten a prime Pernell. And he didn't cut the ring off at 33 years old because he couldn't anymore. As a lightweight, and in the early years of his reign at welterweight ('93 and '94), his footwork was unmatched, even by Roy Jones Jr.! Watch his fight against Cardona to see his defensive, as well as his offensive footwork ability. Drugs and age caused this legend's SHARP decline after '94

[daTruChosen]

@parracatau Pernell was a master tactician, a wizard of defense and all of that, but as he got old, he really showed his toughness by fighting physically superior (taller, longer, younger and stronger) fighters like Rivera, Whitaker, Hurtado, De La Hoya, with no fear. Floyd could never show that type of intestinal fortitude. If he did, even if he lost, I'd respect him more, as would everyone else who'd love to have seen him fight Cotto, Cintron, Clottey, Margarito, Williams, and Pacquiao.