Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
I watched plenty of Whitaker fights, how many have you watched?
About 35.

ALso Whitaker got hit quite a bit by Oscar, and by some clean punches to. Watch the fight again. oscar landed some hard left hooks, and some other good punches during that fight.
Oscar landed very few meaningful punches in that entire fight. Neither did Pernell to be fair. And that was when Whitaker was already past his prime.

I saw Whitaker dodge some no names when he was on the ropes, but I never really saw anybody fast enough of foot to catch Whitaker and effectively keep him on the ropes.
Because there was no one fast enough, it's not due to a lack of quality opposition. I wouldn't call Chavez, Nelson, or McGirt no names.
I defend Floyd pretty strongly when people criticize his choice of opponents, but his opponents are clearly inferior to Whitaker's. Whitaker made a lot of HOFers look bad over the years.