How can you deduce their level of defensive skills when there is so little to work with, when it concerns guys like Pep. The round he didn't throw a punch, we didn't see that round, legitmately if the guy even landed one punch he should have won it.
Also how is sweet Pea leagues ahead of everyone else? His defense was great, but watch his fight against Roger as an example of him getting repeatedly. He got hit a lot more than Floyd or Bernard, and imo that's what defense is about. He was just in an era where defense wasn't a big priority. In the early 80's and 2000's there have been far better defensive fighters then there were in the late 80's and early 90's. Most of the top guys in this period where largely offensive.
Also two other guys who were great defensively were Ivan Calderon, I think he was one of the best defensively, but just was never in the spotlight. Also Wilfredo Benitez, especially considering how little he trained for fights. It would be scary to imagine how much sharper he could have been with a proper training camp.
Bernard and Floyd don't have the balance and footwork that Pernell had, how many times has either been able to make the guy a foot away from them miss every single shot with crazy upper body movement and dips, Whitaker didn't really have to sacrifice punch output to help out his defense something B-Hop and Mayweather can't say
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