Pernell Whitaker vs. Shane Mosley @ Lightweight.

[mikeeod]

Whitaker was much better than Forrest or Wright and at 135 it wouldn't be close

Agree on Pea being better. One question: do you think it was skill alone that allowed those two to beat Shane or skill combined with significant size advantages? In my opinion it wasn't that Shane was outclassed, was just a case of him losing to bigger Men who could fight. Shane would enjoy a SIGNIFICANT size advantage over Pernell.

[La Cucaracha]

Whitaker was much better than Forrest or Wright and at 135 it wouldn't be close

Agree on Pea being better. One question: do you think it was skill alone that allowed those two to beat Shane or skill combined with significant size advantages? In my opinion it wasn't that Shane was outclassed, was just a case of him losing to bigger Men who could fight. Shane would enjoy a SIGNIFICANT size advantage over Pernell.

Agree those 2 had bigger size advantages, especially in Forrest's case. But De La Hoya was of very similar size to Mosley and Whitaker arguably won that fight and at 33 years old fighting at welter