This is what seperates Whitaker from Mayweather

[SweetPea]

As youve correctly said before, this is becuase Pernell chose to win by way of volume punching, being brave, cobining guts with sublime defence.

Which is absolutely great. However. That doesnt lay the blueprint for a succesfull venture up the weight classes.

Well Pernell did reign as welterweight champ for 4 years, including victories over McGirt (twice), Chavez, and arguably De La Hoya. That's a pretty successful move up in weight. Whitaker also won a belt at 154.

You have to agree that in a few of his bigger fights (Chavez,Trinidad & Oscar) Pernell was the one moving away, sometimes even running.

Im not saying that was his style but there were times when he just had to. Floyd chooses to.. Possibly for a good reason, as we may find out as Floyd slows down. But the point is, that IMO, Floyd is more effective.

You're 100% right about the Chavez fight. Whitaker was constantly on the move for the whole 12 rounds, because that was the best way for him to win.
That's not true with the De La Hoya fight so much and definitely not with Trinidad. By the time he fought Trindidad, age and abuse had robbed him of his speed and reflexes. He stood flat footed in front of Tito for 12 rounds and took shots that would've knocked any other man out.

You could count the amount of times Floyd has been hit in his last 3 fights on both hands. (One hand dedictaed to the Juda fight ).

True. But you could say this about almost every fight Whitaker had over a 6 or 7 year span.

And although the fights were either one sided, boring or both they were (minus the fouling) immaculate. Which Floyd reeks of while Pernnel doesn't quite.

I'm not sure. Whitaker is considered by many to be a technically perfect fighter. He had plenty of fights where he won all 12 rounds and was never hit with a clean punch all night.