Quote Originally Posted by CutMeMicK
I'll also say that either the state of boxing hated Pernell or he was the unluckiest boxer ever cause 2 of his loses people say he got robbed and the draw against JCC was a robbery....
http://www.hbo.com/boxing/events/200...f_profile.html
Here's an article from hbo.com last year that lists the 10 most controversial decision of the past 25 years, and amazingly 3 out of the 10 involve Whitaker.
Now I'll openly admit that I'm a Whitaker fan and therefore I may be biased here.
But one thing I take as evidence that he was robbed is that all 3 times, he was in the ring against fighters who were much more popular than he was, and yet still most people are willing to admit that Whitaker got a raw deal.
Ramirez wasn't a big fighter in the States, but he was big in Europe where they fought. (it should also be noted that they fought again a year later and Whitaker won 12 rounds to 0.)

Chavez was much more popular than Whitaker and about 99% of the 60,000 fans at the Alamodome were rooting for Chavez, and the crowd seemed shocked when it was a draw.

And De La Hoya was certainly much more popular than Whitaker as well and 99% of the people in Vegas were rooting for him.

In all 3 fights, Whitaker's opponent was really the "hometown" or "house" fighter, and we all know how that goes most of the time.

The DLH fight is only a "questionable" decision, it could've gone either way. The other two were flat-out robberies though.