I seen enough of both fighters to give and honest evaluation of who was the better lightweight. Sweet Pea was certainly the better technician and easily the crafter fighter. He was also plenty quick; not so much in terms of hand speed, but knew how to offset the other fighter strengths with his quickness and technical knowhow. But Shane as a lightweight was simply a monster. He was easily one of the fastest, biggest, strongest lightweight that ever grace the ring. His body punching was Joe Frazier like with amazing speed and power. As much as I admire the skills of Sweet Pea; looking at their various strengths and weaksnesses I have to go with the Sugarman by a brutal KO in the later rounds.