Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by Taeth
After countering Whitaker's jab a few times with hard right hands I think Whitaker would get more hesitant to throw his jab(his best punch IMO)
As a southpaw, Whitaker always slid to his right while jabbing, which is why he never got hit with counter rights.

THis is the one reason why I Think PBF does better than WHitaker in this situation and why he did better against ODLH is because he was faster.
I duno, I think PBF did better because PBF is in his prime. Whitaker wasn't in his prime when he fought Oscar. A prime Whitaker would've dominated Oscar, most people feel the old Pernell beat Oscar anyway.
Whitaker was only 33. I don't think Whitaker in his prime would have dominated even the version of Oscar that he fought. Oscar was a little green against Whitaker who was the first great boxer(near his prime) that Oscar had faced to that point. I think Oscar was much better later on in his career especially in defending against the jab. I also think if Whitaker wouldn't have used so much footwork which Mayweather opted not to use in beating Oscar it would have been a much tougher fight for Pernell.

As for Mosley countering the jab I think if he sliped the jab which he had the reflexes to do I say he could get in and hit WHitaker moving right or not. Sure their feet would get tangled sometimes, but I still think he would have countered Pernell quite a bit.