Shane Mosley vs Pernell Whitaker Prime For Prime At Lightweight Who Wins ??

**mayorook** · 08-17-2007 04:03 PM

I'm tempted to say Mosely because he would apply pressure and power sweet pea never seen before, but at the same time PW was damn there impossible to hit and just as fast this is a tough one i'm so confused

**GAME** · 08-17-2007 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by mayorook

I'm tempted to say Mosely because he would apply pressure and power sweet pea never seen before, but at the same time PW was damn there impossible to hit and just as fast this is a tough one i'm so confused

Yeah I say Shane cuz he hit harder and was quicker . Pernell would struggle big time

**Sugar_Shaw** · 08-17-2007 08:21 PM

Mosley can't deal with southpaw's and Pernell would be too hard to hit. Whitaker by UD.

**southakron314** · 08-17-2007 08:37 PM

I would say Mosley would lose in a UD.

**RozzySean** · 08-17-2007 10:15 PM

Mosley by SD. His workrate would be the difference. He would miss a lot, but he would connect wtih authority enough and I Sweet Pea would be spend so much time on defense that he wouldn't throw enough. He would have a much higher connect % but Shane would probably land about the same amount and get a close decision based largely on his aggression. Shane was just unreal at LW, a frickin force of nature.

**sharkman63** · 08-18-2007 03:05 AM

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.

**Violent Demise** · 08-18-2007 03:25 AM

I'll take Mosley on points.

**Scrap** · 08-18-2007 03:57 AM

Shane as a lightweight didnt waste much and was fast its a hard one to pick so I wont. I would have loved to have seen it

**DaxxKahn** · 08-18-2007 04:01 AM

At LW this is tough.....Pernell was so slick but Shane so fast....and Shane hit hard at Lower weoghts...I think he went like 38-0 with 35 ko's before his first loss....I would edge Pernell at LW for the MD........At 147 Mosley beats Pernell

**slk123** · 08-18-2007 04:14 AM

I think people are also forgetting that Shane was real hard to hit as a LW. He was very well known for his movement. I'd go with Shane on this one, SP would have had to sit down on his punches in order to land at a high enough rate and it would have slowed his game, causing Shane's power to really make a difference.