PERNELL WHITAKER on his fight with JULIO CESER CHAVEZ :THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS I WON"
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- International Boxing Hall of Fame: Pernell Whitaker [2007]
PERNELL 'Sweet Pea' WHITAKER
World Lightweight Champion 1989 - 1992
World Light Welterweight Champion 1992 - 1993
World Welterweight Champion 1993 - 1997
World Light Middleweight Champion 1995
Speaking in 2007
Never felt so conflicted as a kid watching him fight chavez. Both legends. Still fans of both.
Chavez performed the best he could at that time, but Chavez had not had a serious challenge since fighting Meldrick Taylor in March 1990. During that stretch, Chavez started drinking heavily and went through a divorce with his wife because of his alcoholism. Chavez was not the same fighter that fought Meldrick Taylor, but Pernell Whitaker won their fight and he deserved to get the W on his record over Chavez. Whitaker had some extra motivation in the fight, to avenge his good buddy Taylor's controversial loss to Chavez.
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
@@josedominguez7249 there were clearly 8 rounds for sweet pea man, l scored 9 rounds to him, wasn't close at all, ring ownership, defense and scores were all to whitaker, some of the rounds you mentioned chavez started well but it wasn't enough to win the round itself, especially with whitaker adaptability and stamina
@@josedominguez7249 round 9 for example was definitively for whitaker, chavez didn't clearly won nothing there at all, and the only way chavez wins the 6 is if you penalize whitaker low blow
@@kakashihatake6176 Can't agree with Pernell on the Chavez fight, I rate Whitaker very highly but he was allowed to get away with a lot of spoiling against Chavez.
The bottom line is this: you can’t tilt the deck for one fighter over another just because the ref is allowing him to get away with it. The “dice” was on Whitaker to win with the bookies, the ref’s were picked to favor Whitaker, Chavez had to come up to 147 which all he could muster was 142 lbs even at 31 yrs of age, and a ref who would allow Whitaker to use bush league tactics throughout the match to offset the rhythm of Chavez and cadence of the bout.
Cortez even allowed Whitaker to shove him after receiving a warning. What did Cortez do? Just said, “Hey! Knock it off.”. It was that bad. Whitaker was hitting low all night, not just the 4th and 6th. He received I think 11 warnings from Cortez if I recall. Not a single point was taken.
Anyone who understands boxing knows how low blows, hitting on breaks, etc, etc., tilts the deck in favor of the one doing it.
Chavez did win the 1sr, 2nd, 5th, 9th and 12. In my opinion Chavez did win the 6 round where the low blows took place, In the 6th round, the round was pretty even then the low blows started. After the low blows , on angry Chavez landed a huge right hand that launched Whitaker back into the ropes, I thought that sequence change that close round for Chavez
Mickey Vann says that him and the Swiss judge both gave round 12 to Chavez because he landed more and all Whitaker did was run. He disagrees with the Texan judge giving the 12 to Whitaker. He says had the Texan judge given the 12 to Chavez like the other 2 judges, it would have been a draw in all 3 scorecards. And the 6th round with the low blow, judge mickey Vann says that all Whitaker did was hit low blows to Chavez, so he wasn't going to award the 6th to Whitaker on low blows
George Benton said he told Meldrick Taylor to hit Chavez on the hips to disrupt his rhythm in their fight in 1990 and for sure his gameplan with Pernell was along similar lines, difference being Whitaker was a brilliant defensive fighter and naturally awkward. He was a nightmare to fight, particularly for a precise well-balanced combination puncher like Chavez. The idea put across by many, including the commentators and most the print media that Whitaker outfought Chavez is laughable. The plan was to irritate, frustrate, foul and keep him from getting set. It worked. And let's be honest here that he is fouling, a lot. I'm not talking about the low blows that Chavez always gets dogged on by the announcers (yes, he does hit low) - though Whitaker lands plenty of them here - but the excessive crouching so his head at times is level with Chavez' waistband, and also the holding and wrestling, sometimes maneuvering himself so he's behind Chavez. It's ridiculous. 50% of Whitaker's game in this fight is was is called "spoiling", when lesser fighters do it. I watched this fight live and it was incredibly disappointing - the fight to determine P4P no.1 did not live up to its billing. And that wasn't just down to the "bad" verdict or Chavez looking far from his usual invincible self, it was Whitaker's tactics. They were effective, no doubt but he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with some of the stuff he was pulling in there.
Whitaker certainly didn’t dictate the pace. That was Chavez. You Whitaker fans won’t even give that no-brainer observation to Chavez lol! Chavez also, to his credit, was landing many body shots on Whitaker that seem to escape recognition from people who watch the fight. Chavez was also not getting hit as often as it looked. Whitaker did land some good clean shots to both head and body of Chavez but mixed in a lot of low blows and illegal activity such as hitting in the back, the hip, and even hit Chavez’ ass once. He hit after the bell and did a lot of mauling. Whitaker basically pulled every bush league tactic or trick from his bag he had in order to get an ugly “perceived win” over an aged and dated Chavez despite the record of Chavez. I think Whitaker fans should be thankful that Joe Cortez allowed Whitaker to fight his fight. Chavez was really in a no-win position. Forget about the score cards.
Judges decided that each man fought their heart out. Each one moved, and worked like they needed to, and neither truly overwhelmed the other. Sweet Pea moved beautifully in there. Danced around that ring like it was prom night. Chavez threw some of the hardest punches I'd seen the man throw in his life. Landing beautifully, though he was fighting an uphill battle against a brick wall. Something seemed wrong though. PW just kept going and going. He was the energizer bunny. Did JCC lose his power? Maybe that was it for him, but no, the news came out. After the fight PW had to go to the hospital. It turns out that JCC's punches were hitting as hard as ever, and Sweet Pea's broken ribs proved it. You have to give PW credit. His tenacity to keep on going until the end, with broken ribs, and move like nothing was bothering him... except for the probability that the broken ribs he suffered weren't bothering him due to the cocaine found in his system at the hospital while getting his ribs mended. The commissioner had to step in and change the ruling though right? Nah, they let it slide. What's done is done, and it's possible that he did coke right after the fight, and on the way to hospital. So no, they just left it as is. Then some time later, a few months short of 5 years from this fight, Sweet Pea was in another amazing match up. He was fighting an amazing contender, Andrey Pestriaev. He went in there and also put on an amazing show. The man seemed to never slow down. He was ruled the winner, by decision. Again, he needed to go to the hospital. During his time there, guess what they found in this system? Well I'll be damned... it was Cocaine. Again. Only this time the commissioner did step in. They stripped PW of his win and ruled the fight a "No Contest". Still not fair, but "rules is rules" and they didn't overturn it to make it a loss, as they should have with the Chavez fight due to similar circumstances. Now, this makes one wonder. How many times did Sweet Pea fight while high on coke? Did it make him a better fighter? That is debatable. I mean the man was impaired and doing beautifully in the ring, but was taking shots that should have put him down for good. If he fought this well while high on coke, imagine what he could have done sober. Just think of that for a second, he fought impaired and danced around like nothing in the world could stop him. Actually nothing in the world could stop him, because of the coke. He may have actually danced around, and fought much better without the drugs in his system, but would he have been able to keep up the stamina levels? Would he have been able to endure all those punches? He may very well have been able to do so, but in my opinioin, my perspective, no. Maybe would have never been caught by the same kinds of punches that he was hit with. I'm sure having the coke in his system prevented him from being afraid of the punches and he walked right into them, or didn't avoid them, because.... well, because he wasn't feeling them. Why move? In the end though, we'll never truly know what he could have done. Time is no one's friend and lost opportunities will never be more than that, lost opportunities. Anyhow, this is neither here, nor now; all that PW showed is that cocaine is a hell of a drug.
The greatest defensive boxer in history
The greatest marathon guy in history shit
you couldn’t hit em in a phone booth.
@igorputin2499Floyd defense way better
WILLIE PEP WAS sorry.
@@Ontiming2023Have you even heard of Wiilie Pep?
Still can't believe how he died. RIP
I know
It hurts
rip one of the greatest ever.
Rip Pernell,one of my fav boxers and def styles.A cless act too.💜
Rest In Peace Pernell , YOU ARE BEYOND BRILLIANT AS A CHAMPION !!!!!
Even if he tried to teach his fighters to be like him it would not happen because you can't teach speed along with awareness, instinct and agility all working at the same time.
"I gave the fans what they really wanted to see, I entertained them. I let my boxing skills display itself".
Pernell "Sweet pea" Whitaker the Master of the Boxing Art. RIP champ.
Mate this guy was another lever he was pure class
Salute 2 Pernall Sweet Pea Whitaker a great 4× division champion he could do it all RIP Champ 🙏🙏🏆🏆🏆🏆
Hands down my favorite fighter of all time
Loved all his fights , RIP my friend
I met Pernell 3 times after he won the gold medal! So proud of you champ RIP!
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@@R4RB Yeah because he's from my hometown Norfolk VA!
I respect that, but I am confused about the question mark you put after RIP
@@R4RB Oh ok thanks let me fix that!👍
Great interview from one of my top 3 favorites. RIP Champ much appreciated 👏
P4p sweet pea greatest defensive fighter ever rip champ
Pernell is one of my top 3 favorite fighters dead or alive
Sweet Pea, The Hitman, and Marvelous my favorites in this generation.
IM A CHAVEZ FAN, BUT HES RIGHT. HE DID WIN THT FIGHT.
@@wetguavassamen to that for all these pernell meatriders that are mad asf 🤣
Even though you may be of Mexican descent(?), thank you for looking at the Chavez fight will unbiased, honest eyes. Im a Chavez fan , too, but, I'm also unbiased when it comes to who wins/won a figth.
@@Huriel27why are you on here? Go that way👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽
@@roderickbryant157 why don’t you?
@@wetguavasswhat fight were you watching? That fight was a clear robbery Chavez got outboxed the whole fight
I love this man..I can defend myself today because he inspired me
May god bless his soul. Sweet Pea was something else and it’s a true blessing being able to watch a fighter like him. RIP Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker🥊 🙏
What a sweet man!
Definitely the greatest defensive fighter of all time, and in my personal top 3.
Sweetpea has been my favorite fighter since mid 80s...he can make anybody look bad in the ring
Pernell Whitaker in my opinion, was the best pure boxer of all time. However, his lack of discipline and his addictions, unfortunately caught up to him. The only fight he truly lost in the ring was against Trinidad and he was already over the hill when they fought.
The way he moved was art tremendous
Not Floyd, Loche,Toney,Pep or any defensive fighter in history will ever top Whitaker. What he meant to say is the extra moves I had I wont teach cause they wont be able to do them period. RIP my man. Thre greatest defensive wizard of all time.
I get angry when I remember the robberies they did with PW against Ramirez. I don't think he lost a fight. Ever
enjoyed ‘sweet pea’ & still look 4 him
FIVE HUNDRED?! holy fuck. Amateurs never go up that high.
Nice guy...rip...
RIP Champ!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
He was always considerate with the fan,s , definetly one of the very best , definetly had him winng the chavez fight , sweet pea was like butter on ice defence , rattle snake offence . one of the top ten. for sure 👑 Hail to sweet pea 👍 R I P. now he,s sparing with angel,s ☁☁🥊😄🥊☁☁ , and they cant touch him.
Rip brother love you
For me,boxing died when Sweet Pea retired for all intents and purposes. Other than a handful of very special boxers,the era was over. He ABSOLUTELY DID BEAT CHAVEZ!!!
Partying made him age fast. But his boxing was beautiful.
One of the elite to put on mitts
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
Pernell Whitaker , 🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊🥊
THE BEST HANDS DOWN I REALLY THINK HE WOULD HAVE BEAT FLOYD
Ask him if he hands down won the tito fight tho🤷🏽♂️
Past his prime.
P4P greatest in his Era
Rest easy king
Just watched the fight today and in my opinion Whitaker wins over julio cesar chavez.
Wrong chavez won
I would have loved to have seen him vs Floyd
Tbf the fight should have happened 3 years earlier at 135/140 not at 147lb when Chavez did *not* belong at that weight.
Fantastico
RIP Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker !
Hagler beat Sugar Ray and Sweet Pea beat Chavez
He also be delahoya they just gave it to her
I think Marvin was pulling his punches.
José Luis castillo beat mayweather
Whitaker deserved The Chavez fight . Pernell should have attempted to unify at 147lb against I Ike"Bazooka" Quartey and At 154lb with "Terrible" Terry Norris .
Dirty fighter that's all know
rip pernell! too bad the chavez fight isnt on youtube. i remember see it live back in the day as a kid knowing pernell smoked that man that night. one of the worst decisions i have ever seen
4:18 Pernell Whitaker, and I are the same size and I box southpaw so I decided to watch and learn some stuff from him. I stole one of his moves and now it’s mine. I would say what it is but it’s my move get your own.
Sweat pea reminds me of Floyd Patterson. I think a sweet pea would’ve regained the title from Chavez. Just like Floyd Patterson went on to knock out Ingemar Johansson to be the first person to regain the title
He should have fought JCC from 1989 to 91 when Chavez team was hounding Duva and Pea for the fight. They ran from the fight and took on Chavez at a weird catchweight of 145 and 2 years too late. Blame Duva.
Lol ridiculous!!!
Chavez ducked pernell for years .... and got his ass whopped when they fought
@@chrismale9976 Sure. Three years too late and at a weight JCC had no business in.
@@chrismale9976chavez beat him
@@Aldine281 lol
@@chrismale9976 Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
My favorite fighter and athlete of all time.
RIP
What year is this?
R.I.P. Pernell “Sweetpea” Whitaker
Rip Champion..
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
Great man
I tell people I think he could have beat Mayweather. One of my dream matches is Parnell vs Mayweather Jr
Huge chavez fan here but pernell definitely beat him that night.. 👍
You are not a real fan chavez beat this runner
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
To be honest. With Chávez it was a Draw or maybe one point ahead. But everyone has a different opinion.
It was defintely a close fight. I can't say that Chavez won it, the only one who could claim that would be Whitaker. It defintely wasn't by a wide margin, though. I think the weight hurt Chavez, who only came in at 142, FIVE pounds under the limit, which shouts out that he was no Welterweight.
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
Im a die hard chavez fan and i will admit Whitaker won that fight easy.
I'm a die-hard Whitaker fan, and chavez won
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
This man beat Chavez and De la Hoya.
Chavez yes, de la Hoya no.
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
Pernell didn't lose to chavez, he actually beat chavez , but the judges had it a draw.
In your mind maybe
@@FrankCarolei-lv6rb No PW gave chavez a boxing lesson and the judges had the audacity to call it a draw, in reality Pernell handed chavez his first loss.
Stip lying Whitaker lost he didn't defeat chave because if he did then why chavez didn't lose huh because chavez won
Stop lying to yourself Whitaker become the 87 boxer too fail I beating chavez clown
@@FrankCarolei-lv6rb Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
Wow.. cant believe a car could hit him.. best boxers in the world couldnt hit him.. 😢
Sweet Pea definitely won the Chavez fight. FACTS!
It doesn’t even make sense to mention it
It was so one-sided
Just like Holyfield vs Lewis I
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
Pernell beat Julio unanimous decision and thats coming from a Chavez fan..
You can tell he's been really affected here by the drugs he'd abused. He looks awful here but was a legendary fighter in his prime.
He's 41-4-0 in my book.
is not true
Craziest shit I ever heard from a trainer😂 I’m not teaching them how to be agile like me
The whole world knows Castillo beat mayweather, ggg beat canelo, maidana beat mayweather, lara beat canelo...ect
Hispanics hate mayweather so bad 🤣🤣🤣
@@mansamusa2012 you sound like a sensitive offended gentleman/lady… he/she said hispanics hate mayweather???? How? 🤣
Yes he won that fight.
I remeber watching pernel vs chaves and no he did not win to me
Felix Trinidad put him on his ass.!!
B-Hop returned the favor🎉🎉🎉
One of the most disgusting robberies I’ve ever seen.
Chavez lost that fight. All of Mexico knows this
Pro chavez crowd when they fought at Texas. They were booing at Whitaker. After the fight they were all silent. They knew Whitaker had Chavez’s numbers.
Lol pnly Whitaker fans think that clown chavez beat Whitaker easy all of USA mexico n the world knows pea lost
Rounds 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, are clearly, so clear for JC Chávez. Rounds 3, 7, 8, 11, so clear for Whitaker. Rounds 4, 10, and 12, are for me even, you can say whatever you want. I have to say that 12 round, Whitaker was holding all the time, and add too that Whitake throw 2 big low blows.
Whitaker, elusive, tecnician, good defensive, making points, Chavez, chasing, throwin to the body, hitting hard. Difficult fight, for me was for Chávez by 1 point.
Sweet did win against Chavez, but to be fair that was a declining coke consuming Chavez, a win is a win tho.
🧊👀
whittaker beat the shit out chavez
P4P
He got robbed
He's lieing told me to my face get this Olympics out the way. So I could make this money
I thought he lost
RiP, just know that you flogged him proper
Julio cesar chavez beat this runner just like how oscar dela hoya José luis ramirez beat Whitaker the runner just like Jose luis Castillo beat gayweather