Who was the greater fighter, Arguello or Whitaker?

Who was greater?

1. Arguello
10
53%
2.Whitaker
9
47%
 
Total votes: 19

Diamond WEAPON
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Re: Who was the greater fighter, Arguello or Whitaker?

Post by Diamond WEAPON »

BoxBuzz wrote:Well let's see.....Would Whitaker lose even once to Pryor?

I think not.

Not even if Aaron came armed with his trusty bottle of "Blue Goodness".

Of course Alexis was not at his peak for those fights.

I'm going with Whitaker on this one.
That's not an entirely valid point to make. This is more about resume than head-2-head ability because Whitaker has a size/weight advantage over Arguello and by definition, Pryor as well.

I'd say Whitaker was just a little greater though, he took care of his opposition more handily, even if was a bit less flashy.

I agree about Mancini being underrated, particularly ability-wise, he was a real fighter, his problem was he peaked really early and seemed overly-haunted by the death of Kim and thus, lost his taste for battle and the rigors of training to batter another man the way he'd done so brutally before.
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Re: Who was the greater fighter, Arguello or Whitaker?

Post by SaadOffTheDeck »

He is even more underrated than I thought if people think he was inferior to Jim Watt.
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Re: Who was the greater fighter, Arguello or Whitaker?

Post by SaadOffTheDeck »

I know, I was able to figure that out when you said it was the greatest win of his ATG career.
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