Haugen was a tough as nails brawler, but Whitaker produced an absolute masterclass here. Didn't lose a minute, never mind a round, giving a textbook example of how to beat an opponent who is physically stronger. A fantastic performance.
Haugen was not brawler, he was more a boxer. He could get in braw if need be. He was actually a boxer with out power. His toughness made him into a brawler.✊🏿☀️🌟🛸🔥💯
Complete masterclass by Whitaker, 1 of the most skilled boxers ever, the greatest lightweight champion since Roberto Duran... Whitaker is even better than Mayweather on a pure skill level.
Whitaker was just a phenom! Before he got old (and became a borderline alcoholic) he never even looked like he was in a fight. He was just playing a game in the ring, he was so talented. While Mayweather and Hopkins boxed like scientists, reading every feint to avoid punchers, Sweet Pea could dodge everything like he wasn't even trying!
Both Mayweather and Hopkins had great defenses. What I like about Sweet Pea as a boxer though is that he throws (and lands) more punches on his opponents whereas guys like Mayweather and Hopkins tend to use their legs and clinching a lot more. Floyd and Hopkins don't like to engage when their opponent does and sneak in a hard jab, a lead right hand, a counter, or a quick one-two from time to time and only begin to throw punches when they know their guy is hurt, but Pea throws about 65-80 punches per round throughout the bout. Whitaker blocks like they do but I think he was greater when it comes to dodging punches bc he throws more punches also which means he keeps himself within range of his opponent and imo, makes his defense even more miraculous.
If you find a better one, hopefully it will have Whitaker's entrance to the ring, which if I remember correctly, he had the orchestra from his high school play the entre nous. Now that's both novel and cool as he[[
Haugen might be unfairly remembered nowadays mostly for the beating he took at the hands of Chavez in 93, but this is his worst loss by far. Haugen was in his absolute prime in 89, and here he is facing an up and coming kid still early in his career, and he can't land a single shot on him, let alone win a round. This is as one-sided as it gets. No amount of Haugen shaking his head will ever change that. (Don't mean to be too brutal to the man either, he was a formidable champion in his own right, just was completely outclassed here).
whitaker was one of the best wetlerweights to ever live. what a jab. sharp, busy.always building up points .his personal life is non of our (collectively)goddam business.Bogie told Sinatra "all you ever owe your public is your best performance " he met those expectations( whitaker ). if I were going to comment on pete's situation however,..I'd say what mark twain said . "you can pick your friends,you can't pick your relatives". I'm sure we can all second that.
I give Greg a lot of credit. Fighters were avoiding Whitaker at that time but Greg had that old school mentality. He gave a shot to Whitaker though many felt Haugen wasnt going to win.
Me encantan los boxeadores como Whitaker.. Tranquilos y seguros de sus boxeo, sin apuro por el KO, dominando bien la pelea.. Seguridad total es la palabra. Asi como lo fueron tambien Salvador Sanchez y Carlos Monzon
Buen boxeador,chulo marrullero se agarra al rival en dificultades y cuando lo llevan a la esquina utiliza el agacharse por debajo de la cintura,esto es antirreglamentario y no lo amonestan nunca,asalto 12 contra poli diaz,el arbitro le sujeta la dere cha a poli esa mano lo dejaria ko posiblemente al moreno, un robo. Fernando Vadillo el periodista Español que entendia mucho de boxeo le puso el calificatio !! Atrapame a ese fantasma !!
One of the more impressive things about Whitaker's performance was how effective he was with the jab. When southpaws are matched with orthodox fighters, it can be almost impossible to establish the job, for both sides. The opponent is further away and it's easy to close the shoulder and block. In this fight though, Whitaker shredded Haugen with a stiff lead jab. Part of the reason was that Haugen fights kind of square and tends to lean in. The main reason though, was Whitaker's speed and technical brilliance. 'Power thrills but speed kills.' On that night, Haugen kept getting run over by a Maserati. Rest In Peace, Sweet Pete. I hope you're enjoying it up there with all the other champions.
Whitaker was a nightmare opponent for anyone. A southpaw with speed and athleticism. I think Haugen would have done better in a rematch at a neutral site. Granted.....a tough fight regardless.
Narrow shoulders, large head, short arms, long legs but short stature... yeah, what makes you think that? Diego Corrales was another peculiarly disproportionately built guy... almost 6' but with really short arms and a rather large head. He took a lot of punishment in his career as a result, though his crushing punching power saved him against shorter fighters with longer arms and better boxing ability like Acelino Freitas and Jose Luis Castillo; both of whom were beating Corrales until he came from behind to knock them the fuck out!
Gayweather used excessive holding , who ever said footwork was running? all boxers use footwork bonehead. Gayweather would jab and clinch the same thing everyone hated Wlad Klitschko for
No way can anyone accuse Whitaker of being negative here. Coming forward, snapping the jab, banging body shots in, dominated the fight the whole way through.
At 4:17 Whitaker doesn`t put his right foot outside or inside the orthodox lead foot of Haugen, Haugen should of tried to exploit this but doesn`t know anything about footwork, Mayweather would have got outside Whitaker`s lead foot meaning he would of escaped Pea`s jab very often, which was why the southpaw Pac couldn`t cut the ring off Floyd in their bout.
This was not a good styles matchup for Greg Haugen and in addition perhaps the best performance by Pernell Whitaker. If this more offensive version of Pernell would have surfaced in all his later fights, he would have gotten even more credit for being a truly great all-around champion.
Whitaker was deprived by the judges of what should have been the 2 biggest wins of his career. Pea put on a nearly perfect performance vs Chavez, but lost to Don King's wallet, and in my opinion he also beat De la Hoya in '97.
Whitaker beats both at lightweight, in fact he beats both at welterweight too as long as we are using prime welterweight Whitaker, the one that beat Chavez, Cardona and McGirt (2nd fight) in back to back fights. I think Mayweather would give Pernell a tougher fight than Pacquiao. Whitaker has a skill advantage over both men but the pure boxing skill gap over Pacman is huge. He beats Pac about 10-2 or 9-3 at worst.... he beats Floyd 8-4 or 7-5.
wheelinthesky300 Whitaker is more talented and skilled then both of them and has an advantage in that Mayweather can't block the jab. Pacquiao is too aggressive and would be counter in most of his attempts on the offensive.
this Pernell would have boxed the shit out of Floyd gayweather Jr!!! this Pernell was faster and had just as good a defense as gayweather!!! it would have been a real chess match but when the smoke cleared, I think sweet pee would win a unanimous decision over floyd gayweather!!! both of them are feather fisted!!!
Chavez ko haugen the black could not be as there are people so stupid that says that whitaker won a chavez when he ran and hugging lol lol the 2 are sons of chavez
@ kilumikin Dominguez - English is clearly not your first language - I have no idea what you are trying to say, comment on the fight? discussing traffic in your home town? a recipe for spaghetti? who the hell knows
WHITAKER COULD FIGHT IN ANY ERA,AND BE CHAMPION.
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No Doubt!!!
Well he’s all time great for a reason
Not if he fought someone with black and white pictures.
@@OGFrylock believe me he would.
Haugen was a tough guy and great champ...just wasnt his night. He would always fight challengers in their backyard...respect.
Greg was a great fighter. Definitely underrated.
Simply two different classes of fighters here. And Haugen was no slouch. Pete was just phenomenal.
Agree. Haugen was a tough guy but Pete was on another level.
*Pea not Pete. His name is Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker.
@@Shulemdior Actually it was indeed Pete, it became Sweet Pea because of an error that stuck.
They both are So comfortable in the ring.
Pernell Whitaker was one of my all time favorite boxers and a great person! God bless Pernell Whitaker! Rest In Power champ!
Perfection by Pernell
The word "schooling" is over used today. This was truly a schooling from a master.
To be able to spar your way to a championship is amazing.... DOMINANCE!!! Talk about winning EVERY round.
The quality of this upload us in all ways perfect and appreciated. Thank you very much.
Haugen was a tough as nails brawler, but Whitaker produced an absolute masterclass here.
Didn't lose a minute, never mind a round, giving a textbook example of how to beat an opponent who is physically stronger.
A fantastic performance.
Haugen was not brawler, he was more a boxer. He could get in braw if need be. He was actually a boxer with out power. His toughness made him into a brawler.✊🏿☀️🌟🛸🔥💯
Complete masterclass by Whitaker, 1 of the most skilled boxers ever, the greatest lightweight champion since Roberto Duran... Whitaker is even better than Mayweather on a pure skill level.
He’s above Mayweather
Agree 100%
Mayweather would've taken Haugen out at this stage in his career .
FlexibleAtheist 696 who does Mayweather EVER KO?
@@flexibleatheist LMAO shut up dude we all love Mayweather but sweet pea was better all of the above better skill
Whitaker was just a phenom! Before he got old (and became a borderline alcoholic) he never even looked like he was in a fight. He was just playing a game in the ring, he was so talented. While Mayweather and Hopkins boxed like scientists, reading every feint to avoid punchers, Sweet Pea could dodge everything like he wasn't even trying!
Both Mayweather and Hopkins had great defenses. What I like about Sweet Pea as a boxer though is that he throws (and lands) more punches on his opponents whereas guys like Mayweather and Hopkins tend to use their legs and clinching a lot more. Floyd and Hopkins don't like to engage when their opponent does and sneak in a hard jab, a lead right hand, a counter, or a quick one-two from time to time and only begin to throw punches when they know their guy is hurt, but Pea throws about 65-80 punches per round throughout the bout.
Whitaker blocks like they do but I think he was greater when it comes to dodging punches bc he throws more punches also which means he keeps himself within range of his opponent and imo, makes his defense even more miraculous.
@@kawaiiafangirlExactly.
He was also more exciting.
And had a great attitude not a jerk like the other two.
Greatness!!
This is an old copy.
If I get my hands on a better quality version I'll throw it up and ditch this one
If you find a better one, hopefully it will have Whitaker's entrance to the ring, which if I remember correctly, he had the orchestra from his high school play the entre nous. Now that's both novel and cool as he[[
Haugen might be unfairly remembered nowadays mostly for the beating he took at the hands of Chavez in 93, but this is his worst loss by far. Haugen was in his absolute prime in 89, and here he is facing an up and coming kid still early in his career, and he can't land a single shot on him, let alone win a round. This is as one-sided as it gets. No amount of Haugen shaking his head will ever change that. (Don't mean to be too brutal to the man either, he was a formidable champion in his own right, just was completely outclassed here).
Haugen says that Sweet Pea was the best boxer he ever fought
Sweetpea man i miss you
Whittaker was robbed in a fight early in De la Hoya's career. Sweat Pea won that fight, but Oscar was the young great white hope at 24. no, im white.
That wasn't a robbery, even if you thought Pete deserved the decision.
The fight pea crouched against the ropes twice to avoid getting KO'D? GTFOh
I like Whitaker but De la hoya beat him soundly. Whitaker just wasn't strong enough to fight De la hoya.
Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker was one of boxing's greatest defensive fighters. It was extremely difficult to hit him cleanly with a power punch.
Two good fighters Haugen was tough and so was Whitaker two of my favorite fighters you don't see fights like that no more
What the fuck are you going on about Greg got taken to Boxing school you cant compare the 2 there was only 1 Boxer in that fight
@@rangersasc the blatant disrespect to Greg Haugen!
I like more pernell whitaker than Floid maywheather jr ,
whitaker was one of the best wetlerweights to ever live. what a jab. sharp, busy.always building up points .his personal life is non of our (collectively)goddam business.Bogie told Sinatra "all you ever owe your public is your best performance " he met those expectations( whitaker ). if I were going to comment on pete's situation however,..I'd say what mark twain said . "you can pick your friends,you can't pick your relatives". I'm sure we can all second that.
I give Greg a lot of credit. Fighters were avoiding Whitaker at that time but Greg had that old school mentality. He gave a shot to Whitaker though many felt Haugen wasnt going to win.
Me encantan los boxeadores como Whitaker.. Tranquilos y seguros de sus boxeo, sin apuro por el KO, dominando bien la pelea.. Seguridad total es la palabra. Asi como lo fueron tambien Salvador Sanchez y Carlos Monzon
Lo unico malo de Whitaker es que tenía 25 años y tenía cara de 40 jajajajajaja
Pero salvador nunca fue correlon. Ni marrullero.
Buen boxeador,chulo marrullero se agarra al rival en dificultades y cuando lo llevan a la esquina utiliza el agacharse por debajo de la cintura,esto es antirreglamentario y no lo amonestan nunca,asalto 12 contra poli diaz,el arbitro le sujeta la dere cha a poli esa mano lo dejaria ko posiblemente al moreno, un robo.
Fernando Vadillo el periodista Español que entendia mucho de boxeo le puso el calificatio !! Atrapame a ese fantasma !!
Pernell Whitaker un maestro de El boxeo defensivo
haugen applauded whitaker just after the final bell. that means A LOT
Whitaker era 100% talento y tecnica.
Never really like watching Whitaker because of his style ,but Man he was one of the greatest lightweights
R.I.P Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker
He Was A Great Champion.
Can you improve the sound for future uploads? Kind of low and there's hiss noise.
RIP
One of the more impressive things about Whitaker's performance was how effective he was with the jab. When southpaws are matched with orthodox fighters, it can be almost impossible to establish the job, for both sides. The opponent is further away and it's easy to close the shoulder and block. In this fight though, Whitaker shredded Haugen with a stiff lead jab. Part of the reason was that Haugen fights kind of square and tends to lean in. The main reason though, was Whitaker's speed and technical brilliance. 'Power thrills but speed kills.' On that night, Haugen kept getting run over by a Maserati. Rest In Peace, Sweet Pete. I hope you're enjoying it up there with all the other champions.
Whitaker was a nightmare opponent for anyone. A southpaw with speed and athleticism. I think Haugen would have done better in a rematch at a neutral site. Granted.....a tough fight regardless.
haugen's footing caused that left hook to land harder, then he can't help but trip .this wasn't really a contest anyway
KEEP DOING YOUR JOB D
Schooled!
Is it just me or is Greg Haugen's body eerily out of proportion?
it is
Narrow shoulders, large head, short arms, long legs but short stature... yeah, what makes you think that? Diego Corrales was another peculiarly disproportionately built guy... almost 6' but with really short arms and a rather large head. He took a lot of punishment in his career as a result, though his crushing punching power saved him against shorter fighters with longer arms and better boxing ability like Acelino Freitas and Jose Luis Castillo; both of whom were beating Corrales until he came from behind to knock them the fuck out!
I miss this time. This is the time when there are no toxic Pactards and Mayweather Haters who calls footwork and movements running.
Dead ass bruh, that shit is annoying, like both are hall of famers and those ppl you can’t even discuss boxing with
Gayweather used excessive holding , who ever said footwork was running? all boxers use footwork bonehead. Gayweather would jab and clinch the same thing everyone hated Wlad Klitschko for
No way can anyone accuse Whitaker of being negative here. Coming forward, snapping the jab, banging body shots in, dominated the fight the whole way through.
Boxing masterclass by Sweat Pea
perfection by sweet pea.....fuckin amazing
Witaker tenia una pegada q cualquier mujer desearia
Go Sweet Pea.
At 4:17 Whitaker doesn`t put his right foot outside or inside the orthodox lead foot of Haugen, Haugen should of tried to exploit this but doesn`t know anything about footwork, Mayweather would have got outside Whitaker`s lead foot meaning he would of escaped Pea`s jab very often, which was why the southpaw Pac couldn`t cut the ring off Floyd in their bout.
Lol man I doubt that would have made a difference, Parnell could play in or out...the guy can touch the ring with his ass getting out of harms way
This was not a good styles matchup for Greg Haugen and in addition perhaps the best performance by Pernell Whitaker. If this more offensive version of Pernell would have surfaced in all his later fights, he would have gotten even more credit for being a truly great all-around champion.
21:58 👀 looks familiar
Whitaker was deprived by the judges of what should have been the 2 biggest wins of his career. Pea put on a nearly perfect performance vs Chavez, but lost to Don King's wallet, and in my opinion he also beat De la Hoya in '97.
How do y'all think Pernell would have fared against PacMan and Mayweather
at Lightweight?
Whitaker beats both at lightweight, in fact he beats both at welterweight too as long as we are using prime welterweight Whitaker, the one that beat Chavez, Cardona and McGirt (2nd fight) in back to back fights.
I think Mayweather would give Pernell a tougher fight than Pacquiao. Whitaker has a skill advantage over both men but the pure boxing skill gap over Pacman is huge. He beats Pac about 10-2 or 9-3 at worst.... he beats Floyd 8-4 or 7-5.
No question Whitaker would be the most skilled opponent Floyd ever faced.
wheelinthesky300 and no doubt he would give the great Mayweather a boxing lesson. and then be ripped off by the judges for his efforts
wheelinthesky300 With his natural advantage as a southpaw, he would have easily beaten Floyd.
wheelinthesky300 Whitaker is more talented and skilled then both of them and has an advantage in that Mayweather can't block the jab. Pacquiao is too aggressive and would be counter in most of his attempts on the offensive.
In stark contrast to his boxing talent, extremely immature lack of respect for his opponent, PW disappoints and sadly dismays:(
Out classing a champion all twelve rounds lmao. And Whitaker didn’t even have twenty fights under his belt at this point.
Schooled
Que buena pelea, para conciliar el sueño, aburridisima, como todas las del aburrido whitaker
this Pernell would have boxed the shit out of Floyd gayweather Jr!!! this Pernell was faster and had just as good a defense as gayweather!!! it would have been a real chess match but when the smoke cleared, I think sweet pee would win a unanimous decision over floyd gayweather!!! both of them are feather fisted!!!
Wanna be Sugar Ray or the great ALI but he always fall very short
Elgiad 936 not to mention 3 division champ
4 division champ. WBC lightweight champ (defeated Jose Luis Ramirez)/WBA lightweight champ (defeated Juan Nazario)/IBF lightweight champ (defeated Greg Haugen). IBF junior welterweight champ; defeated Rafael Pineda. WBC welterweight champ (defeated Buddy McGirt). WBA super welterweight champ (defeated Julio Cesar Vasquez).
Yeah he failed do you see the accomplishments on his resume you bum
Chavez Ramirez Tito and oscar beat Whitaker
Tito beat him cos he smartly gave up after 2 y of braake out of boxing . Before you wtite childish comment look all 3 fight and only Tito won .
Chavez ko haugen the black could not be as there are people so stupid that says that whitaker won a chavez when he ran and hugging lol lol the 2 are sons of chavez
+killumikun dominguez Are you saying no black fighter could KO Haugen?
@ kilumikin Dominguez - English is clearly not your first language - I have no idea what you are trying to say, comment on the fight? discussing traffic in your home town? a recipe for spaghetti? who the hell knows
pee wee beat Chavez ass they cheated him and dela hoya
Idiocy, he smacked Chavez around and confused your hero all night. Talk about stupid.
killumikun dominguez so your idea of winning a fight is to keep walking forward and miss with every swing? Ok.