Friends, along with Holyfield, Breland and the rest of the stars from the 1984 Olympic team...so they would have never fought each other. However, this is Mythical Matchups after all so what would have happened had they met at 140lbs?
The story goes that Taylor used to get the better of Whitaker in sparring. I don't doubt it, but I can't pick against Pea here. Mel would be competitive, but ultimately get out-thought and outboxed. Whitaker was brilliant at 140 against Pineda. His best performance imo.
Whitaker was the better fighter, but Taylor's style wins this head to head IMO. Taylor by close decision.
For the record, I'd call Taylor vs Floyd a virtual pick em at 140. Floyd was awesome at 140, but so was Taylor. That'd actually be a dream fight. Floyd was far more offensive minded at 140, I think we woulda seen a lot of excitement in that matchup.
I'd pick Whitaker over Floyd at 140 but it'd be close. Whitaker was CONSIDERABLY better than Floyd at 135 and would win clearly at that weight.
