# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pernell-whitaker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:02.540Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pernell-whitaker"
name: "Pernell Whitaker"
slug: "pernell-whitaker"
description: "Pernell Whitaker Sr. was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight; the undisputed lightweight title; and the lineal lightweight and welterweight titles. In 1989, Whitaker was named Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. He currently holds the longest unified lightweight championship reign in boxing history at six title defenses. Whitaker is generally regarded as one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time."
tagline: "American boxer (1964–2019)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1964-01-02"
deathDate: "2019-07-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.732122041308772
  historical:           19.18316933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Pernell Whitaker"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump