Pernell Whitaker
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican boxer (1964-2019)
Pernell Whitaker Sr. was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer.
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Connected to Pernell 6
Vasyl LomachenkoAlso won IBF World Lightweight Champion
Julio César ChávezAlso won IBF World Junior Welterweight Champion
Floyd MayweatherAlso won WBA World Super Welterweight Champion
Roy Jones Jr.Also won The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year
Guts IshimatsuAlso won WBC World Lightweight Champion
Jack DempseyAlso won Sugar Ray Robinson AwardAbout this person
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.
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