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6 days ago · Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker promised his mother and his old neighborhood he’d return to Norfolk with an Olympic gold medal. After five dominating boxing matches in the 1984 Olympics in Los ...
5 days ago · De La Hoya’s world titles in six divisions massively outweigh those defeats and the names he has in his winning column were some of the best – Ike Quartey, Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell Whitaker to name a few. It’s Whitaker De La Hoya picks over the rest as having the best skills. He explained why in a feature with The Ring Magazine.
4 days ago · Pernell Whitaker (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019) 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.
4 days ago · Earlier, we looked at Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker and Gabby Douglas. ___ Great Bridge High has produced standout athletes in a variety of sports, including a handful of first-round draft ...
4 days ago · List of. The Ring. world champions. Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa.
1 day ago · The men's 63.5 kg (lightweight) boxing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics will take place between 27 July and 7 August 2024. Preliminary boxing matches will occur at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at Stade Roland Garros. [1]
5 days ago · Thomas Bartlett Whitaker (born December 31, 1979) is an American convicted under the Texas law of parties of murdering two family members as a 23-year-old. Whitaker was convicted on December 10, 2003, for the murders of his mother and 19-year-old brother; he was sentenced to death in March 2007.
