Comments Thread For: Pernell Whitaker Dead At 55; Legend Hit By Car In ******ia Beach

[j.razor]

Rest in peace Sweet Pea

[paulf]

From December 1980 until March 1982 I was stationed at Portsmouth Naval Hospital we had a boxer on base named Kenny Shannon and he fought on a few amateur cards that featured a fighter named Pernell Whitaker. I had never seen a fighter with that skill level. I said to myself this kid is gonna be special. Fast forward to the summer of 1993 I had taken my family to VA Beach VA for a beach vacation and one night I decided to walk to the beach I saw a cool ass older gentleman walking across the street towards a McDonald's on the corner. He had a cool pimping style walk, lol, had on a white summer shirt yellow slacks and shoes and a yellow Applejack brim. This dude was cool as ****. I walked in to the McDonald's right about the same time as he did. The man was none other than Georgie Benton, Pernell Whitaker's trainer. I walked up to him and spoke and told him I knew who he was. He said to me , youngblood com sit down and eat with me. He was in town training Pernell for the Julio Caesar Chavez fight. We talked boxing for 2 hrs. He told me that if Pernell stuck to the game plan and boxed and used his extraordinary defense they would whoop Chavez's ass. Pernell did exactly that when they fought in Sept 1993... RIP champ you gave us some of the best pure boxing ever witnessed. You were a master at your craft. I saw it first hand before you went to the Olympics and as you turned pro I watched all of your fights.... A moment of silence today as we 10 count.

Great story, man. Thanks for sharing.

[South Champion]

That's a shock. Rest In Peace.

[Tatabanya]

What can you say about someone who beat Julio Cesar Chavez and Azumah Nelson?

Much respect, what a sad day for boxing.

[pugil1st]

Horrible. I'm heart broken. Rest in Power Pernell.

[Buggy bear]

One of the last proper champions , record and dubious decisions against him speak for themselves ... RIP

[Oldskoolg]

RIP to the champ, who was robbed blind versus Chavez and then robbed again against dlh. Trinidad definitely beat an aged version of Whitaker and at 154 however

[Dip_Slide]

he took back the house he gave his mum great fighter but lost my respect as a human being for doing that

yea that was a POS move, his whole life after he got on the coke and after he retired was pretty bad. Doesn't change the fact that he was one of the very best fighters we've ever seen, he made defense cool before anybody else.

[kushking]

Damn a few weeks ago I was just talking here with several ppl about how great sweet pea truly was & how bud Crawford was the closest thing I've seen to him. Now suddenly have to wake up to this news

Rest in peace champ,1 of the greatest to ever lace em up. He was a true warrior unlike any of the modern day entitlement boxers today,feared no one & showed the world size means nothing in Boxing

[..David..]

Sad sad news

Rest in peace sweet pea you were a magnificent champion