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

[whoseyourdaddy]

May your Soul Live forever and in peace riding on the sunset Champ.

[P4Pdunny]

Desperately sad. Rest up champ.

[Ace R.]

Absolutely gut wrenching.

Prayers to his friends and family.

Rest In Paradise Sweet Pea

[jas]

Fk


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[Joe Beamish]

Very sad news. And very weird that he let himself get hit by a car, unless the driver was drunk or something.

[VatoMulatto]

Hit by a car?? How the hell did this happen? R.I.P

[Boxing56]

Shocked. One of the best ever. RIP Sweet Pea.

[Zodogg]

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.

[uppercut510]

RIP to a legend, terrible way to go out, and lol at the 40oz someone posted

[Don Pichardo]

One of the best ever. RIP, DEP.