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

[champion4ever]

This news is so sudden and tragic that it makes me want to cry. What an awful way to die? Damn! I don't know what all the details are but how could one be so reckless in striking a pedestrian; Especially another adult?

[TBear]

Sad news. He was great
May he R.I.P.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

Damn. I hate to hear this. Whitaker had such great defense. Such a shame for a fine world champ to go out like this. Man, such a sad day.

Rest In Peace, Sweet Pea.

[Htown-Finest]

RIP to the SweetPea

[The D3vil]

Jesus Christ this hurts.

It feels like his life would've turned out differently had he not been robbed against Ramirez, Chavez, and De La Hoya.

He would've made so much more money and had a lot more resources to deal with and wouldn't have fallen so far.

That's why it makes this one hard to deal with

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 and one of the few feel good moments on an overall shxtty day for boxing.

[NYhaven]

Rip to one of the most smoothest charismatic boxers the game have ever seen, untouchable, undeniably the best in your face defense, no guard defense in the game. Rip Pernell Sweet Pea Whitaker

[Catrin]

Que diosito lo tenga en su santa gloria.

[rckdees]

Truly one of the best to ever do it......R.I.P. CHAMP

[Phenom]

One of the best to ever lace them up a legend of the game

[james350]

Very sad day
R.I.P Pernell Whitaker