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Box-pro 46 bouts. Whitaker breaks clavicle and referee stops the fight on advice of ring physician. Baez reportedly 14-4 entering the bout. Galvan down three times. Galvan was reported as being 29-15-2 entering the fight. Haugen was down in the 6th. Carter substituted for Juan Estrada of Mexico.
The late, great Pernell Whitaker was naturally gifted and very special. The southpaw genius captured world titles in four weight classes – from lightweight to junior middleweight – and he was one of the best defensive fighters in boxing history. Whitaker was a highly decorated amateur, winning silver at the 1982 World Championships and gold […]
15 de jul. de 2019 · Pernell Whitaker, a nimble Virginia boxer known as perhaps the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of his generation and a defensive ring artist whose genius for dodging punches, helped him win an ...
Pernell Whitaker shadow boxes in a mirror at the US training camp in 1984. The Denver Post/Getty Images. Rafael: By the time I began covering boxing in 2000, Whitaker was basically finished as a ...
15 de jul. de 2019 · Pernell Whitaker, heralded as one of the greatest boxers to ever lace up a pair of gloves, died Sunday night after he was hit by a pickup truck while walking across a wide thoroughfare in Virginia ...
15 de jul. de 2019 · Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker, who won lightweight boxing gold at the 1984 Olympics and then was champion in four weight classes as a professional, died Sunday night after being struck by a ...
15 de jul. de 2019 · Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic gold medalist and professional world champion boxer, died Sunday night after being hit by a vehicle in Virginia Beach, according to police and confirmed by an NBC affiliate.He was 55 years old. Whitaker, nicknamed “Sweet Pea,” earned lightweight gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He then turned professional, becoming in the late 1980s and early 1990s one of ...
