world champion-titles, and Gold at the Olympics – now one of the greatest boxers of the Nineties is dead. He died in a terrible accident.
Virginia Beach – The sporting world mourns the loss of a great Boxer: Olympic champion Pernell Whitaker of the USA is killed in a traffic accident. This is the police of Virginia Beach, announced on Monday. The 55-Year-old, who won the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles Gold in the light-weight, has been recorded according to official data, of a car. “The victim died on the scene from his injuries”, – stated in the message.
Pernell Whitaker sweet pea (sweet pea) to be called, had begun after the Games in L. A. his professional career, he was in four different weight classes, champion of the world. In the early Nineties he was known across as the best Boxer of his time.
Pernell Whitaker is dead: He was a four-time world champion
Of his 46 professional fights, Whitaker 40, 17 of which won in advance. In addition to four defeats, a spectacular draw in September 1993 against the legendary Mexican, Julio Cesar Chavez, as well as a Fight without scoring.
In a further sensational Fight he suffered in April, 1997 against the Golden Boy Oscar de la Hoya (USA), a unanimous point defeat. 27. In April 2001, he lost against Carlos Bojorquez (Mexico) for the first time, by a knockout, and subsequently ended his career.
With Jose Antonio Reyes passed away in June, only a well-known footballer, also in the case of a car accident.
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