パーネル・"スイートピー"・ウィテカーは、アフリカ系アメリカ人の男性元プロボクサー。バージニア州ノーフォーク出身。元WBA・WBC・IBF統一世界ライト級王者。その後、スーパーライト級、ウェルター級、スーパーウェルター級でタイトルを獲得した元世界4階級制覇王者。
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Boxing legend Pernell Whitaker has died at the age of 55 after being hit by a car in Virginia.

Whitaker won world titles at four different weights and is considered among the best to have ever laced up a pair of gloves.
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According to TMZ, he was hit by the vehicle on Sunday night and later died of his injuries.

Daughter Dominique said in a statement: "To everyone please respect my family’s privacy in this trying moment.

"I want to inform people that today we lost a legend truly one of boxing’s greatest pound-for-pound champions, my father Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker."
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Whitaker, nicknamed 'Sweet Pea', won Olympic gold in 1984 before turning professional in the same year and will be remembered as perhaps the best defensive fighter of all time.
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Floyd Mayweather paid an emotional tribute to Whitaker, sharing a photo of the pair on Saturday.

"R I P champ, one of the best fighters to ever do it," he wrote.



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