Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker, Olympic, world champion boxer, dies at 55 – OlympicTalk

Pernell Whitaker, an Olympic boxing champion, died at age 55.

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 the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world and earning titles in four weight classes.

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