This Biography is about one of the boxer Pernell Whitaker American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer.
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| Biography | |
| Real Name | Pernell Whitaker |
| Nick Name | Sweet Pea |
| Profession | Boxer |
| Nationality | American |
| Career | |
| Total Fight | 46 |
| Wins | 40 |
| Wins by KO | 17 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Wife | Rovanda Anthony |
| Born on | 2nd January 1964 |
| Died At Age | 55 |
| Died on | 14th July 2019 |
| Cause of Death | Crossing the street |
| Personal Fact | |
| As a youngster, Whitaker was known to friends and family as “Pete” and when he began to emerge as a top amateur, fans in his hometown of Norfolk used to serenade him with chants of “Sweet Pete.” This was misinterpreted by a local sportswriter as “Sweet Pea.” When this erroneous report came out in the local newspaper, the new nickname stuck.
He and Rovanda Anthony married on December 21, 1985 in the boxing ring at the Virginia Beach Pavilion Convention Center. The couple later divorced. They had four children together: Dominique, the late Pernell Jr., Dantavious, and Devon. he also had a daughter, Tiara, from a prior relationship. In June 2002, He was convicted of cocaine possession after a judge found he violated the terms of a previous sentence by overdosing on cocaine in March. In February 2014, He made national headlines after evicted his mother, Novella Whitaker, out of the house he purchased for her shortly after he turned pro. Apparently, back taxes were owed on the house and Pernell said that neither his mother nor his siblings, who also stayed in the house, were doing anything to help keep the house afloat financially. Pernell’s lawyers said that he is not making the same kind of money as a trainer that he was as a boxer, and needed to sell off the home to satisfy the tax debt owed in order to prevent the property from being seized and put into foreclosure. Outside of the Virginia courtroom where the eviction proceedings took place, he called the ruling in his favor “a beautiful moment. On July 14, 2019, He was crossing the street in Virginia Beach, at the intersection of Northampton Boulevard and Baker Road, when he was struck and killed by a vehicle |
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