De LA Hoya To Face Pacquiao In December Aug 29, 2008
The Golden Boy has won titles in six different divisions, and has fought big names in the sport that include Floyd Mayweather Jr., Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley, Felix Trinidad and Pernell Whitaker. "I am glad we were able to make this fight happen because while Pacquiao is at the pinnacle of his success and has defeated all of the top fighters he has faced, I am going to show the world that it stops with me. December 6 can't get here soon enough." Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) has never fought... (ABC 7 News, DC)
How to Score a Professional Boxing ... Aug 1, 2008
There have been boxers who were such defensive wizards, such as Willie Pep, or Pernell Whitaker, that it was virtually impossible for judges not to recognize their skill. It is said that Pep once won a round against Jackie Graves in 1946 without landing a single punch. (Suite101.com)
Manny Pacquiao at Lightweight Jul 3, 2008
Juan "The Baby Bull" Diaz Mowed down the lightweight division on his way to becoming the closest thing to "undisputed champion" the division has had since Pernell Whitaker ruled the lightweights in the '90s. Were it not for Joel Casamayor's tenacious milking of the WBC title, it might have been within Diaz's reach too. (Suite101.com)
Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton Nov 4, 2007
Like Pernell Whitaker or Roy Jones Jr., both pound for pound champions in their respective primes, defeat seems impossible and perfection becomes their greatest enemy. When winning is too easy for a fighter, critics slip out of the crevices to feed on any morsel they can find, no matter how stale and perfection is a boxing critics favorite food. (Suite101.com)
Ibragimov Defeats Holyfield Oct 14, 2007
As a member of the dominant 1984 US Olympic team that boasted Mark Breland, Pernell Whitaker, Meldrick Taylor, and Henry Tilman, Holyfield was disqualified in his championship bout for hitting after the bell. Settling for a bronze medal, he went on to the pro ranks and in 1986 defeated Dwight Muhammad Qawi to win the WBA Cruiserweight Championship. (Suite101.com)
Agent: No new Real deal for Beckham Jun 11, 2007
Roberto Duran, a world champion in four weight divisions over a career that spanned five decades, and Olympic gold medalist Pernell Whitaker, another four-division champion, were inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y.. Sealy Hill took the lead on the final turn and won the $500,000 Woodbine Oaks in Toronto. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
De La Hoya knows the end is near May 6, 2007
" This fight will go a long ways toward determining whether he is remembered as a top-shelf fighter or merely a crafty marketing force. His mystique was largely built on his 1992 Olympic gold medal he had dedicated to his late mother; his professional title fight victories over two aged superstars, Julio Cesar Chavez and Pernell Whitaker. He had a wrecking ball for a left hook and a pop star's appeal, guaranteed to fill an arena. But he has since never won a truly mega-fight. In 1999, he lost a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Who will win big fight? Let's ask the experts May 2, 2007
I go back to De La Hoya's fight against Pernell Whitaker, who is a lot like Mayweather. He gave Oscar a hard time. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Ever-ready Sanchez to fight at Pechanga Mar 30, 2007
He was stopped in his most recent bout by Jose Luis Zertuche in Las Vegas in August 2006, but he has opposed some name fighters (including Ike Quartey) and in April 2001 came away with a conquest of Pernell Whitaker at Stateline, Nev. when Whitaker suffered a broken clavicle and the referee stopped the bout in the fourth round. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
