Essential RIP Pernell "Sweet Pea" Whitaker 1964-2019

[patscorpio]

Sweet Pea was the main cat who showed me that being a defensive fighter was not a bad thing at times considering some of the cats i came up watching back in the day...man he used to style on cats so much...so much that it took 15 years in his career for ppl to universally agree that sweet pea took an official loss against Tito..and it was competitive enough where Tito didnt destroy him like he did other fighters around that time

greatest defensive fighter ive ever seen in my boxing lifetime

im floored

 

[patscorpio]

i am so glad though i actually got the opportunity to meet a boxing idol of mine and got to tell him how great of a fighter he was in person and all that... you gotta appreciate these legends when they are living

 

[aceboon]

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

My favorite boxer from the 90s. RIP

 

[ComorianKid]

RIP

 

[Bleed The Freak]

Damn ...

 

[True Blue Moon]

Boxing legend and Virginia king. Doesn't get his name mentioned among the greats nearly enough. RIP

 

[patscorpio]

a fight of his that i dont think gets enough mention...when he won the 154 belt from julio cesar vasquez

 

[Big Boss]

RIP

 

[patscorpio]

not too many fighters can make azumah nelson look foolish



always loved watching the sweet pea - buddy mcgirt fights

 

[jackswstd]

Another legend gone too soon. A defensive genius of there ever was one. One of the GOATS, Rest In Power Sweet Pea

 

[O.G.B]

DAMN!

RIP PW!

 

[GzUp]

Legend

 

[The axe murderer]

Sweet Pea gone? Smh rip

 

[The axe murderer]