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Corner #15
Pernell Whitaker
Lightweight/
Welterweig Champ
40-4 (17 KO)
International Boxing Hall of Fame
2016 21 :30
On this episode Co Smitty down w ' Pea' Whitak Whitaker was an Olympic
Gold Medalist as part of the legendary 1984 team and then became a 4-Division World Champion. Whitaker is
considered as one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time. He was part of one of the most famous and
controversial draws in Boxing History against Julio Cesar Chavez which most experts still believe that he won. He has
had ups and downs in his personal life but remains active in the Boxing community to this day
In This Corner premiered on April 1 2004 on the Empire Sports Network broadcasting in Upstate New
York and Nationally on DirecTV and Dish Network. Since that first airing, In This Corner has been on the
air every week and is in its 15th year of featuring one on one interviews and in ring demonstrations with
the biggest names in the sport of Boxing.
There has never been another show that has chronicled the stories of this many World Champions.
