Rest in peace Sweatpea. Boxing lost a true icon yesterday.

RIP Sweet Pea, well never forget you!

pernell always had a slow way of talking he was the south and the hood. everytime a fighter talks he gets criticized about his speech. what do you expect he was a proffessional fighter. i still love him and appreciate what he did.

Pernell did have "Matrix" like moves! Definitely a legend!

RIP to Pernell and his Jr. 🙏🏽

DAMN !!! Rest In Peace Sweet Pea (greatest southpaw fighter of all time)

🥊💯Rest in Power Pernell, and May your soul be place by our creator into the boxing heavens on judgement day. You were gifted and blessed with the ability too show all boxing fans the true definition of the sweet science. Also OneLove too you Pernell, you will always be missed, but never ever forgotten. Thank You Pernell 🥊💯✊🏿🖤✊🏿

Pernell "Sweet Pete" Whitaker is the true G.O.A.T!!!!!!! Remember watching your fights on HBO like it was yesterday!! Rest in Peace my big brother!!!

I was just a little kid watching this dude fight. Now I'm in my mid 40s n I thank God for letting me watch n witness this man fight!

My deepest condolences, thoughts and prayers are with family and friends of the late great champ Pernell Whitaker. Rest in Heaven champ...!!

Rest in Peace to the legend!!!! Pernell Whitaker!

Now I am going around youtube looking at clips of this legend

its crazy how life is I remember growing up watching Pernell rest in peace champ

Classic example of old school conditioning and training; what an example of pure class in this gentleman who studied the sweet science. Unheard of today and one that the game will truly miss! RIP Sweet Pea. You DID BEAT Chavez.

Sweet pea . Was great to c him and hear him talk . Its just a shame theres not a lot of interviews of him on utube . A great master . Thanks for all the entertainment and great fights sweet pea . Was a great pleasure to watch .

Rest up Sweet Pea.... My Favorite fighter of All time period....

Norfolk is going to miss her son.. R.I.P Pernell... Sweet Science of Boxing never looked better... And if you never watched that fight then please do yourself a favor and see what this reporter was talking about... Chavez first loss was to this man right here...

I don't know how Whitaker was so underrated. Now that he's passed away, I'm sure the media will see how legend this guy was in his boxing skills which belong in the top of boxing.

This girl did a really good interview. R.I.P

RIP Sweet Pea ... My favorite fighter of all time...

.Pernell was a boss in the squared circle! I can't stop watching his highlights they're the epitome of the sweet science of boxing. Even folk who don't watch boxing appreciate his poetry in motion. It was truly a beautiful thing. r.i. p champ👊

R.I.P. MY BROTHER POUND FOR POUND LEGEND!!!!

Sweet Pea was truly one of the all time greats. He reminds me of Marvelous Marvin Hagler in this sense. Neither got all the accolades the deserved and earned. Both two of the very best of there era but under appreciated by history.

Speaking of robberies, Castillo was robbed against Floyd Mayrunner Jr.

He did beat Julio Cesar Chavez. Greetings from mexico

One of the greats. What a great fight he gave with Chavez.

When everyone talks about the all time greats it seems they wanna ignore Pernell Whittaker. He would give any fighter trouble in his prime. The guy was so hard to hit and so much tougher than what people gave him credit for. RIP

Hope she interviews Jose Luis Castillo and ask him the same question about when Castillo truly beat mayweather in their first fight

This is a great interview. Very informed interviewer asking great questions

Rest in Peace Champ!!!

Rest in peace Pete. I've sparred with him a few times and I sparred with a guy who challenged him for the title. Pete is one of the top 5 greatest fighters in the history of boxing.

He was so great at not getting hit, that his speech is the way it is. Because he didn't get hit. imagine if he wasn't so great.

It was a pleasure to watch this man Box Chavez in person RIP Champ!!!

I grew up watching his fights via mom dukes and her love of boxing...he was straight slinky with it....always...R.I.P #VAsVeryOwn #AllHandsOnDeck🤜👊🤛🙏

Rest in peace Sweet-pea. I loved watching you in the ring. I love the name Sweet-pea and if the Lord was to bless me with a son, I would love to middle name my son Sweet-pea. Not just because it has a great sound to it, but in the back of my mind, your brilliant Craftsman ship in the ring always will be with me. God bless you sweet pea!

Damn right THEE BEST!!! Put some respect home his name👊🏾👊🏾

Terrence Crawford is no comparison to Sweet Pea. Total different fighter. Crawford gets hit too much.

Rest in peace sweet pea we know you won both of those fights against chavez and de lahoya .every true boxing fan and expert knows this for sure .a great olympian and one of the top ten greatest fighters of all time .if i could fight like anyone it would be sweet pea .his defensive technique and counter punching is unmatched .one of the greatest in history .rest in peace sweet pea one love forever .

Truly a legend. The slickest fighter of all time. Rest In Peace Pernell we will miss you. 🥊

Pernell Whitaker, one of the best to ever lace up a pair of gloves. RIP

Pernell was not only the best defensive fighter ever he was also the best southpaw the game will ever see! And in my opinion never lost a fight in the ring, rest in peace champ!

Pernell was no joke I enjoyed his fights , my favorite of all time.

Pernell is by far the best and still to this day considered the best .

This man’s spirit will continue on through me

Coming from a Julio Cesar Chavez fan, I've never seen a boxer iller than Sweat Pea...What a boppin' right hook.

He'll always be a star in the boxing world & will be missed 💪

I really loved watching Pernell Whitaker fight.

Rip champ

He was my favorite boxer of the 90s.

Real good Man loved by many. He will be missed taken to soon. Best defensive boxer I've ever seen and a great counter punching master with aggression. Problay the best lightweight fighter ever.

RIP, I remember watching that fight as great as Chavez was he couldn't touch this man. Anybody disagrees you need to watch it. One of the biggest robbers of all time

Can't say modesty was one of his best qualities. RIP champ!🥊

very sad I love watching all he s fight .RIP

Imo the GOAT my favorite fighter ever

Can't agree with Pernell on the Chavez fight, though I accept mine is a minority view. I rate Whitaker very highly but he was allowed to get away with a lot of spoiling against Chavez. Benton said he told Meldrick Taylor to hit Chavez on the hips to disrupt his rhythm in their fight in 1990 and for sure his gameplan with Pernell was along similar lines, difference being Whitaker was a brilliant defensive fighter and naturally awkward. He was a nightmare to fight, particularly for a precise well-balanced combination puncher like Chavez. The idea put across by many, including the commentators and most the print media that Whitaker outfought Chavez is laughable. The plan was to irritate, frustrate, foul and keep him from getting set. It worked. And let's be honest here that he is fouling, a lot. I'm not talking about the low blows that Chavez always gets dogged on by the announcers (yes, he does hit low) - though Whitaker lands plenty of them here - but the excessive crouching so his head at times is level with Chavez' waistband, and also the holding and wrestling, sometimes maneuvering himself so he's behind Chavez. It's ridiculous. 50% of Whitaker's game in this fight is was is called "spoiling", when lesser fighters do it. I watched this fight live and it was incredibly disappointing - the fight to determine P4P no.1 did not live up to its billing. And that wasn't just down to the "bad" verdict or Chavez looking far from his usual invincible self, it was Whitaker's tactics. They were effective, no doubt but he shouldn't have been allowed to get away with some of the stuff he was pulling in there. Yes, Chavez cut a frustrated figure and was out of ideas by the middle rounds but he was there to fight, if it was left up to him. Whitaker was the guy who turned the Leonard - Duran of the 90s into a underwhelming spectacle.

Rest In Paradise Pernell 🙏🏾

What a great man we lost. those are the kind of situations that make me hate life sometimes when we lose a great person.

Slickest all around boxer of all time who rumbled anybody at anytime, footwork and balance on 1 million and couldn’t be touched with yard stick RIP Big Homie 🙏🏽

How can you not have James Toney as one of the greatest defensive fighters of all time! 10:10

Yeah, the 90s was special, most entertainment during that decade(that thrived, of course) was historical and missed

RIP Sweet Pea and you was a defensive genius and a great boxer

Rest In Peace ! One of boxing best.

This one hurt. Crawford is no where close to being in same sentence as Sweet P

#1..1st & Foremost!!🎖️🥊🎖️🥊🎖️

Nice interview one of my favourites from this entire fight week.

I love this interview. More power to you!

One of the greats 🥊 and the best defensive boxer ever

well say what you will Pernell was the best defensive boxer ever.

Hey Pete remember the jaz club in Norfolk Virginia. Those were good old days.

R.I.P. Sweetpea. Watching the first fight with the volume turned off, I had Chavez winning 7 rounds to 5 ( 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12). Sweetpea had incredible hand speed but Chavez had the ability to fight up close and dodge the majority of punches with great head movement and excellent parrying. Pay close attention to Sweetpea's punches and you'll see that the majority of them miss. Still, Sweetpea is a Hall of Famer and a legend for good reason.

That man is a GREAT and not got his DUES sad

This really is an outstanding interview. RIP Pernell, you were a once - in - lifetime fighter.

Love how cheeky he still was... Pernell was right, 90s were the best. So much talent.

RIP legend

Good interview. One of The Top 5 Greatest...hands down! A great loss. May He Rest In Peace

R.I.P. sweet pea 😥😥😥😥😥😥

One of the best interviews I seen 👌🏾

Best defensive fighter ever..and one of the best offensive fighter s aswell great speed and accuracy..great body puncher ect

Rip the Legend!

That was an exceptional interview. I would like more from the interviewer. Great way to sit with a Legend.

Rest in power Sweet Pea! Respect 😢

SweetP must've forgot about the 80's definitely one of the top areas in my opinion of boxing

Pernell Whitaker never knocked out in a 15 year pro career. He was dropped a bunch of times, but never knocked out. That's one of the things that people don't talk about when it comes to Sweet Pea. RIP😇

Whitaker most definitely beat Chavez. On that night, Whitaker won 7 of the 12 rounds

I agree with him he was the best defensive boxer ever.And he did beat Chavez and if you ask me he beat Deloya..He is in my top pound for pound greatest boxer of all time..And like he said George Benton was his trainer...I say Benton is in my top 10 best trainer of all time..

Pete was amazing, but he is not the best defensive with under 50 bouts in the 12Rounds era compared to 229 wins of Mr. Pep. He is still very arrogant for not putting Willie Pep’s wizardry accurately ahead of his own [ as Ray Leonard does with saying there is no comparison between him and Ray Robinson ]. That is humility! To recognize and to honour the obvious. People who are disillusioned by Mr. Duva are un-researched. Goerge Benton did the work and was never credited until Evander [Holyfield] and Pernell confesses thereof. More specifically, Archie Moore knocked out a lot of men that were dangerous and some had him beat and or previously beaten him, but many a times he came from the brink of destruction to win. The frequency of bouts, duration, caliber and hunger then we’re monstrous. The irony is, he manages to secure one of the highest KO ratios ever throughout an illustrious career. That requires discipline, brilliance and with a punch, alongside an unappreciated defense. The same for SRR and Henry Armstrong’s career, having amassed so many wins through battle tested resilience are accredited to defense as well. Mr. Whitaker came along with color TV and although did make adversaries miss, his bouts and feats takes away from the black and white reels [ and because it was long ago ], but nonetheless are unequivocally non comparable. By and large, people utterly misconstrue knockout with entirely being offensive.

Frankie"The Surgeon" Randall also beat Chavez 2 times, but got robbed in the first fight

They should ask him why he waited so long to fight Chavez lol. Chavez kept calling him out he waited until Chavez was in his 30's almost 90 fights and hooked on drugs and he still gave him problems. just stating facts!

To sacrifice so much on the alter of fame . Yet he had an honesty you can't fake. He really was one of a kind , a great boxer and entertainer . RIP

I wouldn’t say he beat him at his own game, more like he used his own game perfectly, Chavez just couldn’t land two punches together. That was mastery from Whitaker

I love this. R.I.P Pernell "sweet pea" Whitaker 👊

Rest In Heaven, Cuzzo.🙏🏽

Living Legend

you was the best defense fighter out there sorry for your loss

Pernell Whitaker would have beat Floyd Mayweather Jr. he was too fast and too good.

Pernell waited for Chavez to get old.

Much love to Sweat Pea. Now before I say what I came to say, I want you all to know that Sweat Pea was one of my favorite boxers ever. In fact, when I boxed amateur, idk if it was because I liked him so much or it was natural for me, but my style was almost a mirror image of his. At the same time, my favorite was Chávez. Well I scored the fight a draw. Maybe my bias played a part, idk. Now, on to what I came to say: Why in the fuck does EVERYONE never let go the controversy of Chavez - Whitaker yet are quick to accept when American fighters are handed controversial decisions.... either over other Americans or foreigners, and act like all their victories were absolute!?!? Leonard - Hagler..... many though Leonard was robbed but that NEVER comes up! Whitaker vs Wilfredo Rivera...... oh people like to forget how clearly Rivera was robbed huh! Mayweather -Castillo 1..... close fight that many felt Castillo won, but nobody pulls that back into conversations! Many more! But for some reason, Whitaker draws and maybe wins against a foreigner considered to be the best, and “let’s bring that shit up EVERYTIME and ignore the decision like we never do other times, and call it a Whitaker win!” 🤦‍♂️

Permell Whitaker you will be missed, TBE , so sad 😞 😭, R.I.P. ✊🏻🥊💯☝🏼

great interview sweet pea is definitely a goat

Good interview!! What an amazing fighter!! Thanks