BOXER

Pernell Whitaker

1964 - 2019

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Pernell Whitaker Sr. (January 2, 1964 – July 14, 2019) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2001, and subsequently worked as a boxing trainer. He was a four-weight world champion, having won titles at lightweight, light welterweight, welterweight, and light middleweight; the undisputed lightweight title; and the lineal lightweight and welterweight titles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pernell Whitaker has received more than 2,364,708 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Pernell Whitaker is the 144th most popular boxer (up from 149th in 2019), the 9,213th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,420th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Pernell Whitaker ranks 144 out of 496. Before him are Roger Michelot, Alexander Povetkin, James Smith, Dariusz Michalczewski, Ray Mercer, and Paul Fritsch. After him are Arturo Gatti, Corrie Sanders, Josef Němec, Alfonso Zamora, Bob Foster, and Antal Kocsis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Pernell Whitaker ranks 357. Before him are Mark Esper, Stephen Colbert, Lauren Vélez, Ed Boon, Lisa Franchetti, and Tim Miller. After him are Chokri Belaid, Miguel Alcubierre, Herman Gref, Amit Shah, Filip De Wilde, and Alexander Volkov. Among people deceased in 2019, Pernell Whitaker ranks 446. Before him are D. A. Pennebaker, Jeon Mi-seon, Nadja Regin, Eduardo Nascimento, Abdallah Lamrani, and Ingemar Hedberg. After him are Juan Rodríguez, Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Nina Fyodorova, Sergio Valdés, Maximilian Raub, and Manfred Stolpe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pernell Whitaker ranks 9,213 out of 20,380. Before him are Commodore Cochran (1902), James MacArthur (1937), William Beebe (1877), Tim Miller (1964), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), and Mary Kay Place (1947). After him are Little Willie John (1937), Jonathan Togo (1977), Rachel Nichols (1980), Hugo Black (1886), Richard Grieco (1965), and Joyce DiDonato (1969).

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Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Pernell Whitaker ranks 56. Before him are Deontay Wilder (1985), Bert Schneider (1897), Riddick Bowe (1967), Pete Rademacher (1928), James Smith (1953), and Ray Mercer (1961). After him are Bob Foster (1942), Frankie Genaro (1901), Miguel Cotto (1980), Laila Ali (1977), Antonio Tarver (1968), and Hasim Rahman (1972).

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