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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 2,206,499 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Pernell Whitaker is the 149th most popular boxer (down from 123rd in 2019), the 9,441st most popular biography from United States (down from 8,418th in 2019) and the 56th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 2.2M

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  • 42.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Pernell Whitaker ranks 149 out of 326Before him are Antal Kocsis, Søren Petersen, Franco De Piccoli, Cosimo Pinto, Boris Lagutin, and Ray Mercer. After him are Francisco Cabañas, Wolfgang Behrendt, Antonio Tarver, Stanislav Stepashkin, Jan Szczepański, and Miguel Cotto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Pernell Whitaker ranks 367Before him are Debi Mazar, Andrea Chiesa, Dunja Mijatović, Anfisa Reztsova, René Pape, and Gustavo Dezotti. After him are Pavel Ploc, Victor Wooten, Pascal Richard, Gérald Passi, María Dueñas, and Mark Valley. Among people deceased in 2019, Pernell Whitaker ranks 427Before him are Julie Gibson, Elwyn Berlekamp, Gennadi Manakov, Neil Innes, Norma Croker, and Roky Erickson. After him are Eddie Money, Therese Zenz, Borka Pavićević, D. M. Jayaratne, Vasil Metodiev, and Heather Harper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Pernell Whitaker ranks 9,441 out of 18,182Before him are Dustin Poirier (1989), Donald Trump Jr. (1977), Janice E. Voss (1956), Michael O'Hare (1952), Jena Malone (1984), and Lizzy Caplan (1982). After him are Brandon Call (1976), William Frawley (1887), Dale Gardner (1948), James Gibbons (1834), Julie Strain (1962), and Victor Wooten (1964).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Pernell Whitaker ranks 56Before him are James Smith (1953), Laila Ali (1977), Harry Spanjer (1873), Emanuel Steward (1944), Bert Schneider (1897), and Ray Mercer (1961). After him are Antonio Tarver (1968), Miguel Cotto (1980), Fidel LaBarba (1905), Micky Ward (1965), Michael Moorer (1967), and Carmen Barth (1912).