{"id":65808,"date":"2016-02-20T15:54:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T20:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=65808"},"modified":"2016-02-20T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-20T15:58:39","slug":"pernell-sweat-pea-whitaker-set-for-bhof-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=65808","title":{"rendered":"Pernell \u2018Sweat Pea\u2019 Whitaker set for BHOF Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pernell Whitaker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(Canastota, NY \u2013 Feb. 2016) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced four-division world champion\u00a0Pernell \u201cSweet Pea\u201d Whitaker\u00a0is confirmed to attend festivities planned for the 2016 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend\u00a0June 9 to 12.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2019Sweet Pea\u2019 Whitaker was a fantastic fighter who thrilled fans with his incredible boxing skills in the ring,\u201d said Hall of Fame director Edward Brophy. \u201cWe are so happy he will be in Canastota for the 2016 Hall of Fame Weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fighting out of Norfolk, Va., Whitaker captured gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. After turning pro at Madison Square Garden, \u201cSweet Pea\u201d won world titles in four weight divisions \u2013 lightweight (IBF \/ WBC \/ WBA), junior welterweight (IBF), welterweight (WBC) and junior middleweight (WBA).<\/p>\n

During his nearly 17-year career, the pound-for-pound star posted a 40-4-1 (17 KOs) record that includes wins over Roger Mayweather, Greg Haugen, Jose Luis Ramirez, Freddie Pendleton, Jorge Paez, Buddy McGirt, Julio Cesar Vasquez and Azumah Nelson.<\/p>\n

Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007, the southpaw Whitaker was known for his quick and evasive ring moves.<\/p>\n

Additional Hall of Famers and special guests will be announced in the coming months as the 27th Annual Induction Weekend nears.<\/p>\n

For more information on the 2016 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend, please call the Hall of Fame at\u00a0(315) 697-7095 or visit online at\u00a0www.ibhof.com<\/a>,<\/p>\n

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(Canastota, NY \u2013 Feb. 2016) The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced four-division world champion\u00a0Pernell \u201cSweet Pea\u201d Whitaker\u00a0is confirmed to attend festivities planned for the 2016 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend\u00a0June 9 to 12. \u201c\u2019Sweet Pea\u2019 Whitaker was a fantastic fighter who thrilled fans with his incredible boxing skills in the ring,\u201d said Hall of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-h7q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Whitaker.jpg?fit=400%2C321&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=65808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/65809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=65808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=65808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=65808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}