Pernell "Sweetpea" Whitaker
Lightweight Champion 1989-1992
Jr. Welterweight Champion 1992
Welterweight Champion 1993-1997
Jr. Middleweight Champion 1995

   

Multiple titleholder Pernell Whitaker has boldly signed this original photo in black sharpie marker... The autograph was obtained in-person by us and will include our COA

measures: 8 x 10"
condition: excellent

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As a youngster, Whitaker was known to friends and family as "Pete," and when he began to emerge as a top amateur, fans in his hometown of Norfolk used to serenade him with chants of "Sweet Pete." This was misinterpreted by a local sportswriter as "Sweetpea," and when this erroneous report came out in the local newspaper, the new nickname stuck.