Pernell “Sweet Pea” Wh1984 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST & FOUR DIVISION CHAMPION PERNELL WHITAKER AMONG HOFers RETURNING TO CANASTOTA
“Sweet Pea” to be on hand for Olympic teammate Evander Holyfield’s HOF induction
The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today four-division world champion Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker will be in Canastota to … more ““Sweet Pea” Whitaker & Marvelous Marvin Hagler To Attend Hall’s 30th Anniversary”
Thirty years ago today in France one of the very worst boxing robberies was witnessed
Right up there with, even … more “Pernell Whitaker: The defensive genius who couldn’t avoid a robbery (or two)”
Pernell “Sweet Pea” Wh1984 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST & FOUR DIVISION CHAMPION PERNELL WHITAKER AMONG HOFers RETURNING TO CANASTOTA
“Sweet Pea” to be on hand for Olympic teammate Evander Holyfield’s HOF induction
The International Boxing Hall of Fame announced today four-division world champion Pernell “Sweet Pea” Whitaker is confirmed to attend festivities planned for the 2016 Hall of Fame Induction Weekend June 9-12th.
by Geoffrey Ciani – Over the course of a sixteen month period beginning in June 2009, I conducted a series of surveys that all began with a very simple question: Who are the ten best heavyweights of all time? While contemplating my own list of top heavyweight pugilists, I decided gathering the input of others might help display a more accurate portrayal of what a ‘true’ top 10 list should look like. Now of course this is not an exact science by any means. In fact, quite the opposite, it is an extremely subjective topic that is often skewed by personal bias, differences of opinion, individual tastes and preferences, and most importantly the absence of a universally agreed upon criteria with which to judge past fighters. Even with these inherent obstacles playing their natural role, however, we can still establish some degree of consensus.
The guidelines were simple. I had every person who voluntarily participated in each survey provide me with a chronological list of who they considered to be the ten best (heavyweights, middleweights, etc) in boxing history. Ties were not permitted, just a straight-forward list from one to ten. I then used a weighted-points system to assign values to fighters based on where they appeared on each individual’s list. First place votes received 25 points. Second place votes were worth 15 points, third place votes were 12, and fourth and fifth place votes were worth 10 and 8 points respectively. After that, the point differential was constant, with sixth place votes getting 5 points, seventh place votes getting 4, eighth getting 3, ninth place 2, and tenth place 1.