Jurisprudence
From Staff and Wire Reports
Former lightweight champion Pernell Whitaker knocked out Benny Baez 37 seconds into the first round of their nontitle welterweight fight at Virginia Beach, Va.
It was Whitaker’s first fight as a welterweight. Whitaker (31-1) holds the International Boxing Federation junior welterweight title. He fought as a lightweight for seven years.
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