American boxer Pernell Whitaker has died at the age of 55 after being hit by a car.
Whitaker, nicknamed 'Sweet Pea', won world titles at four different weights and is considered among the best of all time.
According to reports he was hit by a car on Sunday night and later died of his injuries.
The Mirror reports daughter Dominique said in a statement: "To everyone please respect my family’s privacy in this trying moment.
"I want to inform people that today we lost a legend truly one of boxing’s greatest pound-for-pound champions, my father Pernell ‘Sweet Pea’ Whitaker."
Whitaker won Olympic gold in 1984 before turning professional in the same year.
He lost his first challenge for a world title against Jose Luis Ramirez four years later but won another version two years later against Greg Hauden.
Whitaker then went on an unbeaten run until 1997 when he ran into Oscar De La Hoya before losing two of this final three fights.
He retired in 2001 following a loss to Carlos Bojorquez as Whitaker finished his career with a record of 40-4-1.
He was inducted into the Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006 at the first available opportunity.
Whitaker began training fighters in his home state of Virginia and briefly trained world champion Zab Judah.
He was married to Rovanda Anthony in 1985 but the couple later divorced.
Whitaker leaves behind children Dominique, Dantavious, Devon and Tiara, while Pernell Jr died in 2015 at the age of 31 after a battle with cancer.
