wilfred benitez

[AntonTheMeh]

how great could he have been?the guy was the youngest champ ever at 17 and the youngest three weight champ in history at 23.i've heard about his lack of training and focus,had he not been reckless,how much better could he have been?

[NAPO]

even thou he wasn't a train lover he was so underrated he fought great competition and he has great boxing skillz i think he would of done alot more if it wasn't for the drugs.

[AntonTheMeh]

even thou he wasn't a train lover he was so underrated he fought great competition and he has great boxing skillz i think he would of done alot more if it wasn't for the drugs.

dude i declare him the greatest pr fighter,i know i said ortiz than gomez,gomez was more complete,but what el radar did blows my mind.

[NAPO]

dude i declare him the greatest pr fighter,i know i said ortiz than gomez,gomez was more complete,but what el radar did blows my mind.

i think his fight with hearns was a draw man.

[AntonTheMeh]

i think his fight with hearns was a draw man.

bro,i didn't even realize he won three titles at three weight classes by the time he was 23.that's ridiculous.

[Terry A]

If he only had just a little more pop in his shots, he would really have been in the upper crust of the all time elite. His best assets were his supreme confidence in himself, in his ability & skills, and also his unbelievable talent defensive-wise. He was not called "Radar" for nothing.

I think part of the reason he lost his zeal for training was that his father Gregorio was so tuff and unrelenting on him that he took the fun and then his love out of boxing. Wilfredo still loved the glamor, fame and money that went with him fighting, but he equated boxing with the hassles his father put him thru. So he decided he would get by with minimal training and rely more on his inate talent then to put himself thru the rigors of having his dad hound him thru out training.

I don't believe he is ever given his rightful respect and due by most boxing fans. Only the real knowledgable & die hard fan recognizes his oodles of natural talent.

He is now in as bad a shape as Bobby Chacon. Very sad ending to a bonafide legend.

I wish him peace.

[Sweet Pete]

i think his fight with hearns was a draw man.

Are you serious? You don't get a draw by trying to survive for an entire fight and then coming on a bit late, while still getting outboxed.

Anyways, Benitez was one of the best defensive fighters of all time in terms of movement, in his prime, maybe the most skilled in fact in terms of head movement and slipping punches. His performance at 17 against Cervantes was awesome.

I don't consider him the best PR fighter ever though, didn't accompli9sh as much as someone like Ortiz or really even Trinidad.

[Azteca]

He cant hold Ortiz' jockstrap. Same with Wilfredo Gomez.

Other then, he's aight. He had some pretty crazy defensive skils ala Floyd Mayweather but more of a classic sense. I thought Hearns outboxed him.

[AntonTheMeh]

Are you serious? You don't get a draw by trying to survive for an entire fight and then coming on a bit late, while still getting outboxed.

Anyways, Benitez was one of the best defensive fighters of all time in terms of movement, in his prime, maybe the most skilled in fact in terms of head movement and slipping punches. His performance at 17 against Cervantes was awesome.

I don't consider him the best PR fighter ever though, didn't accompli9sh as much as someone like Ortiz or really even Trinidad.

your joking about not accomplishing as much as trinidad or ortiz right?3 weight titlist by the ripe ol' age of 23.i think he's more accomplished then both.obviously ortiz and gomez are more complete because they had power with skills,but benitez's skills where so good he didn't really need it.

[AntonTheMeh]

He cant hold Ortiz' jockstrap. Same with Wilfredo Gomez.

Other then, he's aight. He had some pretty crazy defensive skils ala Floyd Mayweather but more of a classic sense. I thought Hearns outboxed him.

i reitarate azteca,
3 weight champ by the ripe ol' age of 23.