Matthew Hilton?

[Benncollinsaad]

Who has heard of him? He was a serious contender at 154 in the 80's. Beat a past prime Benitez by ko and outpointed Buster Drayton for the IBF title. Another rarity back then-a non-coloured contender and champion under 160.

[Dynamite Kid]

Who has heard of him? He was a serious contender at 154 in the 80's. Beat a past prime Benitez by ko and outpointed Buster Drayton for the IBF title. Another rarity back then-a non-coloured contender and champion under 160.

That was a viscous KO of Benitez he knocked him silly. You know people say Benitez was so good defensively but if you watch him getting Knocked out by Hilton, rocked by Moore, Hearns & Leonard and getting his ass handed to him by Bruce Curry you could get a different impression. I think he had a good D but you can see why someone could get the wrong impression.

[Coonhound13]

He was a good fighter, he, like every other Hilton, ran into trouble with the bottle.

[mrboxer]

i give him credit he became a world champ,that is hard to do,but his career could of been on a better path,i think he had some problems that cut his career short

[Benncollinsaad]

He also Ko'd Vito Antuofermo. I missed that.

[TheGreatA]

That was a viscous KO of Benitez he knocked him silly. You know people say Benitez was so good defensively but if you watch him getting Knocked out by Hilton, rocked by Moore, Hearns & Leonard and getting his ass handed to him by Bruce Curry you could get a different impression. I think he had a good D but you can see why someone could get the wrong impression.

Benitez was finished as a boxer at that point. He may not have been old but he was finished. Watch some of the fights Benitez had in various clubs around that time for little paydays, it's not a pretty sight.

Hilton's wins over Antuofermo, Benitez and Drayton look better than they are. In truth he was quite crude but powerful.

The whole Hilton family was a troubled bunch.

[Benncollinsaad]

Benitez was finished as a boxer at that point. He may not have been old but he was finished. Watch some of the fights Benitez had in various clubs around that time for little paydays, it's not a pretty sight.

Hilton's wins over Antuofermo, Benitez and Drayton look better than they are. In truth he was quite crude but powerful.

The whole Hilton family was a troubled bunch.

Yes, since Benitez started boxing so young, he was finished by the time he was 28(which was his age when he lost to Hilton). He had been fighting for 13 years already!

About that Hines fight; Hilton made a mistake in not going for the knockout when he had Hines hurt. Instead he let him recover and come back into the fight. That was amateurish.

[sonnyboyx2]

Benitez was finished as a boxer at that point. He may not have been old but he was finished. Watch some of the fights Benitez had in various clubs around that time for little paydays, it's not a pretty sight.

Hilton's wins over Antuofermo, Benitez and Drayton look better than they are. In truth he was quite crude but powerful.

The whole Hilton family was a troubled bunch.

yes i agree Benitez was finished by the time Hilton got him, Mathew Hilton was a tremendously powerful slugger and great value-for-money fighter, its a shame his career was very short lived... Arturo Gatti was a member of the Hilton family