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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - “Hey, didn’t you used to be Roberto Benitez?”
You’ll have to forgive the aforementioned if he’s out of cordial responses to such queries.
In fact, rather than attempting new ways to answer the same old question, the Dominican-reared New Yorker-turned-Floridian is going to try the next best thing.
He’s going to fight.
On the shelf for just a few weeks short of three years, Benitez, now a ripe old 29, will emerge from exile Wednesday night in the co-feature on a five-bout card just a few miles from his old Brooklyn stomping grounds in Howard Beach, N.Y.
“Every athlete has some form of nerves and jitters, so I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t have them, too, but it’s a nervous while relaxed feeling,” he said.
“All the time leading up to (the fight) I’ve been staying calm, treating it like I haven’t really gone anywhere. I’ve been here the whole time and this is just another day of going to work.
“It’s just another job.”
Just call it an extended lunch break.
A verrrrry extended one. [details]
You’ll have to forgive the aforementioned if he’s out of cordial responses to such queries.
In fact, rather than attempting new ways to answer the same old question, the Dominican-reared New Yorker-turned-Floridian is going to try the next best thing.
He’s going to fight.
On the shelf for just a few weeks short of three years, Benitez, now a ripe old 29, will emerge from exile Wednesday night in the co-feature on a five-bout card just a few miles from his old Brooklyn stomping grounds in Howard Beach, N.Y.
“Every athlete has some form of nerves and jitters, so I’d be lying if I said I wouldn’t have them, too, but it’s a nervous while relaxed feeling,” he said.
“All the time leading up to (the fight) I’ve been staying calm, treating it like I haven’t really gone anywhere. I’ve been here the whole time and this is just another day of going to work.
“It’s just another job.”
Just call it an extended lunch break.
A verrrrry extended one. [details]
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