Did Wilfred Benitez ruin his legacy by boxing after 1983?

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  1. DELANEY

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    he shoulda tried training a bit more
     
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  2. David Fanning

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    What a hoto!:?
     
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  3. puertorricane

    puertorricane Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    are this the kind of gangsters and criminals i have to watchout for if i go to san francisco.. wtf all you do is go around all my post and write hoto, damn how old are you 12.. get youself a girlfriend or a boyfriend if that's what you like but damn your life is sad, your life is this forum and you're looking for attention here...


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  4. MRBILL

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    Only to an extent......... Guys like "Louis and Ali" finished ugly or sub-par, but they still have their legends intact.......... Why? Because they only allowed a couple of losses near or at the tail-end when they were past it......

    And then we have guys like Matthew Saad Muhammad and Iran Barkley who were good fighters / champions in there heyday hanging on forever and finishing up WAY UGLY!!

    OH! Let's add Simon Brown and Meldrick Taylor to the list of ending up ugly as all hell, too...

    MR.BILL:deal:hat
     
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  5. Thread Stealer

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    No, why should it?

    Most fighters fight on too long. It may affect their legacy slightly, but surely not that much.

    It did mess up his health, sadly. The guy is in terrible shape now.
     
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  6. Addie

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    Taylor never had a legacy, as sad as that may be.
     
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  7. MRBILL

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    I agree there........ But HBO sure as hell tried to pump that S.O.B. up to the max........ Now Taylor stutters and mumbles through sentences, etc..

    :patsch:shock:

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  8. Thread Stealer

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    Taylor was a very good fighter. HBO was seriously on his nuts though against Chavez. Everything he did elicited an orgasmic response from Lampley, even if it was missing a 6 punch combo.

    I doubt he would've had a legacy as a great though, Chavez or not. Weight problems at 140 and too much talent at WW around that time.
     
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  9. Addie

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    Wilfred Benitez didn't ruin his legacy by going on to long because none of the losses ever outweighed the fact he became the youngest world champion in history. Having competitive fights with some of the fabulous four certainly helped his staying power in the mind's of the hardcore, also. Too answer the thread, Benitez's legacy is intact.
     
    Addie, Feb 14, 2010
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  10. MRBILL

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    Yes, but people tend to forget the early stats and merely recall the tail-end...... History works in strange ways......

    MR.BILL:|
     
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  11. MAG1965

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    Benitez fought great until he moved up to middleweight. He fought almost better at 154 than at 140 and 147 in a way. But middleweight was too high. Then he fought Hilton in 1986 and that was a terrible beating.
     
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  12. MRBILL

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    Benitez eventually would lose a decision to Patrick Lawlor around 1990 or so....... Lawlor than beat a pitiful conditioned Duran in 1991......

    MR.BILL:deal
     
    MRBILL, Feb 15, 2010
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  13. Addie

    Addie Myung Woo Yuh! Full Member

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    Benitez is held in high esteem on ESB.
     
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  14. mightyd40

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    the majority of robinsons losses were at the end of his career and that doesnt take away from his legacy.
     
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  15. David Fanning

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    Oh, not so fun following me around now that I clown you so quickly is it? And don't worry what you'll have to watch out for anywhere in Cali, you and I both know you'll never come here, hoto.
     
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