How great was Wilfred Benitez?

Remember being at a Talk In Night with Sugar Ray Leonard in my home town.
I managed to be able to ask him a question and simply asked him who was the greatest fighter he ever fought, and he answered Wilfred Benitez.

 

That is interesting considering all the big names RL fought.

 

Great fighter and set a world record against another great fighter, a record that will never be beaten on that sort of level,

And also was the youngest 3 weight world champion , again against top fighters and true world champions.

 

Benitez when focused and well trained was one of the top 10-20 welters in history. Even in losing efforts you saw how special he was against a prime Leonard and Hearns. Very few top caliber fighters in the history the sport at the welter , jr.welter, jr.middle weight limits could defeat him when he was prime and focused.

 

To quote the old mantra: "Never has so little been done with so much!" One of my favs!
Won big bucks on his fight with Duran. Trained for Leonard like an inept idiot; I've heard his father walked out of camp and went back to Puerto Rico. Wanna compare talents over eras? Willie Pep & Wilfred were cut out of the same mold; "you wanna hit me?...ain't gonna happen!" Unfortunately Benitez often pissed away that God-given attribute! My $0.02