Wilfred Benitez was a special fighter.. Broken Ankle at 216 and alludes every punch!

**** me never seen that before! That was ludicrous.

 

Benitez was an amazing fighter. Its always been the fabulous 5 to me.

 

moore beat the hell out of him in this fight.

 

its a shame that such a class boxer has to live out of a small ss ck and the charity of the government of P.R. to sustain himself. He is not himself and its a sad story.

 

Okay, so can anyone set the story straight for me.

Is Benitez a fighter who primed so young and flamed out very early?

Or it was a lax approach to conditioning that led to his downfall?

 

He was in the gym since he was 10. Won a championship when he was 17. After the loss to Tommy Hearns at 23, he really flamed out.

 

Hardcore.

 

Floyd clowns, humiliates, and then stops Benitez in the 5th.

 

Heck yeah. Guys were better then. Duran beating Moore was important - this was right after that fight (and right after Benitez schooled Duran)

Much better era for boxing- in my opinion the best era. Look at that hand speed and willingness to engage at 154 lbs.

 

If your name is Davey Moore, don't become a boxer. both died under inauspicious circumstances.

 

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One of the most gifted fighters ever

 

They called him the Radar for a reason

Apparently he only trained 2 weeks for the SRL fight, its sad to know that a talent has gone to such waste