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Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history.
Oct 30, 2023 · A storm brought Wilfred Benítez back to Chicago, this time for good. On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, killing nearly 3,000 people, flattening 300,000 homes, and...
But the whizziest of boxing’s whiz kids is Puerto Rico’s Wilfred Benitez, a Puerto Rican prodigy who turned pro at 15 and shot to early prominence like a Cape Canaveral rocket launch. Benitez remains the youngest fighter ever to win a world championship, a distinction that perhaps is beyond being matched, much less exceeded.
Jun 29, 2022 · Calling himself "The Dragon", Benitez was the youngest world champion in boxing history and the first Latin to win championships in three different weight classes. A look back at the life and ...
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Box-pro 62 bouts. Benitez was knocked down in the first round. In the sixth round Chapman received a standing 8-count. Benitez down in rd 1 & standing 8-count in rd 2. Breaks his ankle following knockdown.
Jan 10, 2021 · At seventeen, Wilfred Benitez was a world champion. At twenty-eight, he was effectively finished as a fighter. By the time he was thirty-eight, his life was a whole lot different. Too many fights, and too many punches absorbed. The glory days long gone, and his fortune was also a thing of the past.
Wilfred Benitez was a boxing prodigy. He was an outstanding counter-puncher and a great defensive fighter, which earned him the nickname "El Radar." Benitez defeated Antonio Cervantes by a fifteen-round decision to win the WBA Junior Welterweight Championship on March 6, 1976.
