Wilfred Benitez.

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Been watching Wilfred Benitez for the last few weeks, and he has become one of my favorite fighters. A great fighter to watch, he looks so easy to hit. Yet he's just such a natural at avoiding punches, and he has got to be one of the best fighters. At fighting off the ropes.

I think he deserved a rematch at SRL, Wilfred Benitez often didn't train for fights. And he only had 2 weeks to train for SRL, and when i was watching Roberto Duran vs Wilfred Benitez, a fight Wilfred Benitez won atleast 12-3. SRL kept on about this is a fight to fight SRL ETC.

So why didn't Wilfred Benitez get his shot ? its such a shame his prime didn't last long. He is possibly one of the most underrated fighters out of the SRL, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran, era.

He went 15 rounds with a prime Thomas Hearns with both men trading knockdowns, he should of went the full distance against SRL. But the ref stopped it with only seconds left in the fight. But it didn't matter anyway.

He was dropped 3 times against Bruce Curry, and still managed to comeback so strong and earn a SD. He also boxed rings around Antonio Cervantes, Carlos Palomino. And his KO win over Maurice Hope was superb, for certain one of my favorite fighters. That didn't have the career he should of had, even though he still had a hell of a career.