Most un-dedicated fighters?

[Bill Paxtom]

I'll lump Benitez in with Young as part of a group of fighters that although they accomplished much in different ways they both could have done far more but lost the plot.

This is an incorrect statement.

Wilfred Benitez had been boxing since the Age of 7.

Benitez Fact #37 >

As early as 1972 >
Gregorio 'Papa' Benitez used to bring {fly} 13 1/2 year-old Wilfred from Puerto Rico to
St. Maarten in the Caribbean Islands for 'Weekend Smoker Bouts'.

Back then, 135 lb. Wilfred was matched with the local 'Island' Bar Champ.

The Rules >
The Bar Champ was given 3-Rounds {2-Minutes each Round} to floor Wilfred.

If he couldn't > 'Papa' Benitez would win the bet. Usually the 'Bar Till Money', which
was usually around $200, or whatever the Bar patrons put in the 'pot'.

Wilfred got ............ 'nothing'.

They usually had '4' bouts set up for the weekend.

And if Wilfred got knocked down and lost. He was in for another beating from his Father.

Gregorio 'Papa' Benitez .......... 'A Major Scumbag'

Wilfred was 'gone' by the end of 1985 at {Age; 27}.