Fighters that were shot in their 20s

**jokaleras** · 09-01-2009 07:08 PM

Benitez looked good in his losing effort against hearns and leonard. he burned out pretty quickly though. but what a slickster he was in his prime. one of the few fighters who actually could slip body shots.

**porkypara** · 09-01-2009 08:06 PM

Barry McGuigan.

Not sure how old he was when he lost his title but he was never as good as the night he won it against Perdosa.

**CGM** · 09-01-2009 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by jokaleras

Benitez looked good in his losing effort against hearns and leonard. he burned out pretty quickly though. but what a slickster he was in his prime. one of the few fighters who actually could slip body shots.

When you consider that Benitez got his start so young, then maybe he didn't burn out so quickly.

I remember watching his fight against Matthew Hilton on tv. That was depressing. I'm thinking that fight must have hurt him a lot. Probably he was already on the downside, but Hilton finished him off.