Quote Originally Posted by jokaleras View Post
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.