Fighters that were shot in their 20s

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Wilfred Benitez is a strange one, some days he looked great. Beating Antonio Cervantes, Roberto Duran, Carlos Palomino, Maurice Hope, handily.

Then there were days when he was dropped 3 times agaisnt Bruce Curry, and got a gift decision and also what about his struggle against Harold Weston ?

I really like Wilfred Benitez and its a shame, he didn't train for fights. And its also a shame what i heard about him being broke or something ?

Quite strange he began to slide so quickly, after a brave effort against Thomas Hearns, and a one sided victory against Roberto Duran.

He lives on a meager pension, has dementia and diabetis, and when his mother passed away last year, he became pretty much at the mercy of the state. A terrible ending--simply horrible. No money-nothing to show for his career. He was never very intelligent and this did not help him as he boxed at a yound age. It's a sad story all th way around.

that's terrible. you hear of fighters ending up dead broke all the time. rocky lockridge for example.

yeah. It may interest you to know about F.I.S.T. an effort by Gerry Cooney to help retired boxers find jobs. If you don't alrady know. Here is one link, there's plenty more that can be googled.

Interview: Gerry Cooney on Jobs for Former Fighters | North America > United States from AllBusiness.com

It's an old article, I honestly don't know what he's doing now. I assume F.I.S.T. is still going.