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Forgotten Legends Of The Ring – Wilfred Benitez

JULY 22, 2022 / BOXING, VIDEOS / BY FAYZ

Wilfred Benítez was born on September 12 in 1958, he is a Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport’s history. With such an accolade you would expect more people to know of him, after all we all know Mike Tyson was the youngest ever Heavyweight champ yet Benitez was the youngest world champion of them all! Benitez earned the first of his three career world titles in separate weight divisions whilst still a teen at the age of seventeen, he is remembered for his exceptional defensive ability, when you talk about the sports greatest defensive artists, a young Benitez is always in the mix alongside greats such as Willie Pep, Nicolino Locche, Pernell Whitaker and more recently Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
Benitez was just 15 when he turned pro, a young prodigy who was managed by his father Gregorio Benitez, was a member of one of Puerto Rico’s boxing families, his brothers Frankie and Gregory Benitez having also be

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Wilfred Benítez

Puerto Rican boxer (born 1958)

Wilfred Benítez
Benítez in 1980
Born	(1958-09-12) September 12, 1958 (age 66) New York City, U.S.
Other names	El Radar ("The Radar") Bible of Boxing
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Reach	70 in (178 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	62
Wins	53
Wins by KO	31
Losses	8
Draws	1

Wilfred "Wilfredo" Benítez (born September 12, 1958) is an American-born Puerto Rican former professional boxer and the youngest world champion in the sport's history. Earning his first of three career world titles in separate weight divisions at the age of seventeen, he is best remembered as a skilled and aggressive fighter with exceptional defensive abilities, along with his fights with Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard.

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996, he is considered among the best Puerto Rican boxers of all time, sharing the honor with Félix Trinidad, Wilfredo Gómez, Ca

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SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO, 1976

Wilfred Benítez stands in the middle of a crowded ring at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, one of his home island’s largest venues. He’s wearing a robe with his name stitched on the back, awaiting the judges’ verdict in his junior welterweight title fight against reigning champion Antonio “Kid Pambele” Cervantes of Colombia. For 15 rounds, Benítez displayed the footwork of a salsa dancer and evaded nearly every one of Cervantes’s jabs, showing a defensive acumen that will earn him the nickname El Radar.

When the ring announcer declares him the winner in a split decision, Benítez raises his fists in triumph. His cornermen lift him high above the crowd and set a sparkling paper crown on his head. The theme to Chico and the Man, sung by Puerto Rico’s José Feliciano, blares in the stadium. At 17 years old, Benítez has just become the youngest world champion in boxing history — a record that will never be broken, now that 18 is the minimum age for a professional fighter.

“I feel happy, because since I was born, I have dedicated all of myself to boxing,” Benítez