Record details

Wilfred BENITEZ

"El Radar"

Super-Welterweight

Male

Puerto Rico, San Juan
Born: September 12, 1958, Bronx, New York, USA
Height: 5ft 10in, mt 1,77

Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1996

No amateur results

Professional record


1973
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Nov. 22	Hiram Santiago	San Juan, Puerto Rico	KO 1
+ Nov. 30	Jesse Torres	Philipsburg, St Maarten	KO 2

1974
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 7	Hector Amadis	San Juan, Puerto Rico	KO 4
+ Jan. 26	Joe York	Philipsburg, St Maarten	KO 2
+ Feb. 18	Roberto Flanders	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 4
+ Apr. 1	Victor Mangual	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 8
+ Apr. 30	Juan Disla	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 3
+ May 11	Easy Boy Lake	Philipsburg, St Maarten	KO 5
+ June 21	Ives St Jean	Philipsburg, St Maarten	KO 1
+ June 26	Carlos Crispin	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 3
+ Aug. 31	Easy Boy Lake	Philipsburg, St Maarten	TKO 5
+ Sept. 16	Al Hughes	New York, United States	TKO 5
+ Oct. 25	Terry Summerhays	New York, United States	TKO 6
+ Dec. 2	Lawrence Hafey	New York, United States	W 8

1975
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 4	Francisco Rodriguez	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 7
+ Feb. 8	Santiago Rosa	San Juan, Puerto Rico	KO 4
+ Mar. 31	Wilbur Seales	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 4
+ May 5	Santos Solis	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 10
+ June 9	Angel Robinson Garcia	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 10
+ June 28	Jim Henry	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 8
+ Aug. 1	Eyue Jeudy	Philipsburg, St Maarten	KO 4
+ Aug. 19	Young Woodall	Philipsburg, St Maarten	KO 4
+ Sept. 1	Marcelino Alicia	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 2
+ Oct. 20	Omar Ruben Realecio	New York, United States	TKO 6
+ Dec. 13	Chris Fernandez	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 10

1976
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 6	Antonio Cervantes	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 15
World Super-Lightweight Title
+ May 31	Emiliano Villa	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 15
World Super-Lightweight Title
+ Oct. 16	Tony Petronelli	San Juan, Puerto Rico	TKO 3
World Super-Lightweight Title

1977
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Feb. 2	Harold Weston	New York, United States	Draw 10
+ Mar. 6	Melvin Dennis	Marion, United States	W 8
+ June 2	Roberto Gonzalez	Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.s.	KO 1
+ July 1	Easy Boy Lake	Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands, U.s.	TKO 1
+ Aug. 3	Ray Chavez Guerrero	New York, United States	TKO 15
World Super-Lightweight Title
+ Nov. 18	Bruce Curry	New York, United States	W 10

1978
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Bruce Curry	New York, United States	W 10
+ Aug. 25	Randy Shields	New York, United States	TKO 6
+ Dec. 8	Vernon Lewis	New York, United States	W 10

1979
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 14	Carlos Palomino	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 15
WBC Welterweight Title
+ Mar. 25	Harold Weston	San Juan, Puerto Rico	W 15
WBC Welterweight Title
- Nov. 30	Sugar Ray Leonard	Las Vegas, United States	TKO by 15
WBC Welterweight Title

1980
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 16	Johnny Turner	Miami, United States	TKO 9
+ Aug. 1	Tony Chiaverini	Las Vegas, United States	TKO 8
+ Dec. 12	Pete Ranzany	Sacramento, United States	W 10

1981
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 23	Maurice Hope	Las Vegas, United States	TKO 12
WBC Super-Welterweight Title
+ Nov. 14	Carlos Santos	Las Vegas, United States	W 15
WBC Super-Welterweight Title

1982
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	Roberto Duran	Las Vegas, United States	W 15
WBC Super-Welterweight Title
- Dec. 3	Thomas Hearns	New Orleans, United States	L 15
WBC Super-Welterweight Title

1983
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 18	Tony Cerda	Las Vegas, United States	W 10
- July 16	Mustafa Hamsho	Las Vegas, United States	L 12

1984
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 11	Stacy McSwain	Detroit, United States	W 10
- July 14	Davey Moore	Monte Carlo, Monaco	TKO by 2

1985
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 30	Mauricio Bravo	Oranjestad, Aruba	TKO 2
+ July 6	Danny Chapman	Washington, United States	TKO 7
+ Aug. 21	Kevin Moley	New York, United States	W 10

1986
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 15	Matthew Hilton	Montreal, Canada	KO by 9
+ July 1	Paul Whittaker	New Orleans, United States	W 10
+ Sept. 17	Harry Daniels	Baltimore, United States	W 10
- Nov. 28	Carlos Maria del Valle Herrera	Salta, Argentina	TKO by 7


1987-1989 Inactive

1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 8	Ariel Conde	Phoenix, United States	KO 7
- May 23	Pat Lawlor	Tucson, United States	L 10
+ Aug. 24	Sam Wilson	Denver, United States	W 10
- Sept. 18	Scott Papasodora	Winnipeg, Canada	L 10