Terrible fight. Ugly as hell. Benitez was finished by this point. Slow, disoriented, not moving around, no snap to his punches, etc. And Hamsho just a brawler with zero boxing ability, pushing Benitez against the ropes the entire fight. So sad to see Benitez this way. His brain damage was already becoming apparent.
Yeah this was the first inkling that there was something very wrong with Benitez.....not because he lost, but that his reflexes looked completely shot, & he was barely 25...looking back, they should have retired him after this, because he simply wasn't the same guy. If Benitez didn't have 13 those fights after Hamsho, I can't help thinking he would have been healthy, happy, & alright today..
@@ironbarboxing7509 not because of his talent , all because of his drug use , no training and hanging out till dawn with all types of women , but he would of wash up Hamsho if he would trained like the great boxer that he was and could of been
I watched this fight live on TV back in the day -- I was stuck at the car dealership lobby waiting for my car to be repaired. It was sad to see how badly Benitez had faded. He looked old, sluggish and poorly conditioned -- no sign of the El Radar who had outslicked Duran a year earlier. Bad day for Benitez, but a good day for Hamsho. Even in top shape Benitez would have struggled against Hamsho, a mauling, brawling old school fighter in every way (including his multiple aliases). Hamsho was the closest thing I've seen to a Gene Fullmer in my lifetime, a brawler, pressure fighting spoiler who could make anyone look bad. Decent body puncher, never hesitated to use head butts, shoulder butts, low blows, shoves, whatever he could get away with. He gave Hagler one of his toughest defenses, and even did pretty well in the rematch with unexpected changes in head movement and bobbing and weaving -- until Hagler caught him clean early on. Fans talk a lot about Hagler vs Antuofermo, Minter, Duran, Hearns and Leonard, but they should watch Hamsho's beatdowns over several name opponents to understand how tough he was even for Hagler.
No bro , Hamsho was a dirty fighter , but Hagler took care of him , a well prepared Benitez would of beat him , also would of loved to see him going against Duran or Roldan
Duran despues que le gano a leonard compro su orquesta y se metio a cantante de noche y de dia entrenaba cantaba por bares cantinas cantsndo en otros paises llevando una vida de trasnochos mujeres tragos fiestas ya no fue el mismo
If only Benitez had actually trained a bit more for his fights what a legend he would have been. Hamsho was nothing compared to Radar but he obviously put more time in the gym
It is sad to see that Wilfredo Benitez was already on a decline here. This was not the same Benitez who knocked out Maurice Hope, or out-boxed Roberto Duran for 15 rounds.
Hamsho was a dirty fighter , he also was hitting below the belt and pushing , he was a dirtbag , against a trained Benitez , Hamsho would of never been able to handle El Radar but Benitez didn't like to train , I'll bet he didn't train for this fight , wish Hamsho would of fought Duran or Roldan at that time
Mustapha Hamsho was too strong for the great Wilfred Benitez. Benitez could not cope with Hamsho's strength. It was evident that Benitez could not compete with the middleweights. This was also a combination of poor training habits, women, drugs and alcohol. Something was not right with one of the all time great pound per pound boxers in Wilfred Benitez.
Benitez should have donated his purse to charity because his effort in this fight was crap. This guy was bragging he could beat Hagler easy. This fight was a joke.
He didn't train, he didn't like to train he loved to party and use drugs , but a well trained Benitez would of swallowed this dirtbag , Hamsho was a very dirty fighter too
I think the mauling, brawling style of the much stronger and natural middleweight Hamsho ( plus he is a southpaw) would give even a prime Benitez a lot of proplems. Hamsho left no room for effective counter punching. In this stage of Benitez career not the health is the problem - this comes later. He was still a good boxer who can beat journymens and untested young prospects, but not world class any more.
@@hubertploberger985 nahh , If Benitez took Duran who is much more of a brawler mauler than Hamsho , he would of definitely took him down , Hamsho was a dirty fighter , holding alot , locking up arms or heads illegally, low blows and always trying to push down his opponents , glad Hagler took care of his ass twice
@@Robert-qm5soDuran was not only a brawler like Hamsho . Duran was a brawler with highly boxing skills. The Benitez fighting Duran would beat Hamsho, but I don't think it wuolld be a easy fight for Benitez. Styles makes fight. Problem is this wasn't the Benitez fighting Duran and Hearns anymore. Not ill but a little shot. A good experienced Veteran Boxer, but not Woldclass anymore. Here in Germany we have Graciano Rocchigiani. He koed Hamsho (in his last fight) in the first round.
Of course Benitez didn't like to train and Hamsho fought dirty , of course he is going to win , but I bet he wouldn't been able to handle a well trained Benitez
@@reycesarcarino4653 he couldn't, he was not right in the head , I read that he didn't train and that the weekend prior he was using cocaine and partying till late
@@reycesarcarino4653 he definitely shouldn't have fought in that condition, but right there you can tell how messed up he was in his mind , all that partying and drug use ruined what could of been a great career for Benitez 😞
Hamsho's last 3 fights before his rematch with Hagler were pretty much the same, including Benitez. Ugly street fights with multiple trips to the canvass without an official knockdown. Give Hamsho credit for imposing this grappling style against the tops - except Hagler. Hagler maintain the class of expert boxing vs poorly officiated head butting wrestling matches. Screw the WBA always - Hagler gave Hamsho and all like him a knockout from the sweet science.
There was no El Radar from Benitez in this Mauling he got. Hamsho was having his lunch 🥗 in this fight. Benitez clearly not a middleweight. No wonder he went back down to Junior Middleweight after this ! Infact he was finished after the Hearns fight. That was the last good Benitez we would ever see.was the Hearns fight in 1982. He became a stepping stone threw out his career from the Hearns fight on.🥊
Benitez clearly had something wrong with him, falling from grace at a faster pace than anyone else I've seen, from dominating Duran comfortably to this in a short span, show some respect dawg
All Hamsho did was fight dirty , pushing , hitting low below the belt and holding alot , if Benitez would of trained like he is suppose to he would of took his ass down , how I wish he would of fought Roldan or Duran , those were bulls , not Hamsho
@@jaiik_-3870 he just did alot of drugs and did alot of partying plus he didn't like to train , too bad cuz I know if Benitez would of trained who would of put down the dirty Hamsho
And that's a miracle cuz Benitez was using drugs and wasn't training during this time , and still if you noticed Hamsho head butting and elbowing , his usual dirty tactics ,but all that will fade away when he meets Marvin Hagler , Hagler was the first fighter ever to knock down Hamsho, Hagler beat him twice convincingly, but in the first fight, Hagler dismantled Hamsho , in so doing Hamsho needed 50 stitches for his face ... Hagler was a buzz sawing cyborg 👍👍
No he wasn't , he should be the fifth king , what messed him up was the use of drugs and partying plus he didn't like to train , I bet he didn't even train for this fight with this dirty fighter
No my friend , what happened with Benitez he didn't like to train , he was using alot of drugs and alot of partying till very late at night to the early morning
This is a sad fight. Benitez was the shadow of himself.
He was washed up by the age of 25... :-(
Benitez was a huge coke addict by this time at only 24-
Terrible fight. Ugly as hell. Benitez was finished by this point. Slow, disoriented, not moving around, no snap to his punches, etc. And Hamsho just a brawler with zero boxing ability, pushing Benitez against the ropes the entire fight. So sad to see Benitez this way. His brain damage was already becoming apparent.
Yeah this was the first inkling that there was something very wrong with Benitez.....not because he lost, but that his reflexes looked completely shot, & he was barely 25...looking back, they should have retired him after this, because he simply wasn't the same guy.
If Benitez didn't have 13 those fights after Hamsho, I can't help thinking he would have been healthy, happy, & alright today..
@@ironbarboxing7509 not because of his talent , all because of his drug use , no training and hanging out till dawn with all types of women , but he would of wash up Hamsho if he would trained like the great boxer that he was and could of been
I watched this fight live on TV back in the day -- I was stuck at the car dealership lobby waiting for my car to be repaired. It was sad to see how badly Benitez had faded. He looked old, sluggish and poorly conditioned -- no sign of the El Radar who had outslicked Duran a year earlier. Bad day for Benitez, but a good day for Hamsho. Even in top shape Benitez would have struggled against Hamsho, a mauling, brawling old school fighter in every way (including his multiple aliases). Hamsho was the closest thing I've seen to a Gene Fullmer in my lifetime, a brawler, pressure fighting spoiler who could make anyone look bad. Decent body puncher, never hesitated to use head butts, shoulder butts, low blows, shoves, whatever he could get away with. He gave Hagler one of his toughest defenses, and even did pretty well in the rematch with unexpected changes in head movement and bobbing and weaving -- until Hagler caught him clean early on. Fans talk a lot about Hagler vs Antuofermo, Minter, Duran, Hearns and Leonard, but they should watch Hamsho's beatdowns over several name opponents to understand how tough he was even for Hagler.
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No bro , Hamsho was a dirty fighter , but Hagler took care of him , a well prepared Benitez would of beat him , also would of loved to see him going against Duran or Roldan
Duran despues que le gano a leonard compro su orquesta y se metio a cantante de noche y de dia entrenaba cantaba por bares cantinas cantsndo en otros paises llevando una vida de trasnochos mujeres tragos fiestas ya no fue el mismo
If only Benitez had actually trained a bit more for his fights what a legend he would have been. Hamsho was nothing compared to Radar but he obviously put more time in the gym
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He had nobody to blame but himself if he ever entered that ring less than 100% prepared.
It is sad to see that Wilfredo Benitez was already on a decline here. This was not the same Benitez who knocked out Maurice Hope, or out-boxed Roberto Duran for 15 rounds.
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Not training and partying using all types of drugs and drinking heavily 😞
13:13...
First time I have ever seen a chop that pronounced with a boxing glove.
Damn...
Hamsho was a dirty fighter , he also was hitting below the belt and pushing , he was a dirtbag , against a trained Benitez , Hamsho would of never been able to handle El Radar but Benitez didn't like to train , I'll bet he didn't train for this fight , wish Hamsho would of fought Duran or Roldan at that time
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Mustapha Hamsho was too strong for the great Wilfred Benitez. Benitez could not cope with Hamsho's strength. It was evident that Benitez could not compete with the middleweights.
This was also a combination of poor training habits, women, drugs and alcohol. Something was not right with one of the all time great pound per pound boxers in Wilfred Benitez.
Didn’t he fight sugar, hearns and Duran only a couple years before this fight ? What on earth happened, brain damage? Or just not training ?
Benitez should have donated his purse to charity because his effort in this fight was crap.
This guy was bragging he could beat Hagler easy. This fight was a joke.
Benitez started young and was done young.
***WTF HAPPENED TO BENITEZ? IT WAS LIKE HE WAS NOT IN SHAPE***
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He didn't train, he didn't like to train he loved to party and use drugs , but a well trained Benitez would of swallowed this dirtbag , Hamsho was a very dirty fighter too
This fight I saw live on TV showed how Benitez declined at a young age. He went the distance. Anyway he didn't have any big wins after this fight.
The last good fight Benitez had is when he gave Roberto Duran a boxing lesson
If Benitez had been healthy at this point, Hamsho would not have been a problem.....
I think the mauling, brawling style
of the much stronger and natural middleweight Hamsho ( plus he is a southpaw) would give even a prime
Benitez a lot of proplems. Hamsho
left no room for effective counter punching. In this stage of Benitez career not the health is the problem
- this comes later. He was still a good boxer who can beat journymens and untested young prospects, but not world class any more.
@@hubertploberger985 nahh , If Benitez took Duran who is much more of a brawler mauler than Hamsho , he would of definitely took him down , Hamsho was a dirty fighter , holding alot , locking up arms or heads illegally, low blows and always trying to push down his opponents , glad Hagler took care of his ass twice
He was doing his roadwork on wild weed and women that Benitez
@@Robert-qm5soDuran was not only a brawler like Hamsho .
Duran was a brawler with highly boxing skills. The Benitez fighting Duran would beat Hamsho, but I don't think it wuolld be a easy fight for Benitez. Styles makes fight.
Problem is this wasn't the Benitez fighting Duran and Hearns anymore. Not ill but a little shot. A good experienced Veteran Boxer, but not Woldclass
anymore.
Here in Germany we have Graciano Rocchigiani. He koed Hamsho (in his last fight) in the first round.
@@hubertploberger985 this had nothing to do with natural skills, Benitez was too involved in drugs at this stage
From the Getgo Hamsho knew Benítez couldn't hurt him this fight was done before it started
Of course Benitez didn't like to train and Hamsho fought dirty , of course he is going to win , but I bet he wouldn't been able to handle a well trained Benitez
@@Robert-qm5so True but Benitez made a Mistake staying on the ropes he should've circled Hamsho rather than let him bully him
@@reycesarcarino4653 he couldn't, he was not right in the head , I read that he didn't train and that the weekend prior he was using cocaine and partying till late
@@Robert-qm5so then he shouldn't have fought it's his life
@@reycesarcarino4653 he definitely shouldn't have fought in that condition, but right there you can tell how messed up he was in his mind , all that partying and drug use ruined what could of been a great career for Benitez 😞
Not the best Benitez has looked. Still had a splendid career though. Legend
Hamsho's last 3 fights before his rematch with Hagler were pretty much the same, including Benitez. Ugly street fights with multiple trips to the canvass without an official knockdown. Give Hamsho credit for imposing this grappling style against the tops - except Hagler. Hagler maintain the class of expert boxing vs poorly officiated head butting wrestling matches. Screw the WBA always - Hagler gave Hamsho and all like him a knockout from the sweet science.
Hamsho probably boxed (yes, boxed) his best in the first Hagler fight.
@@Salieri47 no didn't
Benitez started his burn out at an age when most fighters hadn't yet started peaking.
Happens all the time when you abuse drugs , and partying around the clock , he lived a fast unhealthy life
There was no El Radar from Benitez in this Mauling he got. Hamsho was having his lunch 🥗 in this fight. Benitez clearly not a middleweight. No wonder he went back down to Junior Middleweight after this ! Infact he was finished after the Hearns fight. That was the last good Benitez we would ever see.was the Hearns fight in 1982. He became a stepping stone threw out his career from the Hearns fight on.🥊
Benitez clearly had something wrong with him, falling from grace at a faster pace than anyone else I've seen, from dominating Duran comfortably to this in a short span, show some respect dawg
All Hamsho did was fight dirty , pushing , hitting low below the belt and holding alot , if Benitez would of trained like he is suppose to he would of took his ass down , how I wish he would of fought Roldan or Duran , those were bulls , not Hamsho
@@jaiik_-3870 he just did alot of drugs and did alot of partying plus he didn't like to train , too bad cuz I know if Benitez would of trained who would of put down the dirty Hamsho
@@Robert-qm5so Would've been great to see him stay disciplined
It is kind of ironic and also very sad that Benitez, known for his defensive skills, is such a mess now physically.
I only saw the great Wilfred Benitez win one round.....Sad.
He beat Wilfred like he was his daddy!
And that's a miracle cuz Benitez was using drugs and wasn't training during this time , and still if you noticed Hamsho head butting and elbowing , his usual dirty tactics ,but all that will fade away when he meets Marvin Hagler , Hagler was the first fighter ever to knock down Hamsho, Hagler beat him twice convincingly, but in the first fight, Hagler dismantled Hamsho , in so doing Hamsho needed 50 stitches for his face ... Hagler was a buzz sawing cyborg 👍👍
he beat an unfit duran , he would not of beat the duran who went 15 rounds with hagler
I think the Duran that beat Leonard was a better version than the one that fought Marvin
Benitez was a myth. I always found him to be a most boring fighter
No he wasn't , he should be the fifth king , what messed him up was the use of drugs and partying plus he didn't like to train , I bet he didn't even train for this fight with this dirty fighter
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No my friend , what happened with Benitez he didn't like to train , he was using alot of drugs and alot of partying till very late at night to the early morning