WILFRED BENITEZ, THE YOUNGEST WORLD CHAMPION

Wilfred Benitez, The Youngest World Champion


In March 1976, Wilfred Benitez became the youngest world champion in boxing history when he seized the WBC light welterweight title from Antonio Cervantes at just 17 years of age, still six months away from turning 18. He even had his high school classmates viewing him sitting in the front row.  Benitez won his belt against an all-time great fighter in the division as Cervantes held the belt for the great part of the decade 1970s. Benitez later moved up to grab the welterweight title, which he lost to Sugar Ray Leonard. In May 1981 he defeated Maurice Hope for the light middleweight title, becoming the youngest three-division champion in boxing history.

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