# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wilfred-benitez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:25:40.642Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wilfred-benitez"
name: "Wilfred Benítez"
slug: "wilfred-benitez"
description: "Wilfred \"Wilfredo\" Benítez Rosa, better known as Wilfred Benitez, is a 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. He is widely considered one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time. He is also remembered for his fights with Roberto Durán, Thomas Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard."
tagline: "Puerto Rican boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wilfred_Ben%C3%ADtez_1980.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1958-09-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.85
  momentum:             0.9888511875908871
  historical:           12.529832
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ويلفريد بينيتيز"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Ben%C3%ADtez"
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    title: "Wilfred Benitez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Benitez"
    title: "Wilfred Benitez"
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    title: "Wilfred Benítez"
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    title: "Wilfred Benítez"
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    title: "Wilfred Benítez"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump