Wilfred Benitez, Attempting a Comeback, Stops Danny Chapman
Veteran boxer Wilfred Benitez, continuing his comeback, stopped Danny Chapman, who failed to answer the bell for the seventh round Saturday night in a scheduled 10-round junior-middleweight bout.
Benitez, 26, one of only six men in boxing history to have held titles in three divisions, is attempting a comeback after losing his World Boxing Council super-welterweight title to Thomas Hearns in 1982.
Referee Milton Green ordered the fight halted after talking with Chapman in his corner before the seventh round.
Benitez, a native of Puerto Rico who now lives in New York, raised his record to 47-4-1. Chapman, from Albany, N.Y., dropped to 14-6.
In a 12-round lightweight main event, Washington’s Darryl Tyson (22-1) pounded out a unanimous decision over Melvin Paul of New Orleans.
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