Wilfred Benitez vs Pete Ranzany

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"Wilfred Benitez, fresh off a unanimous victory over Pete Ranzany, says he expects to win the WBA welterweight championship easily in his next fight. Ranzany made an aggressive attempt to use his greater height and reach. But Benitez continually slipped Ranzany's punches while counter-punching with short hard hooks to the body and head. Benitez shook Ranzany in the opening round with three consecutive right leads, staggered him in the 5th with a right cross and caught him in the 9th with a right that shook the local hero and drew blood from between his left eye and nose. Ranzany's best round was the 6th, when he jabbed well and forced Benitez into missing. In the last round, Benitez went for a knockout with a barrage of hooks and was practically hitting Ranzany at will, but the gutty loser rode out the assault." -Associated Press