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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 35 |
Losses | 12 |
Draws | 3 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 6 |
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Title Defenses | 1 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 11 |
KO Losses | 4 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning seven years and 11 months, Benny Paret fought 50 times with 35 wins, 12 losses, and 3 draws.
Paret's boxing record after his last fight was 35-12-3, which included six welterweight world-title wins and one successful title defense fight. He had a 22% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 11 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins. Paret suffered four knockout losses in his career, three of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 12th round TKO defeat to Emile Griffith on March 24, 1962. Paret lost the welterweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles to Griffith in this fight.
Some of Paret's best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Emile Griffith, Luis Federico Thompson, Garnet Hart, Don Jordan, and Victor Zalazar.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | Mar 24, 1962 | 25 | Emile Griffith | Loss * | TKO12 |
49 | Dec 9, 1961 | 24 | Gene Fullmer | Loss * | KO10 |
48 | Sep 30, 1961 | 24 | Emile Griffith | Win * | SD |
47 | Apr 1, 1961 | 24 | Emile Griffith | Loss * | KO13 |
46 | Feb 25, 1961 | 23 | Gaspar Ortega | Loss | UD |
45 | Dec 10, 1960 | 23 | Luis Federico Thompson | Win * | UD |
44 | Aug 16, 1960 | 23 | Denny Moyer | Loss | SD |
43 | Jul 12, 1960 | 23 | Garnet Hart | Win | KO6 |
42 | May 27, 1960 | 23 | Don Jordan | Win * | UD |
41 | Mar 25, 1960 | 23 | Luis Federico Thompson | Draw | PTS |
40 | Jan 29, 1960 | 22 | Charley Scott | Win | SD |
39 | Dec 18, 1959 | 22 | Charley Scott | Win | UD |
38 | Nov 16, 1959 | 22 | Bob Provizzi | Win | UD |
37 | Sep 26, 1959 | 22 | José Torres | Draw | PTS |
36 | Aug 7, 1959 | 22 | Gaspar Ortega | Loss | SD |
35 | Jun 1, 1959 | 22 | Rudy Sawyer | Win | UD |
34 | Apr 20, 1959 | 22 | Eddie Thompson | Loss | SD |
33 | Mar 2, 1959 | 21 | Cecil Shorts | Loss | MD |
32 | Jan 19, 1959 | 21 | Victor Zalazar | Win | UD |
31 | Dec 15, 1958 | 21 | Victor Zalazar | Win | SD |
30 | Nov 24, 1958 | 21 | Barry Allison | Win | UD |
29 | Nov 10, 1958 | 21 | Andy Figaro | Win | KO1 |
28 | Aug 9, 1958 | 21 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | Loss | SD |
27 | Jun 21, 1958 | 21 | Augustin Rosales | Win | TKO8 |
26 | Jun 9, 1958 | 21 | Eddie Armstrong | Win | UD |
25 | May 19, 1958 | 21 | Bobby Shell | Draw | PTS |
24 | Mar 8, 1958 | 20 | Tony Armenteros | Win | PTS |
23 | Feb 8, 1958 | 20 | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | Loss | UD |
22 | Jan 25, 1958 | 20 | Rolando Rodriguez | Win | PTS |
21 | Jan 4, 1958 | 20 | Regino Bravo | Win | KO3 |
20 | May 25, 1957 | 20 | Rolando Rodriguez | Win | KO5 |
19 | May 4, 1957 | 20 | Carlos Chibas | Win | PTS |
18 | Apr 6, 1957 | 20 | Guillermo Diaz | Loss | PTS |
17 | Mar 23, 1957 | 20 | Rolando Rodriguez | Win | PTS |
16 | Mar 9, 1957 | 19 | Oscar Campos | Win | UD |
15 | Feb 1, 1957 | 19 | Oscar Campos | Win | PTS |
14 | Oct 22, 1956 | 19 | Rolando Rodriguez | Loss | KO2 |
13 | Oct 13, 1956 | 19 | Carlos Chibas | Win | KO2 |
12 | Aug 9, 1956 | 19 | Leocadio Villafanas | Win | KO3 |
11 | Jul 21, 1956 | 19 | Carlos Chibas | Win | PTS |
10 | Jun 6, 1956 | 19 | Tony Caspita | Win | PTS |
9 | Mar 16, 1956 | 19 | Reinaldo Cabellero | Win | KO3 |
8 | Jan 27, 1956 | 18 | Jose Delgado | Win | KO4 |
7 | Dec 23, 1955 | 18 | Joaquin Castillo | Win | PTS |
6 | Dec 2, 1955 | 18 | Jose Delgado | Win | PTS |
5 | Oct 26, 1955 | 18 | Sandalio Santana | Win | PTS |
4 | Oct 22, 1955 | 18 | Miguel Cutino | Win | TKO4 |
3 | Sep 8, 1955 | 18 | Joel Morales | Win | PTS |
2 | Aug 11, 1955 | 18 | Esmerido Moya | Win | KO1 |
1 | Apr 16, 1954 | 17 | Oscar Campos | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Benny Paret (Benny the Kid) was a Cuban professional boxer. He was born in Santa Clara, Cuba on March 14, 1937. He was a welterweight world champion. Paret died on April 3, 1962 at the age of 25 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 7 years — from 1954 to 1962.
Paret made his professional boxing debut against Oscar Campos at the age of 17 on April 16, 1954, defeating Campos via 6 round PTS. He went on to win 12 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 6 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 23 on May 27, 1960 after 41 professional fights, against Don Jordan for the welterweight NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles. He defeated Jordan via 15 round unanimous decision to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Paret won two world titles at welterweight. For all the details about Paret's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Paret had a total of 12 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a welterweight title defense bout against American boxer Emile Griffith at 25 years of age, on March 24, 1962. Paret lost the fight via 12th round TKO — and lost his NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring titles.
Paret had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning six world titles and one successful title defense. He won three of these fights and lost three.
Benny Paret fought for welterweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 30, 1961 | Emile Griffith | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | SD |
May 27, 1960 | Don Jordan | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Benny Paret had three welterweight world-title defense fights. He won once and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Dec 10, 1960 | Luis Federico Thompson | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Benny Paret lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of six titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Mar 24, 1962 | Emile Griffith | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | TKO |
Apr 1, 1961 | Emile Griffith | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | KO |
Paret fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
May 27, 1960: Paret wins his first world titles by defeating Don Jordan via 15 round unanimous decision. He is now the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight world champion.
September 30, 1961: Paret wins the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring welterweight titles from Emile Griffith, by beating Griffith via 15 round split decision.
Paret knocked out 11 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 22%. Of his total 35 wins, 11 of them were via KO (31.4%).
Paret's first world-title win were the NBA, NYSAC, and The Ring belts at welterweight. He defeated Don Jordan via 15 round unanimous decision to win the titles.
Paret won two world titles at welterweight.
Paret had a total of three title defense fight. He was successful one time and lost two times.