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Benny Paret Record

35-12-3
Total Fights50
Wins35
Losses12
Draws3
No-Contests0
Title Wins6
Title Defenses1
Title-Fight KOs0
KO Wins11
KO Losses4
Benny Paret Record & Stats
Benny Paret's Record
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      What is Benny Paret's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      50Mar 24, 196225Emile GriffithLoss *TKO12
      49Dec 9, 196124Gene FullmerLoss *KO10
      48Sep 30, 196124Emile GriffithWin *SD
      47Apr 1, 196124Emile GriffithLoss *KO13
      46Feb 25, 196123Gaspar OrtegaLossUD
      45Dec 10, 196023Luis Federico ThompsonWin *UD
      44Aug 16, 196023Denny MoyerLossSD
      43Jul 12, 196023Garnet HartWinKO6
      42May 27, 196023Don JordanWin *UD
      41Mar 25, 196023Luis Federico ThompsonDrawPTS
      40Jan 29, 196022Charley ScottWinSD
      39Dec 18, 195922Charley ScottWinUD
      38Nov 16, 195922Bob ProvizziWinUD
      37Sep 26, 195922José TorresDrawPTS
      36Aug 7, 195922Gaspar OrtegaLossSD
      35Jun 1, 195922Rudy SawyerWinUD
      34Apr 20, 195922Eddie ThompsonLossSD
      33Mar 2, 195921Cecil ShortsLossMD
      32Jan 19, 195921Victor ZalazarWinUD
      31Dec 15, 195821Victor ZalazarWinSD
      30Nov 24, 195821Barry AllisonWinUD
      29Nov 10, 195821Andy FigaroWinKO1
      28Aug 9, 195821Luis Manuel RodríguezLossSD
      27Jun 21, 195821Augustin RosalesWinTKO8
      26Jun 9, 195821Eddie ArmstrongWinUD
      25May 19, 195821Bobby ShellDrawPTS
      24Mar 8, 195820Tony ArmenterosWinPTS
      23Feb 8, 195820Luis Manuel RodríguezLossUD
      22Jan 25, 195820Rolando RodriguezWinPTS
      21Jan 4, 195820Regino BravoWinKO3
      20May 25, 195720Rolando RodriguezWinKO5
      19May 4, 195720Carlos ChibasWinPTS
      18Apr 6, 195720Guillermo DiazLossPTS
      17Mar 23, 195720Rolando RodriguezWinPTS
      16Mar 9, 195719Oscar CamposWinUD
      15Feb 1, 195719Oscar CamposWinPTS
      14Oct 22, 195619Rolando RodriguezLossKO2
      13Oct 13, 195619Carlos ChibasWinKO2
      12Aug 9, 195619Leocadio VillafanasWinKO3
      11Jul 21, 195619Carlos ChibasWinPTS
      10Jun 6, 195619Tony CaspitaWinPTS
      9Mar 16, 195619Reinaldo CabelleroWinKO3
      8Jan 27, 195618Jose DelgadoWinKO4
      7Dec 23, 195518Joaquin CastilloWinPTS
      6Dec 2, 195518Jose DelgadoWinPTS
      5Oct 26, 195518Sandalio SantanaWinPTS
      4Oct 22, 195518Miguel CutinoWinTKO4
      3Sep 8, 195518Joel MoralesWinPTS
      2Aug 11, 195518Esmerido MoyaWinKO1
      1Apr 16, 195417Oscar CamposWinPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      Benny Paret fought for welterweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. In total, he won two welterweight belts.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Sep 30, 1961Emile GriffithWelterweightNBA, NYSAC, The RingSD
      May 27, 1960Don JordanWelterweightNBA, NYSAC, The RingUD

      Title Defenses

      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.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Dec 10, 1960Luis Federico ThompsonWelterweightNBA, NYSAC, The RingUD

      Title Losses

      Benny Paret lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of six titles in these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles LostMethod
      Mar 24, 1962Emile GriffithWelterweightNBA, NYSAC, The RingTKO
      Apr 1, 1961Emile GriffithWelterweightNBA, NYSAC, The RingKO

      Highlights

      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.

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