Benny Kid Paret
35–12 · 45 recorded bouts · 1954–1962
Benny Kid Paret finished 29% of 35 wins inside the distance — the 14th percentile for welterweight boxing, where the median is 54%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | not recorded | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Welterweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1960s | |
| Country | Cuba |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Benny Kid Paret, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
35–12
50 bouts on record
Finish rate
29%
of wins ended inside the distance — welterweight boxing median 54%, 14th percentile
The career, bout by bout
45 recorded bouts from 1954 to 1962. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
9y
1954–1962
Longest unbeaten run
7
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1958
10 bouts
Recorded bouts
45
44 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | L | Emile Griffith | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1961 | L | Gene Fullmer | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1961 | W | Emile Griffith | Decision | 15 |
| 1961 | L | Gaspar Ortega | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | W | Luis Federico Thompson | Decision | 15 |
| 1960 | L | Denny Moyer | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | W | Garnet Hart | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1960 | W | Don Jordan | Decision | 15 |
| 1960 | W | Charley Scott | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Charley Scott | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Bob Provizzi | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | D | José Torres | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | L | Gaspar Ortega | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Rudy Sawyer | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | L | Eddie Thompson | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | L | Cecil Shorts | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Victor Zalazar | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Victor Zalazar | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Barry Allison | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Andy Figaro | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1958 | L | Luis Manuel Rodríguez | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Augustin Rosales | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1958 | W | Eddie Armstrong | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | D | Bobby Shell | Decision | 6 |
| 1958 | W | Tony Armenteros | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Rolando Rodriguez | Decision | 8 |
| 1958 | W | Regino Bravo | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1957 | W | Rolando Rodriguez | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1957 | W | Carlos Chibas | Decision | 8 |
| 1957 | L | Guillermo Diaz | Decision | 8 |
| 1957 | W | Oscar Campos | Decision | 8 |
| 1956 | L | Rolando Rodriguez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1956 | W | Carlos Chibas | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1956 | W | Leocadio Villafanas | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1956 | W | Tony Caspita | Decision | 8 |
| 1956 | W | Reinaldo Cabellero | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1956 | W | Jose Delgado | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1955 | W | Joaquin Castillo | Decision | 6 |
| 1955 | W | Jose Delgado | Decision | 6 |
| 1955 | W | Sandalio Santana | Decision | 6 |
| 1955 | W | Miguel Cutino | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1955 | W | Joel Morales | Decision | 4 |
| 1955 | W | Esmerido Moya | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1954 | W | Oscar Campos | Decision | 6 |
| — | ? | Opponent | — | — |
8 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 292 welterweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Benny Paret on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-06. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.