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Antonio Margarrito vs José Luis Benítez — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Antonio Margarrito

🇲🇽MEXICO

José Luis Benítez

Antonio Margarrito (41-8) and José Luis Benítez (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Margarrito

41

Wins27 KO · 66%

8

Losses

0

Draws50 tracked bouts

Benítez

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Margarrito leads 1–0

Antonio Margarrito and José Luis Benítez have met 1 time; Margarrito leads 1–0.

Antonio Margarrito and José Luis Benítez have met 1 time; Margarrito leads 1–0.
Met2000Sep 17Series
Antonio MargarritoFighter AWWon1–0W–L
José Luis BenítezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Margarrito 5 · Benítez 0 of 5 measurable rows
MargarritoBenítez
Record†
41-8 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
83.7% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
65.85%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
66%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
1.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
5

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Antonio Margarrito: 5′11″
José Luis Benítez: No height on file
Reachnot held
Antonio Margarrito: 72″
José Luis Benítez: No reach on file
Age7 yrs apart
Antonio Margarrito: 48
José Luis Benítez: 55
Stance
Antonio Margarrito: Orthodox
José Luis Benítez: Not recorded

Antonio Margarrito left, José Luis Benítez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Antonio Margarrito41 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Antonio Margarrito: 41 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (66%), 13 on the cards (32%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 66%13 on the cards 32%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

José Luis Benítez0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

José Luis Benítez: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Benítez yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Margarrito 50, José Luis Benítez 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Antonio Margarrito last boxed on Sep 2, 2017 — 3,339 days ago. Margarrito had won three straight since losses to Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto.LLWWW

Pacquiao Nov 2010Cotto Dec 2011Jr. Mar 2016Álvarez Aug 2016Jones Sep 20172.1 tracked bouts per year

José Luis Benítez last boxed on Mar 16, 2001 — 9,353 days ago. Benítez had lost five straight.LLLLL

Taylor May 1998Damgaard Oct 1999Vaca Jun 2000Margarrito Sep 2000Vaca Mar 20011.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Margarrito and José Luis Benítez ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Margarrito and José Luis Benítez met once on September 17, 2000, and Antonio Margarrito won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 17, 2000 · Margarrito · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Margarrito or Benítez?
Antonio Margarrito is 41-8 and José Luis Benítez is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Antonio Margarrito has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Margarrito41–883.7%

Benítez0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Margarrito or Benítez?
Antonio Margarrito has 27 knockout wins and José Luis Benítez has 0. Antonio Margarrito has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Margarrito2765.9%

Benítez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Margarrito and Benítez have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Margarrito and José Luis Benítez have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Margarrito and Benítez?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Antonio Margarrito and 5 bouts tracked for José Luis Benítez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Margarrito50bouts

Benítez5bouts

How They Win ↓

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