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Benjie Marquez vs Pernell Whitaker — record, stats and common opponents compared

Benjie Marquez

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Pernell Whitaker

Benjie Marquez (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Pernell Whitaker (40-4-1) 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.

Marquez

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Whitaker

40

Wins17 KO · 43%

4

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

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

Whitaker leads 1–0

Benjie Marquez and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.

Benjie Marquez and Pernell Whitaker have met 1 time; Whitaker leads 1–0.
Met1990Nov 22Series
Benjie MarquezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pernell WhitakerFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Marquez 0 · Whitaker 6 of 6 measurable rows
MarquezWhitaker
Record†
1-340-4-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
90% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 17
0
17 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—42.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
43% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 7
0
7 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
0.3
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
4
46

† 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
Benjie Marquez: No height on file
Pernell Whitaker: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Benjie Marquez: No reach on file
Pernell Whitaker: 69″
Agenot held
Benjie Marquez: No date of birth
Pernell Whitaker: Died aged 55
Stance
Benjie Marquez: Not recorded
Pernell Whitaker: Southpaw

Benjie Marquez left, Pernell Whitaker right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benjie Marquez1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Benjie Marquez: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Pernell Whitaker40 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Pernell Whitaker: 40 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (43%) and 23 on the cards (57%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 43%23 on the cards 57%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benjie Marquez 4, Pernell Whitaker 46 — 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

Benjie Marquez last boxed on Aug 26, 2003 — 8,457 days ago. Marquez had won one in a row before losing to Paul Williams.LLWL

Whitaker Nov 1990Phillips Feb 1991Mayweather May 1996Williams Aug 20030.3 tracked bouts per year

Pernell Whitaker has lost two straight. Whitaker last boxed on Apr 27, 2001.WLNCLL

Hurtado Jan 1997Hoya Apr 1997Pestryayev Oct 1997Trinidad Feb 1999Bojorquez Apr 20012.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benjie Marquez and Pernell Whitaker ever fought each other?
Yes. Benjie Marquez and Pernell Whitaker met once on November 22, 1990, and Pernell Whitaker won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 22, 1990 · Whitaker · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Marquez or Whitaker?
Benjie Marquez is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pernell Whitaker is 40-4-1. Pernell Whitaker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Marquez1–325%

Whitaker40–4–190%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Marquez or Whitaker?
Benjie Marquez has 0 knockout wins and Pernell Whitaker has 17. Pernell Whitaker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Marquez0

Whitaker1742.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Marquez and Whitaker have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benjie Marquez and Pernell Whitaker have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Marquez and Whitaker?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Benjie Marquez and 46 bouts tracked for Pernell Whitaker. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Marquez4bouts

Whitaker46bouts

How They Win ↓

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