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Benny Bass vs Young Firpo — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Benny Bass

Cross-division

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Young Firpo

Benny Bass (190-41-10) and Young Firpo (74-15-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bass

190

Wins72 KO · 38%

41

Losses

10

Draws243 tracked bouts

Firpo

74

Wins45 KO · 61%

15

Losses

4

Draws7 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Series level 1–1

Benny Bass and Young Firpo have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Benny Bass and Young Firpo have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1931Mar 301931Apr 13Series
Benny BassFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Young FirpoFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Bass 4 · Firpo 4 of 8 measurable rows
BassFirpo
Record
190-41-1074-15-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
80.9%
81.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 72
72 (edge)
45
KO rate0–100%
37.89%
60.81% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
38% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 11.9
11.9 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 243
243
7

† 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
Benny Bass: No height on file
Young Firpo: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Benny Bass: No reach on file
Young Firpo: 72″
Agenot comparable
Benny Bass: Died aged 70
Young Firpo: Died aged 77
Stance
Benny Bass: Orthodox
Young Firpo: Orthodox

Benny Bass left, Young Firpo right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Featherweight against Light Heavyweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny Bass190 wins · from 243 tracked bouts

Benny Bass: 190 tracked wins — 72 by KO/TKO (38%), 83 on the cards (44%) and 35 by another method or unrecorded (18%). Counted from 243 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

72 by KO/TKO 38%83 on the cards 44%35 by another method or unrecorded 18%

Young Firpo2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Young Firpo: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Bass 243, Young Firpo 7 — 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

Benny Bass has lost two straight. Bass last boxed on May 7, 1940.WWDLL

Sarullo Jan 1940Rahn Feb 1940Tygh Mar 1940Tygh Apr 1940Speigal May 194011.9 tracked bouts per year

Young Firpo drew the most recent tracked bout with John Henry Lewis. Firpo last boxed on Sep 20, 1934.WLLLD

Bass Mar 1931Bass Apr 1931Ambers Dec 1933Zivic Aug 1934Lewis Sep 19341.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Bass and Young Firpo ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Bass and Young Firpo have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WApr 13, 1931 · Bass · PTS

LMar 30, 1931 · Firpo · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bass or Firpo?
Benny Bass is 190-41-10 and Young Firpo is 74-15-4. Young Firpo has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Bass190–41–1080.9%

Firpo74–15–481.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Bass or Firpo?
Benny Bass has 72 knockout wins and Young Firpo has 45. Benny Bass has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Bass7237.9%

Firpo4560.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bass and Firpo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Bass and Young Firpo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bass and Firpo?
This comparison is drawn from 243 bouts tracked for Benny Bass and 7 bouts tracked for Young Firpo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bass243bouts

Firpo7bouts

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