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Benny Paret vs Bobby Shell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Bobby Shell

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Bobby Shell (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Paret

35

Wins10 KO · 29%

12

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Shell

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Benny Paret and Bobby Shell have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Benny Paret and Bobby Shell have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1958May 19Series
Benny ParetFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Bobby ShellFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Paret 4 · Shell 1 of 5 measurable rows
ParetShell
Record†
35-12-3 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
73% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 10
10 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
28.57%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
31%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
2

† 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

Agenot held
Benny Paret: Died aged 25
Bobby Shell: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Bobby Shell: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Bobby Shell right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Benny Paret35 wins · from 50 tracked bouts

Benny Paret: 35 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (31%) and 24 on the cards (69%). Counted from 50 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 31%24 on the cards 69%

Bobby Shell0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bobby Shell: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shell yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Paret 50, Bobby Shell 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shell better on 1

Paret

Opponent

Shell

  • Benny Paret

    1–2 against

    Loss, TKO 12

    1962

    Win, SD

    1961

    Loss, KO 13

    1961

    GriffithShell better

    Bobby Shell

    Loss, UD

    1959

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Benny Paret has lost two straight, after one straight win. Paret last boxed on Mar 24, 1962.LLWLL

Ortega Feb 1961Griffith Apr 1961Griffith Sep 1961Fullmer Dec 1961Griffith Mar 19626.3 tracked bouts per year

Bobby Shell last boxed on Mar 23, 1959 — 24,682 days ago. Shell had lost the most recent, to Emile Griffith.DL

Paret May 1958Griffith Mar 1959

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Paret and Bobby Shell ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Paret and Bobby Shell met once on May 19, 1958, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DMay 19, 1958 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or Shell?
Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Bobby Shell is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Benny Paret has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Paret35–12–373%

Shell0–1–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Paret or Shell?
Benny Paret has 10 knockout wins and Bobby Shell has 0. Benny Paret has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Paret1028.6%

Shell0

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and Shell have any common opponents?
Benny Paret and Bobby Shell share 1 common opponent: Emile Griffith. Bobby Shell fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Emile Griffith1–2L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paret and Shell?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 2 bouts tracked for Bobby Shell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Shell2bouts

How They Win ↓

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