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.
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.
Benny Paret vs Bobby Shell — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- DrawParet vs ShellMay 19, 1958 · PTS
The Numbers
- 35-12-3 (edge)
- Record
- 0-1-1
- 73% (edge)
- Win %
- 25%
- 10 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 28.57%
- KO rate
- —
- 31%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 4
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 6.3
- Bouts per year
- —
- 50
- Bouts tracked
- 2
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 89
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Cuba
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBenny Paret · 35 wins
KO/TKO
11
Decision
24
Other
0
Bobby Shell · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (50 and 2 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedBenny Paret
LTKO R12 · Mar 1962WSD · Sep 1961LKO R13 · Apr 1961Bobby Shell
LUD · Mar 1959
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Benny Paret
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Mar 24, 1962
Bobby Shell
LD
L1 streak · last fought Mar 23, 1959
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Benny Paret or Bobby 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Benny Paret or Bobby Shell?
- Benny Paret has 10 knockout wins and Bobby Shell has 0. Benny Paret has more.
- Do Benny Paret and Bobby Shell have any common opponents?
- Benny Paret and Bobby Shell share 1 common opponent: Emile Griffith. Bobby Shell fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Paret and Bobby 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.