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 Cecil Shorts (2-3 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 1 common opponent.
Benny Paret vs Cecil Shorts — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Cecil Shorts leads 1–0- Cecil Shorts wonParet vs ShortsMar 2, 1959 · MD
The Numbers
- 35-12-3 (edge)
- Record
- 2-3
- 73% (edge)
- Win %
- 40%
- 10 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 28.57%
- KO rate
- —
- 31% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 4
- Times stopped
- 3 (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 6.3 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.6
- 50
- Bouts tracked
- 5
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
Cecil Shorts · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (50 and 5 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared 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
Cecil Shorts
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Jul 10, 1961
Common Questions
- Have Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts met once on March 2, 1959, and Cecil Shorts won by MD.
- Who has the better record, Benny Paret or Cecil Shorts?
- Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Cecil Shorts is 2-3 across the 5 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 Cecil Shorts?
- Benny Paret has 10 knockout wins and Cecil Shorts has 0. Benny Paret has more.
- Do Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts have any common opponents?
- Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts share 1 common opponent: Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Cecil Shorts fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts?
- This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 5 bouts tracked for Cecil Shorts. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.