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Benny Paret vs Cecil Shorts — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Cecil Shorts

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.

Paret

35

Wins10 KO · 29%

12

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Shorts

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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

Shorts leads 1–0

Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts have met 1 time; Shorts leads 1–0.

Benny Paret and Cecil Shorts have met 1 time; Shorts leads 1–0.
Met1959Mar 2Series
Benny ParetFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Cecil ShortsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Paret 6 · Shorts 1 of 7 measurable rows
ParetShorts
Record†
35-12-3 (edge)2-3
Win %0–100%
73% (edge)
40%
Wins by knockoutmax 10
10 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
28.57%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
31% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
5

† 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
Cecil Shorts: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Cecil Shorts: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Cecil Shorts 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%

Cecil Shorts2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Cecil Shorts: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 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 Paret 50, Cecil Shorts 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shorts better on 1

Paret

Opponent

Shorts

  • Benny Paret

    0–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1958

    Loss, UD

    1958

    RodríguezShorts better

    Cecil Shorts

    Loss, KO 9

    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

Cecil Shorts last boxed on Jul 10, 1961 — 23,845 days ago. Shorts had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Perkins May 1958Perkins Sep 1958Paret Mar 1959Rodríguez May 1959Akins Jul 19611.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LMar 2, 1959 · Shorts · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or 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.
Records · win %

Paret35–12–373%

Shorts2–340%

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

Paret1028.6%

Shorts0

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and 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.
Shared opponent

Luis Manuel RodríguezLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paret and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Shorts5bouts

How They Win ↓

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