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 Eddie Thompson (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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Benny Paret vs Eddie Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Eddie Thompson leads 1–0- Eddie Thompson wonParet vs ThompsonApr 20, 1959 · SD
The Numbers
- 35-12-3 (edge)
- Record
- 1-1
- 73% (edge)
- Win %
- 50%
- 10 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 28.57%
- KO rate
- —
- 31% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 4
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 6.3 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.7
- 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
Eddie Thompson · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
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
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Benny Paret
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Mar 24, 1962
Eddie Thompson
LW
L1 streak · last fought Mar 8, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson ever fought each other?
- Yes. Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson met once on April 20, 1959, and Eddie Thompson won by SD.
- Who has the better record, Benny Paret or Eddie Thompson?
- Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Eddie Thompson is 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 Eddie Thompson?
- Benny Paret has 10 knockout wins and Eddie Thompson has 0. Benny Paret has more.
- Do Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson?
- This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 2 bouts tracked for Eddie Thompson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.