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Benny Paret vs Eddie Thompson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Eddie Thompson

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.

Paret

35

Wins10 KO · 29%

12

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Thompson

Tracked record

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

Thompson leads 1–0

Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.

Benny Paret and Eddie Thompson have met 1 time; Thompson leads 1–0.
Met1959Apr 20Series
Benny ParetFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Eddie ThompsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Paret 6 · Thompson 1 of 7 measurable rows
ParetThompson
Record†
35-12-3 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
73% (edge)
50%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
0.7
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
Eddie Thompson: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Eddie Thompson: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Eddie Thompson 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%

Eddie Thompson1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Eddie Thompson: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Paret 50, Eddie Thompson 2 — 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

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

Eddie Thompson last boxed on Mar 8, 1962 — 23,604 days ago. Thompson had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to George Benton.WL

Paret Apr 1959Benton Mar 19620.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LApr 20, 1959 · Thompson · SD

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

Paret35–12–373%

Thompson1–150%

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

Paret1028.6%

Thompson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and 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 Paret and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Thompson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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