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Benny Paret vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇺CUBA

Benny Paret

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Emile Griffith

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Emile Griffith (85-24-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 5 common opponents.

Paret

35

Wins10 KO · 29%

12

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws113 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Griffith leads 2–1

Benny Paret and Emile Griffith have met 3 times; Griffith leads 2–1.

Benny Paret and Emile Griffith have met 3 times; Griffith leads 2–1.
Met1961Apr 11961Sep 301962Mar 24Series
Benny ParetFighter ALLostWWonLLost1–2W–L
Emile GriffithFighter BWWonLLostWWon2–1W–L
ResultKOR13SDTKOR123Meetings

The Numbers

Paret 3 · Griffith 5 of 8 measurable rows
ParetGriffith
Record
35-12-385-24-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
73%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
10
23 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
28.57% (edge)
27.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
31% (edge)
28%
Times stopped†max 4
4
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 14
4
14 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
5.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 113
50
113

† 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

Heightnot held
Benny Paret: No height on file
Emile Griffith: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Benny Paret: No reach on file
Emile Griffith: 72″
Agenot comparable
Benny Paret: Died aged 25
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Emile Griffith: Orthodox

Benny Paret left, Emile Griffith 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%

Emile Griffith86 wins · from 113 tracked bouts

Emile Griffith: 86 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (28%) and 62 on the cards (72%). Counted from 113 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 28%62 on the cards 72%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Paret 50, Emile Griffith 113 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Griffith better on 4 · even on 1

Paret

Opponent

Griffith

  • Benny Paret

    0–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1958

    Loss, UD

    1958

    RodríguezGriffith better

    Emile Griffith

    3–1 against

    Win, SD

    1964

    Win, SD

    1963

    Loss, UD

    1963

    Win, SD

    1960

  • Benny Paret

    Loss, SD

    1960

    MoyerGriffith better

    Emile Griffith

    2–1 against

    Win, SD

    1962

    Loss, SD

    1960

    Win, SD

    1960

  • Benny Paret

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1961

    Loss, SD

    1959

    OrtegaGriffith better

    Emile Griffith

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 12

    1961

    Win, SD

    1960

  • Benny Paret

    Draw, PTS

    1958

    ShellGriffith better

    Emile Griffith

    Win, UD

    1959

  • Benny Paret

    Win, UD

    1958

    AllisonEven

    Emile Griffith

    Win, TKO 5

    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

Emile Griffith has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Griffith last boxed on Jul 30, 1977.WWLLL

Reiche Dec 1976Elliott Feb 1977Bonnetaz Apr 1977Pennington Jul 1977Minter Jul 19775.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Paret and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Paret and Emile Griffith have met 3 times and Emile Griffith leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

LMar 24, 1962 · Griffith · TKO R12

WSep 30, 1961 · Paret · SD

LApr 1, 1961 · Griffith · KO R13

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or Griffith?
Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Emile Griffith is 85-24-2. Emile Griffith has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Paret35–12–373%

Griffith85–24–277.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Paret or Griffith?
Benny Paret has 10 knockout wins and Emile Griffith has 23. Emile Griffith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Paret1028.6%

Griffith2327.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and Griffith have any common opponents?
Benny Paret and Emile Griffith share 5 common opponents: Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Denny Moyer and Gaspar Ortega (and 2 others). Emile Griffith fared better against 4 of them.
5 shared opponents

Luis Manuel RodríguezL3–1

Denny MoyerL2–1

Gaspar OrtegaLW

Bobby ShellDW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paret and Griffith?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 113 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Griffith113bouts

How They Win ↓

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