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Benny Paret vs Jose Delgado — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Jose Delgado

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Jose Delgado (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Paret

35

Wins10 KO · 29%

12

Losses

3

Draws50 tracked bouts

Delgado

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Paret leads 2–0

Benny Paret and Jose Delgado have met 2 times; Paret leads 2–0.

Benny Paret and Jose Delgado have met 2 times; Paret leads 2–0.
Met1955Dec 21956Jan 27Series
Benny ParetFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Jose DelgadoFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultPTSKOR42Meetings

The Numbers

Paret 5 · Delgado 1 of 6 measurable rows
ParetDelgado
Record†
35-12-3 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
73% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 10
10 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
28.57%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
31%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
4

† 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
Jose Delgado: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Jose Delgado: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Jose Delgado 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%

Jose Delgado0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Jose Delgado: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Delgado yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Paret 50, Jose Delgado 4 — 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

Jose Delgado last boxed on Nov 5, 1976 — 18,249 days ago. Delgado had lost four straight.LLLL

Paret Dec 1955Paret Jan 1956Ramírez Sep 1976Ramírez Nov 19760.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Paret and Jose Delgado ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Paret and Jose Delgado have met 2 times and Benny Paret leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WJan 27, 1956 · Paret · KO R4

WDec 2, 1955 · Paret · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or Delgado?
Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Jose Delgado is 0-4 across the 4 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%

Delgado0–40%

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

Paret1028.6%

Delgado0

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and Delgado have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Paret and Jose Delgado have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paret and Delgado?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 4 bouts tracked for Jose Delgado. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Delgado4bouts

How They Win ↓

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