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Benny Paret vs Leocadio Villafanas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Leocadio Villafanas

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Leocadio Villafanas (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Villafanas

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 1–0

Benny Paret and Leocadio Villafanas have met 1 time; Paret leads 1–0.

Benny Paret and Leocadio Villafanas have met 1 time; Paret leads 1–0.
Met1956Aug 9Series
Benny ParetFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Leocadio VillafanasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Paret 4 · Villafanas 1 of 5 measurable rows
ParetVillafanas
Record†
35-12-3 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
1

† 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
Leocadio Villafanas: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Leocadio Villafanas: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Leocadio Villafanas 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%

Leocadio Villafanas0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Leocadio Villafanas: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Villafanas yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Paret 50, Leocadio Villafanas 1 — 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

Leocadio Villafanas last boxed on Aug 9, 1956 — 25,648 days ago. Villafanas had lost the most recent, to Benny Paret.L

Paret Aug 1956

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Paret and Leocadio Villafanas ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Paret and Leocadio Villafanas met once on August 9, 1956, and Benny Paret won by KO in round 3.
The meeting

WAug 9, 1956 · Paret · KO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or Villafanas?
Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Leocadio Villafanas is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Villafanas0–10%

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

Paret1028.6%

Villafanas0

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and Villafanas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Paret and Leocadio Villafanas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paret and Villafanas?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 1 bout tracked for Leocadio Villafanas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Villafanas1bout

How They Win ↓

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