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Benny Paret vs Rudy Sawyer — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Rudy Sawyer

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Rudy Sawyer (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

Sawyer

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 Rudy Sawyer have met 1 time; Paret leads 1–0.

Benny Paret and Rudy Sawyer have met 1 time; Paret leads 1–0.
Met1959Jun 1Series
Benny ParetFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rudy SawyerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Paret 4 · Sawyer 1 of 5 measurable rows
ParetSawyer
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
0 (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
Rudy Sawyer: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Rudy Sawyer: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Rudy Sawyer 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%

Rudy Sawyer0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Rudy Sawyer: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sawyer yet.

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

Rudy Sawyer last boxed on Jun 1, 1959 — 24,618 days ago. Sawyer had lost the most recent, to Benny Paret.L

Paret Jun 1959

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Paret and Rudy Sawyer ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Paret and Rudy Sawyer met once on June 1, 1959, and Benny Paret won by UD.
The meeting

WJun 1, 1959 · Paret · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or Sawyer?
Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Rudy Sawyer 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%

Sawyer0–10%

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

Paret1028.6%

Sawyer0

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

Paret50bouts

Sawyer1bout

How They Win ↓

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