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Benny Paret vs Sandalio Santana — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Benny Paret

Sandalio Santana

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Sandalio Santana (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

Santana

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 Sandalio Santana have met 1 time; Paret leads 1–0.

Benny Paret and Sandalio Santana have met 1 time; Paret leads 1–0.
Met1955Oct 26Series
Benny ParetFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sandalio SantanaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Paret 4 · Santana 1 of 5 measurable rows
ParetSantana
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
Sandalio Santana: No date of birth
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Sandalio Santana: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Sandalio Santana 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%

Sandalio Santana0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sandalio Santana: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Santana yet.

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

Sandalio Santana last boxed on Oct 26, 1955 — 25,934 days ago. Santana had lost the most recent, to Benny Paret.L

Paret Oct 1955

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Benny Paret and Sandalio Santana ever fought each other?
Yes. Benny Paret and Sandalio Santana met once on October 26, 1955, and Benny Paret won by PTS.
The meeting

WOct 26, 1955 · Paret · PTS

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

Santana0–10%

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

Paret1028.6%

Santana0

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

Paret50bouts

Santana1bout

How They Win ↓

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