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Benny Paret vs Víctor Zalazar — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇺CUBA

Benny Paret

🇦🇷ARGENTINA

Víctor Zalazar

Benny Paret (35-12-3) and Víctor Zalazar (0-6 across 6 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

Zalazar

Tracked record

0–6

counted from 6 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 Víctor Zalazar have met 2 times; Paret leads 2–0.

Benny Paret and Víctor Zalazar have met 2 times; Paret leads 2–0.
Met1958Dec 151959Jan 19Series
Benny ParetFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Víctor ZalazarFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultSDUD2Meetings

The Numbers

Paret 5 · Zalazar 1 of 6 measurable rows
ParetZalazar
Record†
35-12-3 (edge)0-6
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§max 6.3
6.3 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 50
50
6

† 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 comparable
Benny Paret: Died aged 25
Víctor Zalazar: Died aged 81
Stance
Benny Paret: Orthodox
Víctor Zalazar: Not recorded

Benny Paret left, Víctor Zalazar 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%

Víctor Zalazar0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Víctor Zalazar: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Zalazar yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Benny Paret 50, Víctor Zalazar 6 — 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

Víctor Zalazar has lost six straight. Zalazar last boxed on Sep 27, 1963.LLLLL

Paret Jan 1959Jones Jun 1959Tiger Apr 1960Archer May 1963Benvenuti Sep 19631.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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

WJan 19, 1959 · Paret · UD

WDec 15, 1958 · Paret · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paret or Zalazar?
Benny Paret is 35-12-3 and Víctor Zalazar is 0-6 across the 6 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%

Zalazar0–60%

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

Paret1028.6%

Zalazar0

The Numbers ↓
Do Paret and Zalazar have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Benny Paret and Víctor Zalazar have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paret and Zalazar?
This comparison is drawn from 50 bouts tracked for Benny Paret and 6 bouts tracked for Víctor Zalazar. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paret50bouts

Zalazar6bouts

How They Win ↓

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