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Bernard Benton vs Richard Boone Pultz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bernard Benton

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Richard Boone Pultz

Bernard Benton (21-6-1) and Richard Boone Pultz (25-3) 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.

Benton

21

Wins9 KO · 43%

6

Losses

1

Draw28 tracked bouts

Pultz

25

Wins15 KO · 60%

3

Losses

0

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Pultz leads 1–0

Bernard Benton and Richard Boone Pultz have met 1 time; Pultz leads 1–0.

Bernard Benton and Richard Boone Pultz have met 1 time; Pultz leads 1–0.
Met1985Mar 27Series
Bernard BentonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Richard Boone PultzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Benton 3 · Pultz 5 of 8 measurable rows
BentonPultz
Record
21-6-125-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
76.8%
89.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15
9
15 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
42.86%
60% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
43% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 28
28
3

† 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

Heightnot held
Bernard Benton: 6′0″
Richard Boone Pultz: No height on file
Age3 yrs apart
Bernard Benton: 69
Richard Boone Pultz: 66
Stance
Bernard Benton: Orthodox
Richard Boone Pultz: Southpaw

Bernard Benton left, Richard Boone Pultz right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bernard Benton21 wins · from 28 tracked bouts

Bernard Benton: 21 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (43%) and 12 on the cards (57%). Counted from 28 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 43%12 on the cards 57%

Richard Boone Pultz2 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Richard Boone Pultz: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bernard Benton 28, Richard Boone Pultz 3 — 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

Bernard Benton last boxed on Jan 13, 1995 — 11,602 days ago. Benton had won three straight since losses to Pierre Coetzer and Alex García.LLWWW

Coetzer Sep 1987García Oct 1990Johnson Nov 1992Bentley Jan 1993Huffman Jan 19952.1 tracked bouts per year

Richard Boone Pultz last boxed on May 17, 1990 — 13,304 days ago. Pultz had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Magne Havnå.WWL

Benton Mar 1985Havnå Dec 1989Havnå May 19900.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bernard Benton and Richard Boone Pultz ever fought each other?
Yes. Bernard Benton and Richard Boone Pultz met once on March 27, 1985, and Richard Boone Pultz won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 27, 1985 · Pultz · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Benton or Pultz?
Bernard Benton is 21-6-1 and Richard Boone Pultz is 25-3. Richard Boone Pultz has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Benton21–6–176.8%

Pultz25–389.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Benton or Pultz?
Bernard Benton has 9 knockout wins and Richard Boone Pultz has 15. Richard Boone Pultz has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Benton942.9%

Pultz1560%

The Numbers ↓
Do Benton and Pultz have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bernard Benton and Richard Boone Pultz have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benton and Pultz?
This comparison is drawn from 28 bouts tracked for Bernard Benton and 3 bouts tracked for Richard Boone Pultz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Benton28bouts

Pultz3bouts

How They Win ↓

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