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Hector Cortez vs Jesse Benavides — record, stats and common opponents compared

Hector Cortez

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Jesse Benavides

Hector Cortez (2-9 across 11 tracked bouts) and Jesse Benavides (40-5-1) 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.

Cortez

Tracked record

2–9

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Benavides

40

Wins25 KO · 63%

5

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

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

Benavides leads 1–0

Hector Cortez and Jesse Benavides have met 1 time; Benavides leads 1–0.

Hector Cortez and Jesse Benavides have met 1 time; Benavides leads 1–0.
Met1987May 29Series
Hector CortezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jesse BenavidesFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Cortez 0 · Benavides 7 of 7 measurable rows
CortezBenavides
Record†
2-940-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
18.2%
88% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 25
1
25 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
63% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4
1.2
4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 46
11
46

† 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

Heightnot held
Hector Cortez: No height on file
Jesse Benavides: 5′4″
Reachnot held
Hector Cortez: No reach on file
Jesse Benavides: 65″
Agenot held
Hector Cortez: No date of birth
Jesse Benavides: 62
Stance
Hector Cortez: Not recorded
Jesse Benavides: Southpaw

Hector Cortez left, Jesse Benavides right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Hector Cortez2 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Hector Cortez: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Jesse Benavides40 wins · from 46 tracked bouts

Jesse Benavides: 40 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (63%) and 15 on the cards (38%). Counted from 46 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 63%15 on the cards 38%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Hector Cortez 11, Jesse Benavides 46 — 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

Hector Cortez last boxed on Feb 27, 1988 — 14,115 days ago. Cortez had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Ali Apr 1984Villasana May 1985Sandoval Feb 1986Benavides May 1987Payakaroon Feb 19881.2 tracked bouts per year

Jesse Benavides last boxed on May 4, 1996 — 11,126 days ago. Benavides had won three in a row before losing by stoppage to Marco Antonio Barrera.LWWWL

Kelley May 1994Avila Feb 1995Villareal May 1995Chong Sep 1995Barrera May 19964 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Hector Cortez and Jesse Benavides ever fought each other?
Yes. Hector Cortez and Jesse Benavides met once on May 29, 1987, and Jesse Benavides won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LMay 29, 1987 · Benavides · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cortez or Benavides?
Hector Cortez is 2-9 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jesse Benavides is 40-5-1. Jesse Benavides has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cortez2–918.2%

Benavides40–5–188%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cortez or Benavides?
Hector Cortez has 1 knockout win and Jesse Benavides has 25. Jesse Benavides has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cortez1

Benavides2562.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cortez and Benavides have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Hector Cortez and Jesse Benavides have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cortez and Benavides?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Hector Cortez and 46 bouts tracked for Jesse Benavides. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cortez11bouts

Benavides46bouts

How They Win ↓

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