Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Jesse Benavides vs Kevin Kelley — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Jesse Benavides

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Kevin Kelley

Jesse Benavides (40-5-1) and Kevin Kelley (60-10-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Benavides

40

Wins25 KO · 63%

5

Losses

1

Draw46 tracked bouts

Kelley

60

Wins39 KO · 65%

10

Losses

2

Draws72 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Kelley leads 1–0

Jesse Benavides and Kevin Kelley have met 1 time; Kelley leads 1–0.

Jesse Benavides and Kevin Kelley have met 1 time; Kelley leads 1–0.
Met1994May 6Series
Jesse BenavidesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kevin KelleyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Benavides 4 · Kelley 3 of 7 measurable rows
BenavidesKelley
Record
40-5-1 (edge)60-10-2
Win %0–100%
88% (edge)
84.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 39
25
39 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
62.5%
65% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
63%
65% (edge)
Times stopped†max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 1
1
1
Bouts per year‡max 4
4 (edge)
3.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
46
72

† 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
Jesse Benavides: 5′4″
Kevin Kelley: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jesse Benavides: 65″
Kevin Kelley: No reach on file
Age3 yrs apart
Jesse Benavides: 62
Kevin Kelley: 59
Stance
Jesse Benavides: Southpaw
Kevin Kelley: Southpaw

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Kevin Kelley60 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Kevin Kelley: 60 tracked wins — 39 by KO/TKO (65%) and 21 on the cards (35%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

39 by KO/TKO 65%21 on the cards 35%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jesse Benavides 46, Kevin Kelley 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · even on 5

Benavides

Opponent

Kelley

  • Jesse Benavides

    Loss, KO 3

    1996

    BarreraEven

    Kevin Kelley

    Loss, TKO 4

    2003

  • Jesse Benavides

    Win, UD

    1991

    FernandezEven

    Kevin Kelley

    Win, KO 10

    1997

  • Jesse Benavides

    Win, MD

    1990

    SaludEven

    Kevin Kelley

    Win, UD

    1997

  • Jesse Benavides

    Win, UD

    1995

    VillarealEven

    Kevin Kelley

    Win, KO 3

    1992

  • Jesse Benavides

    Win, TKO 2

    1988

    PippsEven

    Kevin Kelley

    Win, TKO 4

    1991

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

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

Kevin Kelley last boxed on May 21, 2009 — 6,361 days ago. Kelley had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Hernández Sep 2006Medina Nov 2006Palma Jul 2008Rodela Oct 2008Escobedo May 20093.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jesse Benavides and Kevin Kelley ever fought each other?
Yes. Jesse Benavides and Kevin Kelley met once on May 6, 1994, and Kevin Kelley won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 6, 1994 · Kelley · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Benavides or Kelley?
Jesse Benavides is 40-5-1 and Kevin Kelley is 60-10-2. Jesse Benavides has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Benavides40–5–188%

Kelley60–10–284.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Benavides or Kelley?
Jesse Benavides has 25 knockout wins and Kevin Kelley has 39. Kevin Kelley has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Benavides2562.5%

Kelley3965%

The Numbers ↓
Do Benavides and Kelley have any common opponents?
Jesse Benavides and Kevin Kelley share 5 common opponents: Marco Antonio Barrera, Orlando Fernandez and Jesus Salud (and 2 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
5 shared opponents

Marco Antonio BarreraLL

Orlando FernandezWW

Jesus SaludWW

Roberto VillarealWW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benavides and Kelley?
This comparison is drawn from 46 bouts tracked for Jesse Benavides and 72 bouts tracked for Kevin Kelley. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Benavides46bouts

Kelley72bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Benavides with…

Compare Kelley with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.