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José Luis Benítez vs Thomas Damgaard — record, stats and common opponents compared

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José Luis Benítez

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Thomas Damgaard

José Luis Benítez (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) and Thomas Damgaard (38-1) 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.

Benítez

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Damgaard

38

Wins28 KO · 74%

1

Loss

0

Draws39 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

Damgaard leads 1–0

José Luis Benítez and Thomas Damgaard have met 1 time; Damgaard leads 1–0.

José Luis Benítez and Thomas Damgaard have met 1 time; Damgaard leads 1–0.
Met1999Oct 29Series
José Luis BenítezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thomas DamgaardFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Benítez 0 · Damgaard 6 of 6 measurable rows
BenítezDamgaard
Record†
0-538-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
97.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—73.68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—74%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.3
1.8
4.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
5
39

† 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

AgeSame age
José Luis Benítez: 55
Thomas Damgaard: 55
Stance
José Luis Benítez: Not recorded
Thomas Damgaard: Orthodox

José Luis Benítez left, Thomas Damgaard right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
José Luis Benítez0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

José Luis Benítez: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Benítez yet.

Thomas Damgaard38 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Thomas Damgaard: 38 tracked wins — 28 by KO/TKO (74%), 9 on the cards (24%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

28 by KO/TKO 74%9 on the cards 24%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Luis Benítez 5, Thomas Damgaard 39 — 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

José Luis Benítez last boxed on Mar 16, 2001 — 9,350 days ago. Benítez had lost five straight.LLLLL

Taylor May 1998Damgaard Oct 1999Vaca Jun 2000Margarrito Sep 2000Vaca Mar 20011.8 tracked bouts per year

Thomas Damgaard last boxed on Mar 24, 2007 — 7,151 days ago. Damgaard had won once since losing by stoppage to Arturo Gatti.WWWLW

Martinez Apr 2005Chungu Jun 2005Sakabunda Sep 2005Gatti Jan 2006Bryla Mar 20074.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Luis Benítez and Thomas Damgaard ever fought each other?
Yes. José Luis Benítez and Thomas Damgaard met once on October 29, 1999, and Thomas Damgaard won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LOct 29, 1999 · Damgaard · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Benítez or Damgaard?
José Luis Benítez is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Thomas Damgaard is 38-1. Thomas Damgaard has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Benítez0–50%

Damgaard38–197.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Benítez or Damgaard?
José Luis Benítez has 0 knockout wins and Thomas Damgaard has 28. Thomas Damgaard has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Benítez0

Damgaard2873.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Benítez and Damgaard have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Luis Benítez and Thomas Damgaard have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benítez and Damgaard?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for José Luis Benítez and 39 bouts tracked for Thomas Damgaard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Benítez5bouts

Damgaard39bouts

How They Win ↓

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