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Maurice Hope vs Wilfred Benítez — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Maurice Hope

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Wilfred Benítez

Maurice Hope (30-4-1) and Wilfred Benítez (53-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Hope

30

Wins24 KO · 80%

4

Losses

1

Draw35 tracked bouts

Benítez

53

Wins31 KO · 58%

8

Losses

1

Draw62 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Benítez leads 1–0

Maurice Hope and Wilfred Benítez have met 1 time; Benítez leads 1–0.

Maurice Hope and Wilfred Benítez have met 1 time; Benítez leads 1–0.
Met1981May 23Series
Maurice HopeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Wilfred BenítezFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR121Meeting

The Numbers

Hope 7 · Benítez 1 of 8 measurable rows
HopeBenítez
Record
30-4-1 (edge)53-8-1
Win %0–100%
87.1% (edge)
86.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
24
31 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
80% (edge)
58.49%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
80% (edge)
58%
Times stopped†max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
3
Bouts per year‡max 4
4 (edge)
3.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
35
62

† 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

Height+1″
Maurice Hope: 5′9″
Wilfred Benítez: 5′10″ (edge)
Reach+1″
Maurice Hope: 69″
Wilfred Benítez: 70″ (edge)
Age6 yrs apart
Maurice Hope: 74
Wilfred Benítez: 68
Stance
Maurice Hope: Southpaw
Wilfred Benítez: Orthodox

Maurice Hope left, Wilfred Benítez right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Maurice Hope30 wins · from 35 tracked bouts

Maurice Hope: 30 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (80%) and 6 on the cards (20%). Counted from 35 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 80%6 on the cards 20%

Wilfred Benítez53 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Wilfred Benítez: 53 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (58%) and 22 on the cards (42%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 58%22 on the cards 42%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Maurice Hope 35, Wilfred Benítez 62 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Hope

Opponent

Benítez

  • Maurice Hope

    Win, PTS

    1978

    DennisEven

    Wilfred Benítez

    Win, UD

    1977

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

Maurice Hope last boxed on Mar 30, 1982 — 16,277 days ago. Hope had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Baker Sep 1979Mattioli Jul 1980Herrera Nov 1980Benítez May 1981Minchillo Mar 19824 tracked bouts per year

Wilfred Benítez last boxed on Sep 18, 1990 — 13,182 days ago. Benítez had won one in a row before losing a decision to Scott Papasodora.LWLWL

Herrera Nov 1986Conde Mar 1990Lawlor May 1990Wilson Aug 1990Papasodora Sep 19903.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Maurice Hope and Wilfred Benítez ever fought each other?
Yes. Maurice Hope and Wilfred Benítez met once on May 23, 1981, and Wilfred Benítez won by KO in round 12.
The meeting

LMay 23, 1981 · Benítez · KO R12

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hope or Benítez?
Maurice Hope is 30-4-1 and Wilfred Benítez is 53-8-1. Maurice Hope has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Hope30–4–187.1%

Benítez53–8–186.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hope or Benítez?
Maurice Hope has 24 knockout wins and Wilfred Benítez has 31. Wilfred Benítez has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hope2480%

Benítez3158.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hope and Benítez have any common opponents?
Maurice Hope and Wilfred Benítez share 1 common opponent: Melvin Dennis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Melvin DennisWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Hope or Benítez?
Wilfred Benítez is the taller fighter at 178 cm, 4 cm above the other. Wilfred Benítez also has the longer reach, by 3 cm.
Height · reach

Hope174 cm175 cm reach

Benítez178 cm178 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hope and Benítez?
This comparison is drawn from 35 bouts tracked for Maurice Hope and 62 bouts tracked for Wilfred Benítez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hope35bouts

Benítez62bouts

How They Win ↓

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