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.
Melvin Dennis (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) 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.
Melvin Dennis vs Wilfred Benítez — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Wilfred Benítez leads 1–0- Wilfred Benítez wonBenítez vs DennisMar 6, 1977 · UD
The Numbers
- 1-3
- Record
- 53-8-1 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 86.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 31 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 58.49%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 58% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 3.7 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 62
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′10″ (178 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 70″ (178 cm)
- —
- Age
- 67
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMelvin Dennis · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Wilfred Benítez · 53 wins
KO/TKO
31
Decision
22
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 62 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Melvin Dennis
LLLW
L3 streak · last fought Apr 4, 1978
Wilfred Benítez
LWLWL
L1 streak · last fought Sep 18, 1990
Common Questions
- Have Melvin Dennis and Wilfred Benítez ever fought each other?
- Yes. Melvin Dennis and Wilfred Benítez met once on March 6, 1977, and Wilfred Benítez won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Melvin Dennis or Wilfred Benítez?
- Melvin Dennis is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Wilfred Benítez is 53-8-1. Wilfred Benítez has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Melvin Dennis or Wilfred Benítez?
- Melvin Dennis has 0 knockout wins and Wilfred Benítez has 31. Wilfred Benítez has more.
- Do Melvin Dennis and Wilfred Benítez have any common opponents?
- Melvin Dennis and Wilfred Benítez share 1 common opponent: Maurice Hope. Wilfred Benítez fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Melvin Dennis and Wilfred Benítez?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Melvin Dennis and 62 bouts tracked for Wilfred Benítez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.