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Nino Benvenuti vs Tom Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Nino Benvenuti

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Tom Bethea

Nino Benvenuti (82-7-1) and Tom Bethea (3-9-1 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Benvenuti

82

Wins35 KO · 43%

7

Losses

1

Draw90 tracked bouts

Bethea

Tracked record

3–9–1

counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Series level 1–1

Nino Benvenuti and Tom Bethea have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Nino Benvenuti and Tom Bethea have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1970Mar 131970May 23Series
Nino BenvenutiFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Tom BetheaFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultTKOR8KOR82Meetings

The Numbers

Benvenuti 6 · Bethea 1 of 7 measurable rows
BenvenutiBethea
Record†
82-7-1 (edge)3-9-1
Win %0–100%
91.7% (edge)
26.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 35
35 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
42.68%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
43%
67% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
3 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 9
9 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8.7
8.7 (edge)
1.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 90
90
13

† 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
Nino Benvenuti: 5′10″
Tom Bethea: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Nino Benvenuti: Died aged 87
Tom Bethea: 82
Stance
Nino Benvenuti: Orthodox
Tom Bethea: Not recorded

Nino Benvenuti left, Tom Bethea right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Nino Benvenuti82 wins · from 90 tracked bouts

Nino Benvenuti: 82 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (43%), 42 on the cards (51%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 90 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 43%42 on the cards 51%5 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Tom Bethea3 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Tom Bethea: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 on the cards (33%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 on the cards 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Nino Benvenuti 90, Tom Bethea 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Benvenuti better on 1 · Bethea better on 1

Benvenuti

Opponent

Bethea

  • Nino Benvenuti

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 3

    1971

    Loss, TKO 12

    1970

    MonzónBethea better

    Tom Bethea

    Loss, PTS

    1969

  • Nino Benvenuti

    Win, KO 11

    1969

    RodríguezBenvenuti better

    Tom Bethea

    Loss, UD

    1969

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

Nino Benvenuti has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Benvenuti last boxed on May 8, 1971.WWLLL

Bethea May 1970Baird Sep 1970Monzón Nov 1970Chirino Mar 1971Monzón May 19718.7 tracked bouts per year

Tom Bethea last boxed on Nov 11, 1978 — 17,513 days ago. Bethea had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Douglas Mar 1976Quarry Oct 1976Johnson Apr 1977Spinks Feb 1978Camel Nov 19781.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Nino Benvenuti and Tom Bethea ever fought each other?
Yes. Nino Benvenuti and Tom Bethea have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WMay 23, 1970 · Benvenuti · KO R8

LMar 13, 1970 · Bethea · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Benvenuti or Bethea?
Nino Benvenuti is 82-7-1 and Tom Bethea is 3-9-1 across the 13 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Nino Benvenuti has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Benvenuti82–7–191.7%

Bethea3–9–126.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Benvenuti or Bethea?
Nino Benvenuti has 35 knockout wins and Tom Bethea has 2. Nino Benvenuti has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Benvenuti3542.7%

Bethea2

The Numbers ↓
Do Benvenuti and Bethea have any common opponents?
Nino Benvenuti and Tom Bethea share 2 common opponents: Carlos Monzón and Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Carlos MonzónLL

Luis Manuel RodríguezWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Benvenuti and Bethea?
This comparison is drawn from 90 bouts tracked for Nino Benvenuti and 13 bouts tracked for Tom Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Benvenuti90bouts

Bethea13bouts

How They Win ↓

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