BOXER

Benny Paret

1937 - 1962

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Bernardo Paret (March 14, 1937 – April 3, 1962), known as Benny Paret or Benny "Kid" Paret, was a Cuban welterweight boxer who won the World Welterweight Championship twice in the early 1960s. Paret's death occurred 10 days after injuries sustained in a March 24, 1962, title defense against Emile Griffith, televised live and seen by millions on ABC's Fight of the Week. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benny Paret has received more than 1,017,900 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Benny Paret is the 100th most popular boxer (up from 115th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Cuba (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Cuban Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Benny Paret ranks 100 out of 496. Before him are Jimmy Ellis, Rodrigo Valdez, Willy Kaiser, Ronald Rawson, István Énekes, and Tony Zale. After him are Sandro Lopopolo, Héctor Méndez, Gerald Dreyer, Oscar Casanovas, Bernard Hopkins, and Bep van Klaveren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Benny Paret ranks 390. Before him are Polly Holliday, Hans Cieslarczyk, Imerio Massignan, Robert Crippen, Luiz Bueno, and Viktoriya Tokareva. After him are Zoltán Berczik, John Ogdon, Roger Penske, Göran Tunström, Vladimir Makanin, and Ina Balin. Among people deceased in 1962, Benny Paret ranks 172. Before him are Mykolas Biržiška, Menen Asfaw, Zdeněk Nejedlý, Erik Granfelt, Axel Nordlander, and Jean Amrouche. After him are Nikolai Pogodin, Philippe Cattiau, William Clothier, Władysław Broniewski, Georgina de Albuquerque, and Joseph Rock.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Benny Paret ranks 119 out of 300. Before him are Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso (1861), Virgilio Piñera (1912), Mario Cimarro (1971), Olga Guillot (1922), Rudy Sarzo (1950), and Miguel Mariano Gómez (1889). After him are Tony Plana (1952), Mijaín López (1982), Carlos Mendieta (1873), José Carlos Somoza (1959), Addys Mercedes (1985), and Orlando Martínez (1944).

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Among BOXERS In Cuba

Among boxers born in Cuba, Benny Paret ranks 4. Before him are Teófilo Stevenson (1952), José Nápoles (1940), and Félix Savón (1967). After him are Orlando Martínez (1944), Roberto Balado (1969), Emilio Correa (1953), José Gómez Mustelier (1959), Jorge Hernández (1954), Guillermo Rigondeaux (1980), Hipólito Ramos (1956), and Andrés Aldama (1956).

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