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Bernardo "Benny the 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.
Known for
- Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story — Self (archive footage)2005
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- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Japan
- Active from
- 2019-09
Discography
- Road to Victory2021
- S.H.Y2023
- JUMP!2024
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Santa Clara
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- boxer
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- Cuba
- Image
- Benny "the kid" Paret in fighting pose before his death.jpeg
- Height
- 171
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- sports discipline competed in
- welterweight
- date of birth
- 1937-03-14
- date of death
- 1962-04-03
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