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Bill Petersen (0-7 across 7 tracked bouts) and Elmer Ray (98-23-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Bill Petersen vs Elmer Ray — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Petersen

Tracked record

0–7

7 tracked bouts

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Elmer Ray

98–23–11

135 tracked bouts

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

Elmer Ray leads 1–0

The Numbers

0-7
Record
98-23-11 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

0%
Win %
78.4% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
69 (edge)
KO rate
70.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
70%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2 (edge)
Times stopped
9

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
0.8
Bouts per year
8.8 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

7
Bouts tracked
135

Tale of the Tape

Age
115
Stance
Orthodox
Division
Heavyweight
Nationality
American

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bill Petersen · 0 wins

No tracked wins yet.

Elmer Ray · 98 wins

KO/TKO
69
Decision
27
Other
2

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 135 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Bill Petersen

LLLLL

L7 streak · last fought Oct 10, 1950

Elmer Ray

LLWWL

L2 streak · last fought Mar 8, 1949

Common Questions

Have Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray met once on October 27, 1944, and Elmer Ray won by KO in round 2.
Who has the better record, Bill Petersen or Elmer Ray?
Bill Petersen is 0-7 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Elmer Ray is 98-23-11. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Bill Petersen or Elmer Ray?
Bill Petersen has 0 knockout wins and Elmer Ray has 69. Elmer Ray has more.
Do Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Bill Petersen and 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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