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

Bill Petersen

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Elmer Ray

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.

Petersen

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 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

Ray leads 1–0

Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Bill Petersen and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1944Oct 27Series
Bill PetersenFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Elmer RayFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Petersen 1 · Ray 4 of 5 measurable rows
PetersenRay
Record†
0-798-23-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 69
0
69 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.8
0.8
8.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
7
135

† 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

Agenot held
Bill Petersen: No date of birth
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Stance
Bill Petersen: Not recorded
Elmer Ray: Orthodox

Bill Petersen left, Elmer Ray right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Petersen0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Bill Petersen: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Petersen yet.

Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Petersen 7, Elmer Ray 135 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

Bill Petersen last boxed on Oct 10, 1950 — 27,767 days ago. Petersen had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Maxim Jun 1948Maxim Sep 1948Maxim Dec 1949Maxim May 1950Maxim Oct 19500.8 tracked bouts per year

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LOct 27, 1944 · Ray · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petersen or 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.
Records · win %

Petersen0–70%

Ray98–23–1178.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Petersen or Ray?
Bill Petersen has 0 knockout wins and Elmer Ray has 69. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Petersen0

Ray6970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Petersen and 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 Petersen and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petersen7bouts

Ray135bouts

How They Win ↓

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