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Bill Speary vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill Speary

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Willie Pep

Bill Speary (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Willie Pep (229-11-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Speary

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

11

Losses

1

Draw241 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

Pep leads 2–0

Bill Speary and Willie Pep have met 2 times; Pep leads 2–0.

Bill Speary and Willie Pep have met 2 times; Pep leads 2–0.
Met1943Jan 191943Feb 15Series
Bill SpearyFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSUD2Meetings

The Numbers

Speary 2 · Pep 5 of 7 measurable rows
SpearyPep
Record†
2-3229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
1
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
29%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
2.1
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
5
241

† 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
Bill Speary: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Bill Speary: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Bill Speary: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Bill Speary: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Bill Speary left, Willie Pep 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 Speary2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Bill Speary: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Willie Pep229 wins · from 241 tracked bouts

Willie Pep: 229 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (29%) and 163 on the cards (71%). Counted from 241 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 29%163 on the cards 71%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Speary 5, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Pep better on 1

Speary

Opponent

Pep

  • Bill Speary

    Win, UD

    1940

    ArchibaldPep better

    Willie Pep

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1942

    Win, PTS

    1942

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

Bill Speary last boxed on Mar 8, 1943 — 30,545 days ago. Speary had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Archibald Oct 1940Toma Dec 1940Pep Jan 1943Pep Feb 1943Williams Mar 19432.1 tracked bouts per year

Willie Pep had won four in a row before losing a decision to Calvin Woodland. Pep last boxed on Mar 16, 1966.WWWWL

Little Oct 1965Haden Oct 1965Musquiz Oct 1965Coleman Oct 1965Woodland Mar 19669.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill Speary and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Speary and Willie Pep have met 2 times and Willie Pep leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LFeb 15, 1943 · Pep · UD

LJan 19, 1943 · Pep · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Speary or Pep?
Bill Speary is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Pep is 229-11-1. Willie Pep has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Speary2–340%

Pep229–11–195.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Speary or Pep?
Bill Speary has 1 knockout win and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Speary1

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Speary and Pep have any common opponents?
Bill Speary and Willie Pep share 1 common opponent: Joey Archibald. Willie Pep fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Joey ArchibaldWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Speary and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Bill Speary and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Speary5bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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