Have Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone met once on May 27, 1947, and Billy Graham won by UD.

Who has the better record, Graham or Petrone?

Billy Graham is 102-15-9 and Ernie Petrone is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Graham has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Graham or Petrone?

Billy Graham has 27 knockout wins and Ernie Petrone has 0. Billy Graham has more.

Do Graham and Petrone have any common opponents?

Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone share 1 common opponent: Tippy Larkin. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Graham and Petrone?

This comparison is drawn from 126 bouts tracked for Billy Graham and 5 bouts tracked for Ernie Petrone. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Graham vs Ernie Petrone — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇳🇿WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Graham

Ernie Petrone

Billy Graham (102-15-9) and Ernie Petrone (0-4-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Graham

102

Wins27 KO · 26%

Losses

Draws126 tracked bouts

Petrone

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Graham leads 1–0

Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone have met 1 time; Graham leads 1–0.
Met	1947May 27	Series
Billy GrahamFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Ernie PetroneFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	UDGraham vs Petrone	1Meeting

Graham vs Petrone · May 27, 1947

The Numbers

Graham 5 · Petrone 0 of 5 measurable rows

GrahamEdge = longer wingPetrone

Record^†: 102-15-9 (edge)0-4-1
Win %0–100%: 84.5% (edge)
10%
Wins by knockoutmax 27: 27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 26.47%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 26%—
Times stopped^‡max 2: 0 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 9: 9 (edge)
2.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 126: 126
5

† 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: Billy Graham: Died aged 69; Ernie Petrone: No date of birth
Stance: Billy Graham: Orthodox; Ernie Petrone: Not recorded

Billy Graham left, Ernie Petrone right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Graham102 wins · from 126 tracked bouts

27 by KO/TKO 26%75 on the cards 74%

Ernie Petrone0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Petrone yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Graham 126, Ernie Petrone 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

GrahamBilly Graham

Opponent

PetroneErnie Petrone

Billy Graham
Loss, UD
1947Mar 1947
LarkinTippy LarkinUnited States 134–15–1 · LightweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Ernie Petrone
Loss, TKO 5
1947Dec 1947

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

Billy Graham has lost four straight, after one straight win. Graham last boxed on Apr 1, 1955.WLLLL

Simmons Jun 1954Christensen Jul 1954Fuentes Oct 1954Vejar Mar 1955Vejar Apr 19559 tracked bouts per year

Ernie Petrone last boxed on Dec 18, 1947 — 28,796 days ago. Petrone had lost two straight.LLDLL

Montgomery Mar 1946Pep May 1946Joyce Jan 1947Graham May 1947Larkin Dec 19472.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone met once on May 27, 1947, and Billy Graham won by UD.
Who has the better record, Graham or Petrone?: Billy Graham is 102-15-9 and Ernie Petrone is 0-4-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Graham has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Graham or Petrone?: Billy Graham has 27 knockout wins and Ernie Petrone has 0. Billy Graham has more.
Do Graham and Petrone have any common opponents?: Billy Graham and Ernie Petrone share 1 common opponent: Tippy Larkin. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Graham and Petrone?: This comparison is drawn from 126 bouts tracked for Billy Graham and 5 bouts tracked for Ernie Petrone. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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