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Billy Lima vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Lima

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Willie Pep

Billy Lima (0-3 across 3 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 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Lima

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 3–0

Billy Lima and Willie Pep have met 3 times; Pep leads 3–0.

Billy Lima and Willie Pep have met 3 times; Pep leads 3–0.
Met1952Sep 31952Oct 201953Dec 8Series
Billy LimaFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultUDUDTKOR23Meetings

The Numbers

Lima 1 · Pep 5 of 6 measurable rows
LimaPep
Record†
0-3229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—29%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
2.4
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
3
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
Billy Lima: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Billy Lima: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Billy Lima: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Billy Lima: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Billy Lima 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
Billy Lima0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Billy Lima: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lima yet.

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 — Billy Lima 3, Willie Pep 241 — 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

Billy Lima last boxed on Dec 8, 1953 — 26,621 days ago. Lima had lost three straight.LLL

Pep Sep 1952Pep Oct 1952Pep Dec 19532.4 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 Billy Lima and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Lima and Willie Pep have met 3 times and Willie Pep leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LDec 8, 1953 · Pep · TKO R2

LOct 20, 1952 · Pep · UD

LSep 3, 1952 · Pep · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lima or Pep?
Billy Lima is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Lima0–30%

Pep229–11–195.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lima or Pep?
Billy Lima has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lima0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lima and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Lima and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lima and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Billy Lima and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lima3bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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