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Billy Papke vs Ed Williams — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Papke

Ed Williams

Billy Papke (39-17-7) and Ed Williams (1-1 across 2 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.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 tracked bouts

Williams

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Papke leads 1–0

Billy Papke and Ed Williams have met 1 time; Papke leads 1–0.

Billy Papke and Ed Williams have met 1 time; Papke leads 1–0.
Met1910Oct 26Series
Billy PapkeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ed WilliamsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Papke 5 · Williams 0 of 5 measurable rows
PapkeWilliams
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
79.49%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
2

† 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 Papke: 5′9″
Ed Williams: No height on file
Agenot held
Billy Papke: Died aged 50
Ed Williams: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Papke: Orthodox
Ed Williams: Not recorded

Billy Papke left, Ed Williams 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 Papke39 wins · from 63 tracked bouts

Billy Papke: 39 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (79%), 5 on the cards (13%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (8%). Counted from 63 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 79%5 on the cards 13%3 by another method or unrecorded 8%

Ed Williams1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Ed Williams: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Papke 63, Ed Williams 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Williams better on 1

Papke

Opponent

Williams

  • Billy Papke

    Draw, PTS

    1907

    O'KeeffeWilliams better

    Ed Williams

    Win, PTS

    1908

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 Papke has lost five straight. Papke last boxed on May 14, 1919.LLLLL

Klaus Mar 1913Rowan Oct 1913Smith Jun 1916Bartfield Apr 1919Darcy May 19194.8 tracked bouts per year

Ed Williams last boxed on Oct 26, 1910 — 42,362 days ago. Williams had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Billy Papke.WL

O'Keeffe Oct 1908Papke Oct 19101 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Papke and Ed Williams ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Papke and Ed Williams met once on October 26, 1910, and Billy Papke won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WOct 26, 1910 · Papke · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or Williams?
Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Ed Williams is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Papke has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Papke39–17–767.5%

Williams1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Papke or Williams?
Billy Papke has 31 knockout wins and Ed Williams has 0. Billy Papke has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Papke3179.5%

Williams0

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Williams have any common opponents?
Billy Papke and Ed Williams share 1 common opponent: Pat O'Keeffe. Ed Williams fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Pat O'KeeffeDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Papke and Williams?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 2 bouts tracked for Ed Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Williams2bouts

How They Win ↓

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