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Billy Papke vs Hugo Kelly — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Papke

Hugo Kelly

Billy Papke (39-17-7) and Hugo Kelly (4-6-6 across 16 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 tracked bouts

Kelly

Tracked record

4–6–6

counted from 16 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 2–0 with 2 draws

Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly have met 4 times; Papke leads 2–0 with 2 draws.

Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly have met 4 times; Papke leads 2–0 with 2 draws.
Met1907Dec 301908Mar 161908Dec 151909May 15Series
Billy PapkeFighter ADDrawWWonDDrawWWon2–0–2W–L–D
Hugo KellyFighter BDDrawLLostDDrawLLost0–2–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTSKOR14Meetings

The Numbers

Papke 6 · Kelly 0 of 6 measurable rows
PapkeKelly
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)4-6-6
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
43.8%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
79.49%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
16

† 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″
Hugo Kelly: No height on file
Agenot held
Billy Papke: Died aged 50
Hugo Kelly: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Papke: Orthodox
Hugo Kelly: Not recorded

Billy Papke left, Hugo Kelly 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%

Hugo Kelly4 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Hugo Kelly: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Papke 63, Hugo Kelly 16 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Kelly better on 2

Papke

Opponent

Kelly

  • Billy Papke

    0–2 against

    Loss, RTD 6

    1913

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    KlausKelly better

    Hugo Kelly

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1910

    Win, NWS

    1909

  • Billy Papke

    1–3 against

    Loss, UD

    1909

    Loss, KO 11

    1908

    Win, TKO 12

    1908

    Loss, PTS

    1908

    KetchelKelly better

    Hugo Kelly

    Loss, KO 3

    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

Hugo Kelly last boxed on May 28, 1912 — 41,784 days ago. Kelly had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Jack Dillon.DLWWL

Papke Dec 1908Papke May 1909Klaus Jun 1909Klaus Dec 1910Dillon May 19121.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly have met 4 times and Billy Papke leads the series 2-0 with 2 draws.
The 4 meetings

WMay 15, 1909 · Papke · KO R1

DDec 15, 1908 · Draw · PTS

WMar 16, 1908 · Papke · PTS

DDec 30, 1907 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or Kelly?
Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Hugo Kelly is 4-6-6 across the 16 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%

Kelly4–6–643.8%

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

Papke3179.5%

Kelly0

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Kelly have any common opponents?
Billy Papke and Hugo Kelly share 2 common opponents: Frank Klaus and Stanley Ketchel. Hugo Kelly fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Frank KlausLW

Stanley Ketchel1–3L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Papke and Kelly?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 16 bouts tracked for Hugo Kelly. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Kelly16bouts

How They Win ↓

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