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Billy Papke vs Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Papke

Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield

Billy Papke (39-17-7) and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield (9-28-5 across 42 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 tracked bouts

Bartfield

Tracked record

9–28–5

counted from 42 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

Bartfield leads 1–0

Billy Papke and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield have met 1 time; Bartfield leads 1–0.

Billy Papke and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield have met 1 time; Bartfield leads 1–0.
Met1919Apr 8Series
Billy PapkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jakob 'Soldier' BartfieldFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Papke 5 · Bartfield 1 of 6 measurable rows
PapkeBartfield
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)9-28-5
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
27.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
79.49%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
4.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
42

† 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″
Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield: No height on file
Agenot held
Billy Papke: Died aged 50
Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Papke: Orthodox
Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield: Not recorded

Billy Papke left, Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield 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%

Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield9 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield: 9 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (11%) and 8 by another method or unrecorded (89%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 11%8 by another method or unrecorded 89%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Papke 63, Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield 42 — 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 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

Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield last boxed on Jun 14, 1923 — 37,751 days ago. Bartfield had lost 13 straight.LLLLL

Walker Feb 1922O'Dowd Mar 1922Leonard Apr 1922Slattery Apr 1923Britton Jun 19234.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Papke and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Papke and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield met once on April 8, 1919, and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 8, 1919 · Bartfield · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or Bartfield?
Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield is 9-28-5 across the 42 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%

Bartfield9–28–527.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Papke or Bartfield?
Billy Papke has 31 knockout wins and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield has 0. Billy Papke has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Papke3179.5%

Bartfield0

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Bartfield have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Papke and Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Papke and Bartfield?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 42 bouts tracked for Jakob 'Soldier' Bartfield. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Bartfield42bouts

How They Win ↓

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