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Billy Papke vs Marty Rowan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Papke

Marty Rowan

Billy Papke (39-17-7) and Marty Rowan (1-3-1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 tracked bouts

Rowan

Tracked record

1–3–1

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

Rowan leads 1–0

Billy Papke and Marty Rowan have met 1 time; Rowan leads 1–0.

Billy Papke and Marty Rowan have met 1 time; Rowan leads 1–0.
Met1913Oct 14Series
Billy PapkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Marty RowanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Papke 5 · Rowan 0 of 5 measurable rows
PapkeRowan
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)1-3-1
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
30%
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)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
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

Heightnot held
Billy Papke: 5′9″
Marty Rowan: No height on file
Agenot held
Billy Papke: Died aged 50
Marty Rowan: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Papke: Orthodox
Marty Rowan: Not recorded

Billy Papke left, Marty Rowan 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%

Marty Rowan1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Marty Rowan: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 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, Marty Rowan 5 — 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

Marty Rowan last boxed on Nov 14, 1913 — 41,247 days ago. Rowan had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Mike Gibbons.DLLWL

Glover Apr 1908Glover Jan 1910Glover Mar 1910Papke Oct 1913Gibbons Nov 19130.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Papke and Marty Rowan ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Papke and Marty Rowan met once on October 14, 1913, and Marty Rowan won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 14, 1913 · Rowan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or Rowan?
Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Marty Rowan is 1-3-1 across the 5 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%

Rowan1–3–130%

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

Papke3179.5%

Rowan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Rowan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Papke and Marty Rowan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Papke and Rowan?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 5 bouts tracked for Marty Rowan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Rowan5bouts

How They Win ↓

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