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.
Billy Papke (39-17-7) and Tommy Sullivan (3-6-3 across 12 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.
Billy Papke vs Tommy Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Billy Papke leads 1–0- Billy Papke wonPapke vs SullivanSep 2, 1907 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 39-17-7 (edge)
- Record
- 3-6-3
- 67.5% (edge)
- Win %
- 37.5%
- 31 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 2
- 79.49%
- KO rate
- —
- 79% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 67%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.4
- 66
- Bouts tracked
- 12
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′9″ (175 cm)
- Height
- —
- 139
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Middleweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Papke · 39 wins
KO/TKO
31
Decision
5
Other
3
Tommy Sullivan · 3 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
0
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (66 and 12 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Billy Papke
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L5 streak · last fought May 14, 1919
Tommy Sullivan
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L1 streak · last fought Oct 12, 1911
Common Questions
- Have Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan met once on September 2, 1907, and Billy Papke won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, Billy Papke or Tommy Sullivan?
- Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Tommy Sullivan is 3-6-3 across the 12 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Billy Papke or Tommy Sullivan?
- Billy Papke has 31 knockout wins and Tommy Sullivan has 2. Billy Papke has more.
- Do Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan have any common opponents?
- Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan share 1 common opponent: Frank Klaus. Tommy Sullivan fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan?
- This comparison is drawn from 66 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 12 bouts tracked for Tommy Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.