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Billy Papke vs Tommy Sullivan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Papke

Tommy Sullivan

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.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 tracked bouts

Sullivan

Tracked record

3–6–3

counted from 12 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 Tommy Sullivan have met 1 time; Papke leads 1–0.

Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan have met 1 time; Papke leads 1–0.
Met1907Sep 2Series
Billy PapkeFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy SullivanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Papke 7 · Sullivan 0 of 7 measurable rows
PapkeSullivan
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)3-6-3
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
37.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
79.49%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79% (edge)
67%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
12

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

Billy Papke left, Tommy Sullivan 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%

Tommy Sullivan3 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Tommy Sullivan: 3 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Papke 63, Tommy Sullivan 12 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Sullivan better on 1

Papke

Opponent

Sullivan

  • Billy Papke

    0–2 against

    Loss, RTD 6

    1913

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    KlausSullivan better

    Tommy Sullivan

    Loss, KO 2

    1911

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

Tommy Sullivan last boxed on Oct 12, 1911 — 42,015 days ago. Sullivan had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Frank Klaus.LDLWL

Papke Sep 1907Attell Sep 1907Attell Apr 1908Lewis Mar 1909Klaus Oct 19110.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

WSep 2, 1907 · Papke · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or 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.
Records · win %

Papke39–17–767.5%

Sullivan3–6–337.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Papke or Sullivan?
Billy Papke has 31 knockout wins and Tommy Sullivan has 2. Billy Papke has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Papke3179.5%

Sullivan2

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Sullivan have any common opponents?
Billy Papke and Tommy Sullivan share 1 common opponent: Frank Klaus. Tommy Sullivan fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Frank KlausLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Papke and Sullivan?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 12 bouts tracked for Tommy Sullivan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Sullivan12bouts

How They Win ↓

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