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Billy Petrole vs Billy Townsend — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Petrole

Billy Townsend

Billy Petrole (122-26-15) and Billy Townsend (3-5-1 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Petrole

122

Wins65 KO · 53%

26

Losses

15

Draws164 tracked bouts

Townsend

Tracked record

3–5–1

counted from 9 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

Petrole leads 1–0

Billy Petrole and Billy Townsend have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.

Billy Petrole and Billy Townsend have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.
Met1931Dec 30Series
Billy PetroleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Billy TownsendFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Petrole 5 · Townsend 1 of 6 measurable rows
PetroleTownsend
Record†
122-26-15 (edge)3-5-1
Win %0–100%
79.4% (edge)
38.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 65
65 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
53.28%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
2.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
9

† 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

Reachnot held
Billy Petrole: 70″
Billy Townsend: No reach on file
Agenot held
Billy Petrole: Died aged 78
Billy Townsend: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Petrole: Orthodox
Billy Townsend: Not recorded

Billy Petrole left, Billy Townsend 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 Petrole122 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Billy Petrole: 122 tracked wins — 65 by KO/TKO (53%), 19 on the cards (16%) and 38 by another method or unrecorded (31%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

65 by KO/TKO 53%19 on the cards 16%38 by another method or unrecorded 31%

Billy Townsend3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Billy Townsend: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Petrole 164, Billy Townsend 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Petrole better on 2

Petrole

Opponent

Townsend

  • Billy Petrole

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1932

    Win, PTS

    1930

    CanzoneriPetrole better

    Billy Townsend

    Loss, KO 1

    1933

  • Billy Petrole

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1932

    Win, TKO

    1932

    BattalinoPetrole better

    Billy Townsend

    Loss, PTS

    1932

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 Petrole had won two in a row before losing a decision to Barney Ross. Petrole last boxed on Jan 24, 1934.WDWWL

Klaveren Jul 1933Fuller Sep 1933Fuller Oct 1933Loayza Dec 1933Ross Jan 193414 tracked bouts per year

Billy Townsend last boxed on Feb 3, 1933 — 34,225 days ago. Townsend had lost five straight.LLLLL

Petrole Dec 1931Leonard Jul 1932Battalino Aug 1932Steele Aug 1932Canzoneri Feb 19332.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Petrole and Billy Townsend ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Petrole and Billy Townsend met once on December 30, 1931, and Billy Petrole won by KO in round 7.
The meeting

WDec 30, 1931 · Petrole · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrole or Townsend?
Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Billy Townsend is 3-5-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Petrole has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Petrole122–26–1579.4%

Townsend3–5–138.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Petrole or Townsend?
Billy Petrole has 65 knockout wins and Billy Townsend has 0. Billy Petrole has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Petrole6553.3%

Townsend0

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrole and Townsend have any common opponents?
Billy Petrole and Billy Townsend share 2 common opponents: Tony Canzoneri and Christopher Battalino. Billy Petrole fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tony Canzoneri1–1L

Christopher BattalinoWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Townsend?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 9 bouts tracked for Billy Townsend. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrole164bouts

Townsend9bouts

How They Win ↓

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