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Billy Petrole vs Johnny Adams — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Petrole

Johnny Adams

Billy Petrole (122-26-15) and Johnny Adams (0-4 across 4 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.

Petrole

122

Wins65 KO · 53%

26

Losses

15

Draws164 tracked bouts

Adams

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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 Johnny Adams have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.

Billy Petrole and Johnny Adams have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.
Met1926Jul 24Series
Billy PetroleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny AdamsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Petrole 4 · Adams 1 of 5 measurable rows
PetroleAdams
Record†
122-26-15 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
79.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 65
65 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
53.28%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
53%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
4

† 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″
Johnny Adams: No reach on file
Agenot held
Billy Petrole: Died aged 78
Johnny Adams: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Petrole: Orthodox
Johnny Adams: Not recorded

Billy Petrole left, Johnny Adams 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%

Johnny Adams0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Johnny Adams: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Adams yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Petrole 164, Johnny Adams 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Petrole better on 1

Petrole

Opponent

Adams

  • Billy Petrole

    Loss, NWS

    1928

    MandellPetrole better

    Johnny Adams

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    Loss, PTS

    1924

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

Johnny Adams last boxed on Jan 17, 1928 — 36,080 days ago. Adams had lost four straight.LLLL

Mandell Sep 1924Mandell Feb 1926Petrole Jul 1926Thompson Jan 19281.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Petrole and Johnny Adams ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Petrole and Johnny Adams met once on July 24, 1926, and Billy Petrole won by KO in round 8.
The meeting

WJul 24, 1926 · Petrole · KO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrole or Adams?
Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Johnny Adams is 0-4 across the 4 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%

Adams0–40%

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

Petrole6553.3%

Adams0

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrole and Adams have any common opponents?
Billy Petrole and Johnny Adams share 1 common opponent: Sammy Mandell. Billy Petrole fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sammy MandellLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Adams?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 4 bouts tracked for Johnny Adams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrole164bouts

Adams4bouts

How They Win ↓

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