Have Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli have met 2 times and Billy Petrole leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Petrole or Ceccoli?

Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Johnny Ceccoli is 0-5 across the 5 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.

Who has more knockouts, Petrole or Ceccoli?

Billy Petrole has 65 knockout wins and Johnny Ceccoli has 0. Billy Petrole has more.

Do Petrole and Ceccoli have any common opponents?

Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli share 1 common opponent: Kid Kaplan. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Ceccoli?

This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Ceccoli. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Petrole vs Johnny Ceccoli — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Billy Petrole

Johnny Ceccoli

Billy Petrole (122-26-15) and Johnny Ceccoli (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Petrole

122

Wins65 KO · 53%

Losses

Draws164 tracked bouts

Ceccoli

Tracked record

0–5

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

Petrole leads 2–0

Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli have met 2 times; Petrole leads 2–0.
Met	1926Aug 2	1927Aug 19	Series
Billy PetroleFighter A	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Johnny CeccoliFighter B	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Result	NWSPetrole vs Ceccoli	KOR6Petrole vs Ceccoli	2Meetings

The Numbers

Petrole 4 · Ceccoli 1 of 5 measurable rows

PetroleEdge = longer wingCeccoli

Record^†: 122-26-15 (edge)0-5
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)
3.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164: 164
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

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

Billy Petrole left, Johnny Ceccoli 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

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

Johnny Ceccoli0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Ceccoli yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Petrole 164, Johnny Ceccoli 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

PetroleBilly Petrole

Opponent

CeccoliJohnny Ceccoli

Billy Petrole
Loss, PTS
1926Mar 1926
KaplanKid KaplanUnited States 121–22–16EvenEven — 0–1 both
Johnny Ceccoli
Loss, PTS
1927Apr 1927

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 Ceccoli last boxed on Aug 19, 1927 — 36,221 days ago. Ceccoli had lost five straight.LLLLL

Goldstein Feb 1926Petrole Aug 1926Kaplan Apr 1927Goldstein May 1927Petrole Aug 19273.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli have met 2 times and Billy Petrole leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Petrole or Ceccoli?: Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Johnny Ceccoli is 0-5 across the 5 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.
Who has more knockouts, Petrole or Ceccoli?: Billy Petrole has 65 knockout wins and Johnny Ceccoli has 0. Billy Petrole has more.
Do Petrole and Ceccoli have any common opponents?: Billy Petrole and Johnny Ceccoli share 1 common opponent: Kid Kaplan. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Ceccoli?: This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Ceccoli. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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