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Billy Petrole vs Norman Brown — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Petrole

Norman Brown

Billy Petrole (122-26-15) and Norman Brown (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Petrole

122

Wins65 KO · 53%

26

Losses

15

Draws164 tracked bouts

Brown

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Norman Brown have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.

Billy Petrole and Norman Brown have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.
Met1929Apr 9Series
Billy PetroleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Norman BrownFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Petrole 3 · Brown 1 of 4 measurable rows
PetroleBrown
Record†
122-26-15 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
14—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
1

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

Billy Petrole left, Norman Brown 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%

Norman Brown0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Norman Brown: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Brown yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Petrole 164, Norman Brown 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

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

Norman Brown last boxed on Apr 9, 1929 — 35,621 days ago. Brown had lost the most recent, to Billy Petrole.L

Petrole Apr 1929

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Petrole and Norman Brown ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Petrole and Norman Brown met once on April 9, 1929, and Billy Petrole won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WApr 9, 1929 · Petrole · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrole or Brown?
Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Norman Brown is 0-1 across the 1 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%

Brown0–10%

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

Petrole6553.3%

Brown0

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrole and Brown have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Petrole and Norman Brown have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Brown?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 1 bout tracked for Norman Brown. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrole164bouts

Brown1bout

How They Win ↓

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