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Billy Petrole vs Tommy Grogan — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Billy Petrole

Tommy Grogan

Billy Petrole (122-26-15) and Tommy Grogan (4-8-1 across 13 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Petrole

122

Wins65 KO · 53%

26

Losses

15

Draws164 tracked bouts

Grogan

Tracked record

4–8–1

counted from 13 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

Series level 1–1

Billy Petrole and Tommy Grogan have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Billy Petrole and Tommy Grogan have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1928Apr 271932Jun 15Series
Billy PetroleFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Tommy GroganFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultTKOR7UD2Meetings

The Numbers

Petrole 5 · Grogan 1 of 6 measurable rows
PetroleGrogan
Record†
122-26-15 (edge)4-8-1
Win %0–100%
79.4% (edge)
34.6%
Wins by knockoutmax 65
65 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
53.28%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
2.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
13

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

Billy Petrole left, Tommy Grogan 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%

Tommy Grogan4 wins · from 13 tracked bouts

Tommy Grogan: 4 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (50%) and 2 on the cards (50%). Counted from 13 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 50%2 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Petrole 164, Tommy Grogan 13 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Petrole better on 1 · Grogan better on 2

Petrole

Opponent

Grogan

  • Billy Petrole

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1934

    Loss, UD

    1933

    RossGrogan better

    Tommy Grogan

    Loss, PTS

    1933

  • Billy Petrole

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1932

    Win, PTS

    1930

    CanzoneriPetrole better

    Tommy Grogan

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1931

    Loss, PTS

    1930

  • Billy Petrole

    Loss, NWS

    1928

    MandellGrogan better

    Tommy Grogan

    Draw, PTS

    1930

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

Tommy Grogan last boxed on Apr 17, 1933 — 34,154 days ago. Grogan had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Canzoneri Mar 1931Petrole Jun 1932Ramey Oct 1932Ross Feb 1933Shaw Apr 19332.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Petrole and Tommy Grogan ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Petrole and Tommy Grogan have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WJun 15, 1932 · Petrole · UD

LApr 27, 1928 · Grogan · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrole or Grogan?
Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Tommy Grogan is 4-8-1 across the 13 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%

Grogan4–8–134.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Petrole or Grogan?
Billy Petrole has 65 knockout wins and Tommy Grogan has 2. Billy Petrole has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Petrole6553.3%

Grogan2

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrole and Grogan have any common opponents?
Billy Petrole and Tommy Grogan share 3 common opponents: Barney Ross, Tony Canzoneri and Sammy Mandell. Tommy Grogan fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Barney RossLL

Tony Canzoneri1–1L

Sammy MandellLD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Grogan?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 13 bouts tracked for Tommy Grogan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrole164bouts

Grogan13bouts

How They Win ↓

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