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Billy Petrole vs Tony Ross — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Petrole

Tony Ross

Billy Petrole (122-26-15) and Tony Ross (2-10-3 across 15 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

Ross

Tracked record

2–10–3

counted from 15 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 Tony Ross have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.

Billy Petrole and Tony Ross have met 1 time; Petrole leads 1–0.
Met1929Mar 1Series
Billy PetroleFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony RossFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Petrole 6 · Ross 0 of 6 measurable rows
PetroleRoss
Record†
122-26-15 (edge)2-10-3
Win %0–100%
79.4% (edge)
23.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 65
65 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
53.28%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
53% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 5
3 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
15

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

Billy Petrole left, Tony Ross 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%

Tony Ross2 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

Tony Ross: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Petrole 164, Tony Ross 15 — 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

Tony Ross last boxed on Mar 1, 1929 — 35,661 days ago. Ross had lost the most recent, to Billy Petrole.LWLDL

Levinsky Jan 1914Chiariglione Jan 1915Jeanette Dec 1916Williams Aug 1928Petrole Mar 19290.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Petrole and Tony Ross ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Petrole and Tony Ross met once on March 1, 1929, and Billy Petrole won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WMar 1, 1929 · Petrole · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrole or Ross?
Billy Petrole is 122-26-15 and Tony Ross is 2-10-3 across the 15 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%

Ross2–10–323.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Petrole or Ross?
Billy Petrole has 65 knockout wins and Tony Ross has 1. Billy Petrole has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Petrole6553.3%

Ross1

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrole and Ross have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Petrole and Tony Ross have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrole and Ross?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Billy Petrole and 15 bouts tracked for Tony Ross. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrole164bouts

Ross15bouts

How They Win ↓

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