Have Billy Soose and Johnny Duca ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Soose and Johnny Duca have met 3 times and Billy Soose leads the series 2-1.

Who has the better record, Soose or Duca?

Billy Soose is 34-6-1 and Johnny Duca is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Soose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Soose or Duca?

Billy Soose has 13 knockout wins and Johnny Duca has 0. Billy Soose has more.

Do Soose and Duca have any common opponents?

Billy Soose and Johnny Duca share 1 common opponent: Ken Overlin. Billy Soose fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Soose and Duca?

This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Billy Soose and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Duca. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Soose vs Johnny Duca — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Billy Soose

Johnny Duca

Billy Soose (34-6-1) and Johnny Duca (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Soose

Wins13 KO · 38%

Losses

Draw41 tracked bouts

Duca

Tracked record

1–4

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

Soose leads 2–1

Billy Soose and Johnny Duca have met 3 times; Soose leads 2–1.
Met	1938Oct 13	1939Feb 20	1939Nov 15	Series
Billy SooseFighter A	LLost	WWon	WWon	2–1W–L
Johnny DucaFighter B	WWon	LLost	LLost	1–2W–L
Result	MDSoose vs Duca	PTSSoose vs Duca	UDSoose vs Duca	3Meetings

The Numbers

Soose 6 · Duca 0 of 6 measurable rows

SooseEdge = longer wingDuca

Record^†: 34-6-1 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%: 84.1% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 13: 13 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 38.24%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 38% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 1: 0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.7: 10.7 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 41: 41
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

Agenot held: Billy Soose: Died aged 83; Johnny Duca: No date of birth
Stance: Billy Soose: Orthodox; Johnny Duca: Not recorded

Billy Soose left, Johnny Duca 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 Soose34 wins · from 41 tracked bouts

13 by KO/TKO 38%21 on the cards 62%

Johnny Duca1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Soose 41, Johnny Duca 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Soose better on 11 shared · Billy Soose better on 1

SooseBilly Soose

Opponent

DucaJohnny Duca

Billy Soose
2–0 against
Win, UD
1941May 1941
Win, SD
1940Jul 1940
OverlinKen OverlinUnited States 136–19–10 · MiddleweightSoose betterBilly Soose better — 2–0 to 0–1
Johnny Duca
Loss, TKO 4
1935Jul 1935

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 Soose had won one in a row before losing a decision to Jimmy Bivins. Soose last boxed on Jan 13, 1942.WLDWL

Celli Jul 1941Abrams Jul 1941Garcia Sep 1941Reeves Dec 1941Bivins Jan 194210.7 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Duca last boxed on Nov 15, 1939 — 31,749 days ago. Duca had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Overlin Jul 1935Dundee Apr 1937Soose Oct 1938Soose Feb 1939Soose Nov 19391.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Soose and Johnny Duca ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Soose and Johnny Duca have met 3 times and Billy Soose leads the series 2-1.
Who has the better record, Soose or Duca?: Billy Soose is 34-6-1 and Johnny Duca is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Soose has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Soose or Duca?: Billy Soose has 13 knockout wins and Johnny Duca has 0. Billy Soose has more.
Do Soose and Duca have any common opponents?: Billy Soose and Johnny Duca share 1 common opponent: Ken Overlin. Billy Soose fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Soose and Duca?: This comparison is drawn from 41 bouts tracked for Billy Soose and 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Duca. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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