Have Billy Willis and Young Erne ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Willis and Young Erne have met 5 times and Young Erne leads the series 5-0.

Who has the better record, Willis or Erne?

Billy Willis is 1-7-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Erne is 164-58-52. Young Erne has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Willis or Erne?

Billy Willis has 0 knockout wins and Young Erne has 15. Young Erne has more.

Do Willis and Erne have any common opponents?

Billy Willis and Young Erne share 2 common opponents: Mike Glover and Freddie Welsh. Billy Willis fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Willis and Erne?

This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Billy Willis and 274 bouts tracked for Young Erne. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Willis vs Young Erne — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Willis

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Young Erne

Billy Willis (1-7-1 across 9 tracked bouts) and Young Erne (164-58-52) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 5 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Willis

Tracked record

1–7–1

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Erne

164

Wins15 KO · 9%

Losses

Draws274 tracked bouts

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

Erne leads 5–0

Billy Willis and Young Erne have met 5 times; Erne leads 5–0.
Met	1904Dec 10	1910Feb 1	1910Jun 7	1910Jun 21	1911Jan 2	Series
Billy WillisFighter A	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–5W–L
Young ErneFighter B	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	WWon	5–0W–L
Result	NWSErne vs Willis	NWSErne vs Willis	NWSErne vs Willis	NWSErne vs Willis	NWSErne vs Willis	5Meetings

The Numbers

Willis 1 · Erne 5 of 6 measurable rows

WillisEdge = longer wingErne

Record^†: 1-7-1164-58-52 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 16.7%
69.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 15: 0
15 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —9.15%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
9% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 4: 0 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 15.9: 1.2
15.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 274: 9
274

† 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 Willis: No date of birth; Young Erne: Died aged 59
Stance: Billy Willis: Not recorded; Young Erne: Orthodox

Billy Willis left, Young Erne 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 Willis1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Young Erne163 wins · from 274 tracked bouts

14 by KO/TKO 9%6 on the cards 4%143 by another method or unrecorded 88%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Willis 9, Young Erne 274 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Willis better on 22 shared · Billy Willis better on 2

WillisBilly Willis

Opponent

ErneYoung Erne

Billy Willis
Draw, NWS
1909Jan 1909
GloverMike GloverUnited States 63–15–15Willis betterBilly Willis better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Young Erne
Loss, NWS
1911Mar 1911
Billy Willis
Win, NWS
1906May 1906
WelshFreddie WelshUnited Kingdom 121–29–17 · LightweightWillis betterBilly Willis better — 1–0 to 0–2
Young Erne
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1909Feb 1909
Loss, NWS
1906Jul 1906

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 Willis last boxed on Jan 2, 1911 — 42,300 days ago. Willis had lost four straight.DLLLL

Glover Jan 1909Erne Feb 1910Erne Jun 1910Erne Jun 1910Erne Jan 19111.2 tracked bouts per year

Young Erne has lost two straight, after one straight win. Erne last boxed on Oct 22, 1917.WDWLL

Hauber Sep 1916Sheridan Oct 1916Alberts May 1917Saylor Jun 1917Latzo Oct 191715.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Billy Willis and Young Erne ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Willis and Young Erne have met 5 times and Young Erne leads the series 5-0.
Who has the better record, Willis or Erne?: Billy Willis is 1-7-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Erne is 164-58-52. Young Erne has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Willis or Erne?: Billy Willis has 0 knockout wins and Young Erne has 15. Young Erne has more.
Do Willis and Erne have any common opponents?: Billy Willis and Young Erne share 2 common opponents: Mike Glover and Freddie Welsh. Billy Willis fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Willis and Erne?: This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Billy Willis and 274 bouts tracked for Young Erne. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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