Have Bobby Woods and Willie Pep ever fought each other?

Yes. Bobby Woods and Willie Pep met once on September 11, 1952, and Willie Pep won by UD.

Who has the better record, Woods or Pep?

Bobby Woods is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Pep is 229-11-1. Willie Pep has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Woods or Pep?

Bobby Woods has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.

Do Woods and Pep have any common opponents?

Bobby Woods and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Sandy Saddler and Harold Dade. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Woods and Pep?

This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Bobby Woods and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bobby Woods vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Bobby Woods

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Willie Pep

Bobby Woods (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) and Willie Pep (229-11-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Woods

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

Losses

Draw241 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

Pep leads 1–0

Bobby Woods and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met	1952Sep 11	Series
Bobby WoodsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDPep vs Woods	1Meeting

Pep vs Woods · Sep 11, 1952

The Numbers

Woods 1 · Pep 6 of 7 measurable rows

WoodsEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 1-7229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 12.5%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65: 0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
29% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 6: 1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4: 0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 9.4: 0.2
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 8
241

† 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

Heightnot held: Bobby Woods: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Bobby Woods: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held: Bobby Woods: No date of birth; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Bobby Woods: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Bobby Woods left, Willie Pep right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bobby Woods1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Willie Pep229 wins · from 241 tracked bouts

66 by KO/TKO 29%163 on the cards 71%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bobby Woods 8, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Woods better on 1 · Pep better on 12 shared · Bobby Woods better on 1 · Willie Pep better on 1

WoodsBobby Woods

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Bobby Woods
Loss, UD
1954Dec 1954
SaddlerSandy SaddlerUnited States 145–16–2 · FeatherweightWoods betterBobby Woods better — 0–1 to 1–3
Willie Pep
1–3 against
Loss, RTD 9
1951Sep 1951
Loss, RTD 8
1950Sep 1950
Win, UD
1949Feb 1949
Loss, KO 4
1948Oct 1948
Bobby Woods
1–1 against
Win, UD
1952Nov 1952
Loss, SD
1952Feb 1952
DadeHarold DadeUnited States 39–31–6Pep betterWillie Pep better — 1–0 to 1–1
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1949Dec 1949

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

Bobby Woods last boxed on Jan 26, 1955 — 26,198 days ago. Woods had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Pep Sep 1952Dade Nov 1952Dupas Aug 1954Saddler Dec 1954Carter Jan 19550.2 tracked bouts per year

Willie Pep had won four in a row before losing a decision to Calvin Woodland. Pep last boxed on Mar 16, 1966.WWWWL

Little Oct 1965Haden Oct 1965Musquiz Oct 1965Coleman Oct 1965Woodland Mar 19669.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bobby Woods and Willie Pep ever fought each other?: Yes. Bobby Woods and Willie Pep met once on September 11, 1952, and Willie Pep won by UD.
Who has the better record, Woods or Pep?: Bobby Woods is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Pep is 229-11-1. Willie Pep has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Woods or Pep?: Bobby Woods has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Woods and Pep have any common opponents?: Bobby Woods and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Sandy Saddler and Harold Dade. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Woods and Pep?: This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Bobby Woods and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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