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Buck Holley vs Willie Ritchie — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buck Holley

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Willie Ritchie

Buck Holley (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Willie Ritchie (45-14-17) 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.

Holley

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ritchie

45

Wins9 KO · 20%

14

Losses

17

Draws77 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

Ritchie leads 1–0

Buck Holley and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.

Buck Holley and Willie Ritchie have met 1 time; Ritchie leads 1–0.
Met1923May 31Series
Buck HolleyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie RitchieFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Holley 1 · Ritchie 4 of 5 measurable rows
HolleyRitchie
Record†
0-2-145-14-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
70.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 9
0
9 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—20%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.6
1.1
3.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 77
3
77

† 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
Buck Holley: No date of birth
Willie Ritchie: Died aged 84
Stance
Buck Holley: Not recorded
Willie Ritchie: Orthodox

Buck Holley left, Willie Ritchie right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buck Holley0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Buck Holley: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Holley yet.

Willie Ritchie45 wins · from 77 tracked bouts

Willie Ritchie: 45 tracked wins — 9 by KO/TKO (20%), 23 on the cards (51%) and 13 by another method or unrecorded (29%). Counted from 77 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

9 by KO/TKO 20%23 on the cards 51%13 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buck Holley 3, Willie Ritchie 77 — 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

Buck Holley last boxed on Jan 29, 1926 — 36,787 days ago. Holley had lost the most recent, to Harry Greb.LDL

Ritchie May 1923Loughran Feb 1925Greb Jan 19261.1 tracked bouts per year

Willie Ritchie has won three straight since losing a decision to Joe Simonich. Ritchie last boxed on Aug 29, 1927.WLWWW

Holley May 1923Simonich Aug 1924Comiskey Jun 1927LaSalle Aug 1927Hoppe Aug 19273.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buck Holley and Willie Ritchie ever fought each other?
Yes. Buck Holley and Willie Ritchie met once on May 31, 1923, and Willie Ritchie won by PTS.
The meeting

LMay 31, 1923 · Ritchie · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Holley or Ritchie?
Buck Holley is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Ritchie is 45-14-17. Willie Ritchie has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Holley0–2–116.7%

Ritchie45–14–1770.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Holley or Ritchie?
Buck Holley has 0 knockout wins and Willie Ritchie has 9. Willie Ritchie has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Holley0

Ritchie920%

The Numbers ↓
Do Holley and Ritchie have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buck Holley and Willie Ritchie have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Holley and Ritchie?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Buck Holley and 77 bouts tracked for Willie Ritchie. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Holley3bouts

Ritchie77bouts

How They Win ↓

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