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Charley Riley vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Charley Riley

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Willie Pep

Charley Riley (0-6-1 across 7 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.

Riley

Tracked record

0–6–1

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

11

Losses

1

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

Charley Riley and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Charley Riley and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1950Jan 16Series
Charley RileyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Riley 1 · Pep 5 of 6 measurable rows
RileyPep
Record†
0-6-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
7.1%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—29%
Times stopped‡max 6
2 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
1.2
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
7
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
Charley Riley: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Charley Riley: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot comparable
Charley Riley: Died aged 72
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Charley Riley: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Charley Riley 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
Charley Riley0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Charley Riley: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Riley yet.

Willie Pep229 wins · from 241 tracked bouts

Willie Pep: 229 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (29%) and 163 on the cards (71%). Counted from 241 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Charley Riley 7, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Riley better on 1 · Pep better on 1

Riley

Opponent

Pep

  • Charley Riley

    Loss, MD

    1950

    SaddlerRiley better

    Willie Pep

    1–3 against

    Loss, RTD 9

    1951

    Loss, RTD 8

    1950

    Win, UD

    1949

    Loss, KO 4

    1948

  • Charley Riley

    0–2–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1948

    Draw, MD

    1948

    Loss, UD

    1948

    DadePep better

    Willie Pep

    Win, UD

    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

Charley Riley has lost five straight. Riley last boxed on Jun 2, 1954.LLLLL

Dade Oct 1948Pep Jan 1950Saddler Nov 1950Moore Apr 1954Carter Jun 19541.2 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 Charley Riley and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Riley and Willie Pep met once on January 16, 1950, and Willie Pep won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LJan 16, 1950 · Pep · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Riley or Pep?
Charley Riley is 0-6-1 across the 7 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.
Records · win %

Riley0–6–17.1%

Pep229–11–195.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Riley or Pep?
Charley Riley has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Riley0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Riley and Pep have any common opponents?
Charley Riley and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Sandy Saddler and Harold Dade. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Sandy SaddlerL1–3

Harold Dade0–2–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Riley and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Charley Riley and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Riley7bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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