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Claude Hammond vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Claude Hammond

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Willie Pep

Claude Hammond (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Hammond

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Claude Hammond and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Claude Hammond and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1952May 21Series
Claude HammondFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Hammond 1 · Pep 4 of 5 measurable rows
HammondPep
Record†
0-2229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
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
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—9.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
2
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
Claude Hammond: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Claude Hammond: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Claude Hammond: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Claude Hammond: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Claude Hammond 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
Claude Hammond0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Claude Hammond: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hammond 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 — Claude Hammond 2, Willie Pep 241 — 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

Claude Hammond last boxed on Mar 9, 1953 — 26,889 days ago. Hammond had lost two straight.LL

Pep May 1952Williams Mar 1953

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 Claude Hammond and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Claude Hammond and Willie Pep met once on May 21, 1952, and Willie Pep won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 21, 1952 · Pep · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hammond or Pep?
Claude Hammond is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Hammond0–20%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Hammond0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hammond and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Claude Hammond and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hammond and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Claude Hammond and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hammond2bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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