Have Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep ever fought each other?

Yes. Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep met once on August 26, 1946, and Willie Pep won by KO in round 6.

Who has the better record, Rafferty or Pep?

Doll Rafferty is 1-4 across the 5 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, Rafferty or Pep?

Doll Rafferty has 1 knockout win and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.

Do Rafferty and Pep have any common opponents?

Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep share 1 common opponent: Joey Archibald. Willie Pep fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Doll Rafferty and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Doll Rafferty vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Doll Rafferty

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Willie Pep

Doll Rafferty (1-4 across 5 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 1 common opponent.

Rafferty

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 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

Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met	1946Aug 26	Series
Doll RaffertyFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR6Pep vs Rafferty	1Meeting

Pep vs Rafferty · Aug 26, 1946

The Numbers

Rafferty 2 · Pep 5 of 7 measurable rows

RaffertyEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 1-4229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65: 1
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
29%
Times stopped^‡max 6: 3 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4: 0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 9.4: 1.2
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 5
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: Doll Rafferty: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Doll Rafferty: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held: Doll Rafferty: No date of birth; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Doll Rafferty: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Doll Rafferty 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

Doll Rafferty1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 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 — Doll Rafferty 5, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Pep better on 11 shared · Willie Pep better on 1

RaffertyDoll Rafferty

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Doll Rafferty
Win, KO 3
1943Aug 1943
ArchibaldJoey ArchibaldUnited States 60–42–5Pep betterWillie Pep better — 2–0 to 1–0
Willie Pep
2–0 against
Win, UD
1942Oct 1942
Win, PTS
1942Jun 1942

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

Doll Rafferty last boxed on Sep 29, 1947 — 28,876 days ago. Rafferty had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Archibald Aug 1943Larkin Dec 1943Pep Aug 1946Graham Oct 1946Williams Sep 19471.2 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 Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep ever fought each other?: Yes. Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep met once on August 26, 1946, and Willie Pep won by KO in round 6.
Who has the better record, Rafferty or Pep?: Doll Rafferty is 1-4 across the 5 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, Rafferty or Pep?: Doll Rafferty has 1 knockout win and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Rafferty and Pep have any common opponents?: Doll Rafferty and Willie Pep share 1 common opponent: Joey Archibald. Willie Pep fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rafferty and Pep?: This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Doll Rafferty and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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