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Don Lyons vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Don Lyons

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Willie Pep

Don Lyons (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Lyons

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Don Lyons and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Don Lyons and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1941Feb 10Series
Don LyonsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Lyons 1 · Pep 4 of 5 measurable rows
LyonsPep
Record†
0-1229-11-1 (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
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—9.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
1
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
Don Lyons: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Don Lyons: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Don Lyons: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Don Lyons: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Don Lyons 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
Don Lyons0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Don Lyons: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lyons 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 — Don Lyons 1, 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

Don Lyons last boxed on Feb 10, 1941 — 31,298 days ago. Lyons had lost the most recent, to Willie Pep.L

Pep Feb 1941

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 Don Lyons and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Don Lyons and Willie Pep met once on February 10, 1941, and Willie Pep won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LFeb 10, 1941 · Pep · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lyons or Pep?
Don Lyons is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Lyons0–10%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Lyons0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lyons and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Don Lyons and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lyons and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Don Lyons and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lyons1bout

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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