Have Earl Puryear and Kid Williams ever fought each other?

Yes. Earl Puryear and Kid Williams have met 2 times and Kid Williams leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Puryear or Williams?

Earl Puryear is 0-12-4 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Williams is 162-30-12. Kid Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Puryear or Williams?

Earl Puryear has 0 knockout wins and Kid Williams has 50. Kid Williams has more.

Do Puryear and Williams have any common opponents?

Earl Puryear and Kid Williams share 5 common opponents: Memphis Pal Moore, Abe Goldstein and Jack "Kid" Wolfe (and 2 others). Kid Williams fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Puryear and Williams?

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Earl Puryear and 205 bouts tracked for Kid Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Earl Puryear vs Kid Williams — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Earl Puryear

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Kid Williams

Earl Puryear (0-12-4 across 16 tracked bouts) and Kid Williams (162-30-12) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 5 common opponents.

Puryear

Tracked record

0–12–4

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Williams

162

Wins50 KO · 31%

Losses

Draws205 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

Williams leads 2–0

Earl Puryear and Kid Williams have met 2 times; Williams leads 2–0.
Met	1920Nov 13	1921Apr 18	Series
Earl PuryearFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Kid WilliamsFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	NWSWilliams vs Puryear	PTSWilliams vs Puryear	2Meetings

The Numbers

Puryear 1 · Williams 4 of 5 measurable rows

PuryearEdge = longer wingWilliams

Record^†: 0-12-4162-30-12 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 12.5%
82.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 50: 0
50 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —30.86%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —30%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 0 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.7: 2.6
10.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 205: 16
205

† 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: Earl Puryear: No date of birth; Kid Williams: Died aged 69
Stance: Earl Puryear: Not recorded; Kid Williams: Orthodox

Earl Puryear left, Kid Williams right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Earl Puryear0 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Puryear yet.

Kid Williams161 wins · from 205 tracked bouts

49 by KO/TKO 30%42 on the cards 26%70 by another method or unrecorded 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earl Puryear 16, Kid Williams 205 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Puryear better on 1 · Williams better on 3 · even on 15 shared · Earl Puryear better on 1 · Kid Williams better on 3 · even on 1

PuryearEarl Puryear

Opponent

WilliamsKid Williams

Earl Puryear
0–6–1 against
Loss, PTS
1921Nov 1921
Loss, PTS
1920Oct 1920
Draw, PTS
1920Feb 1920
Loss, NWS
1919Feb 1919
Loss, PTS
1918May 1918
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
Loss, NWS
1918Jan 1918
MooreMemphis Pal MooreUnited States 170–56–38Williams betterKid Williams better — 0–1 to 0–6–1
Kid Williams
Loss, NWS
1915Oct 1915
Earl Puryear
Loss, UD
1921Jul 1921
GoldsteinAbe GoldsteinUnited States 102–24–9Williams betterKid Williams better — 1–0 to 0–1
Kid Williams
Win, NWS
1921Feb 1921
Earl Puryear
0–1–1 against
Loss, NWS
1919Dec 1919
Draw, NWS
1919Apr 1919
WolfeJack "Kid" WolfeUnited States 81–28–26EvenEven — Earl Puryear 0–1–1, Kid Williams 0–1
Kid Williams
Loss, PTS
1921May 1921
Earl Puryear
Draw, PTS
1918Sep 1918
BurmanJoe BurmanUnited States 36–3–6Williams betterKid Williams better — 1–0 to 0–0–1
Kid Williams
Win, NWS
1921Apr 1921
Earl Puryear
0–1–1 against
Draw, NWS
1920Mar 1920
Loss, NWS
1917Sep 1917
HermanPete HermanUnited States 100–32–13Puryear betterEarl Puryear better — 0–1–1 to 1–2–1
Kid Williams
1–2–1 against
Loss, NWS
1917Jun 1917
Loss, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Draw, PTS
1916Feb 1916
Win, NWS
1914Jun 1914

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

Earl Puryear last boxed on Oct 19, 1923 — 37,621 days ago. Puryear had lost six straight.LLLLL

Williams Nov 1920Williams Apr 1921Goldstein Jul 1921Moore Nov 1921Brown Oct 19232.6 tracked bouts per year

Kid Williams had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Bobby Burns. Williams last boxed on Sep 3, 1929.WLLWL

Lampe Feb 1929Lampe Mar 1929Belmont Apr 1929Garcia Jul 1929Burns Sep 192910.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Earl Puryear and Kid Williams ever fought each other?: Yes. Earl Puryear and Kid Williams have met 2 times and Kid Williams leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Puryear or Williams?: Earl Puryear is 0-12-4 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Williams is 162-30-12. Kid Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Puryear or Williams?: Earl Puryear has 0 knockout wins and Kid Williams has 50. Kid Williams has more.
Do Puryear and Williams have any common opponents?: Earl Puryear and Kid Williams share 5 common opponents: Memphis Pal Moore, Abe Goldstein and Jack "Kid" Wolfe (and 2 others). Kid Williams fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Puryear and Williams?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Earl Puryear and 205 bouts tracked for Kid Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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