Have Earl Puryear and Pete Herman ever fought each other?

Yes. Earl Puryear and Pete Herman have met 2 times and Pete Herman leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.

Who has the better record, Puryear or Herman?

Earl Puryear is 0-12-4 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pete Herman is 100-32-13. Pete Herman 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 Herman?

Earl Puryear has 0 knockout wins and Pete Herman has 20. Pete Herman has more.

Do Puryear and Herman have any common opponents?

Earl Puryear and Pete Herman share 4 common opponents: Memphis Pal Moore, Kid Williams and Joe Burman (and 1 other). Pete Herman fared better against 3 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Earl Puryear and 148 bouts tracked for Pete Herman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Earl Puryear vs Pete Herman — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Earl Puryear

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Pete Herman

Earl Puryear (0-12-4 across 16 tracked bouts) and Pete Herman (100-32-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Puryear

Tracked record

0–12–4

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Herman

100

Wins20 KO · 20%

Losses

Draws148 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

Herman leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Earl Puryear and Pete Herman have met 2 times; Herman leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1917Sep 10	1920Mar 1	Series
Earl PuryearFighter A	LLost	DDraw	0–1–1W–L–D
Pete HermanFighter B	WWon	DDraw	1–0–1W–L–D
Result	NWSHerman vs Puryear	NWSHerman vs Puryear	2Meetings

The Numbers

Puryear 1 · Herman 5 of 6 measurable rows

PuryearEdge = longer wingHerman

Record^†: 0-12-4100-32-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 12.5%
73.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20: 0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —20%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —19%
Times stopped^‡max 1: 0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 15.5: 2.6
15.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 148: 16
148

† 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: Earl Puryear: No height on file; Pete Herman: 5′2″
Agenot held: Earl Puryear: No date of birth; Pete Herman: Died aged 77
Stance: Earl Puryear: Not recorded; Pete Herman: Orthodox

Earl Puryear left, Pete Herman 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.

Pete Herman103 wins · from 148 tracked bouts

20 by KO/TKO 19%41 on the cards 40%42 by another method or unrecorded 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Earl Puryear 16, Pete Herman 148 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Puryear better on 1 · Herman better on 34 shared · Earl Puryear better on 1 · Pete Herman better on 3

PuryearEarl Puryear

Opponent

HermanPete Herman

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 170–56–38Herman betterPete Herman better — 0–2 to 0–6–1
Pete Herman
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Loss, PTS
1915Nov 1915
Earl Puryear
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1921Apr 1921
Loss, NWS
1920Nov 1920
WilliamsKid WilliamsUnited States 162–30–12 · BantamweightHerman betterPete Herman better — 2–1–1 to 0–2
Pete Herman
2–1–1 against
Win, NWS
1917Jun 1917
Win, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Draw, PTS
1916Feb 1916
Loss, NWS
1914Jun 1914
Earl Puryear
Draw, PTS
1918Sep 1918
BurmanJoe BurmanUnited States 36–3–6Puryear betterEarl Puryear better — 0–0–1 to 0–1
Pete Herman
Loss, NWS
1920Sep 1920
Earl Puryear
0–1–1 against
Loss, NWS
1919Dec 1919
Draw, NWS
1919Apr 1919
WolfeJack "Kid" WolfeUnited States 81–28–26Herman betterPete Herman better — 1–1 to 0–1–1
Pete Herman
1–1 against
Loss, NWS
1919Mar 1919
Win, NWS
1914Dec 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 — 37,623 days ago. Puryear had lost six straight.LLLLL

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

Pete Herman has won two straight since losing a decision to Midget Smith. Herman last boxed on Apr 24, 1922.WWLWW

O'Gatty Dec 1921Friedman Dec 1921Smith Dec 1921Asher Feb 1922Moore Apr 192215.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Earl Puryear and Pete Herman ever fought each other?: Yes. Earl Puryear and Pete Herman have met 2 times and Pete Herman leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
Who has the better record, Puryear or Herman?: Earl Puryear is 0-12-4 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Pete Herman is 100-32-13. Pete Herman 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 Herman?: Earl Puryear has 0 knockout wins and Pete Herman has 20. Pete Herman has more.
Do Puryear and Herman have any common opponents?: Earl Puryear and Pete Herman share 4 common opponents: Memphis Pal Moore, Kid Williams and Joe Burman (and 1 other). Pete Herman fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Puryear and Herman?: This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Earl Puryear and 148 bouts tracked for Pete Herman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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