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Ernie Petrone vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ernie Petrone

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Willie Pep

Ernie Petrone (0-4-1 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.

Petrone

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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

Ernie Petrone and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Ernie Petrone and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1946May 6Series
Ernie PetroneFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Petrone 1 · Pep 5 of 6 measurable rows
PetronePep
Record†
0-4-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
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
2 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
2.9
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
Ernie Petrone: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Ernie Petrone: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Ernie Petrone: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Ernie Petrone: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Ernie Petrone 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
Ernie Petrone0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ernie Petrone: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Petrone 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 — Ernie Petrone 5, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Pep better on 1

Petrone

Opponent

Pep

  • Ernie Petrone

    Draw, PTS

    1947

    JoycePep better

    Willie Pep

    Win, UD

    1944

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

Ernie Petrone last boxed on Dec 18, 1947 — 28,796 days ago. Petrone had lost two straight.LLDLL

Montgomery Mar 1946Pep May 1946Joyce Jan 1947Graham May 1947Larkin Dec 19472.9 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 Ernie Petrone and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernie Petrone and Willie Pep met once on May 6, 1946, and Willie Pep won by PTS.
The meeting

LMay 6, 1946 · Pep · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Petrone or Pep?
Ernie Petrone is 0-4-1 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.
Records · win %

Petrone0–4–110%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Petrone0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Petrone and Pep have any common opponents?
Ernie Petrone and Willie Pep share 1 common opponent: Willie Joyce. Willie Pep fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Willie JoyceDW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Petrone and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Ernie Petrone and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Petrone5bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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