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George van der Heyden vs Willie Joyce — record, stats and common opponents compared

George van der Heyden

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Willie Joyce

George van der Heyden (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Willie Joyce (71-21-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Heyden

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Joyce

71

Wins16 KO · 23%

21

Losses

10

Draws103 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

Joyce leads 2–0

George van der Heyden and Willie Joyce have met 2 times; Joyce leads 2–0.

George van der Heyden and Willie Joyce have met 2 times; Joyce leads 2–0.
Met1938May 311938Jun 20Series
George van der HeydenFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Willie JoyceFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Heyden 0 · Joyce 3 of 3 measurable rows
HeydenJoyce
Record†
0-271-21-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
74.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 16
0
16 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—22.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—23%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—11
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
2
103

† 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

Stance
George van der Heyden: Not recorded
Willie Joyce: Orthodox

George van der Heyden left, Willie Joyce right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
George van der Heyden0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

George van der Heyden: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Heyden yet.

Willie Joyce71 wins · from 103 tracked bouts

Willie Joyce: 71 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (23%) and 55 on the cards (77%). Counted from 103 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 23%55 on the cards 77%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George van der Heyden 2, Willie Joyce 103 — 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

George van der Heyden last boxed on Jun 20, 1938 — 32,274 days ago. Heyden had lost two straight.LL

Joyce May 1938Joyce Jun 1938

Willie Joyce last boxed on Mar 24, 1947 — 29,075 days ago. Joyce had lost the most recent, to Johnny Cesario.LWLDL

Bratton Oct 1946Castiglione Nov 1946Bratton Dec 1946Petrone Jan 1947Cesario Mar 194711 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George van der Heyden and Willie Joyce ever fought each other?
Yes. George van der Heyden and Willie Joyce have met 2 times and Willie Joyce leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJun 20, 1938 · Joyce · PTS

LMay 31, 1938 · Joyce · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Heyden or Joyce?
George van der Heyden is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Joyce is 71-21-10. Willie Joyce has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Heyden0–20%

Joyce71–21–1074.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Heyden or Joyce?
George van der Heyden has 0 knockout wins and Willie Joyce has 16. Willie Joyce has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Heyden0

Joyce1622.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Heyden and Joyce have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George van der Heyden and Willie Joyce have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Heyden and Joyce?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for George van der Heyden and 103 bouts tracked for Willie Joyce. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Heyden2bouts

Joyce103bouts

How They Win ↓

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George van der Heyden vs Willie Joyce — Records, Stats & Common Opponents