Have Jackie Blair and Willie Pep ever fought each other?

Yes. Jackie Blair and Willie Pep have met 2 times and Willie Pep leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Blair or Pep?

Jackie Blair is 2-6 across the 8 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.

Who has more knockouts, Blair or Pep?

Jackie Blair has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.

Do Blair and Pep have any common opponents?

Jackie Blair and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Paddy DeMarco and Sandy Saddler. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Blair and Pep?

This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Jackie Blair and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jackie Blair vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Jackie Blair

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Willie Pep

Jackie Blair (2-6 across 8 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 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Blair

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

Losses

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 2–0

Jackie Blair and Willie Pep have met 2 times; Pep leads 2–0.
Met	1953May 13	1956Apr 17	Series
Jackie BlairFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	UDPep vs Blair	PTSPep vs Blair	2Meetings

The Numbers

Blair 1 · Pep 6 of 7 measurable rows

BlairEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 2-6229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 25%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65: 0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
29% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 6: 1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4: 0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 9.4: 1.6
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 8
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: Jackie Blair: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Jackie Blair: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held: Jackie Blair: No date of birth; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Jackie Blair: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Jackie Blair 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

Jackie Blair2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

2 on the cards 100%

Willie Pep229 wins · from 241 tracked bouts

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 — Jackie Blair 8, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Blair better on 1 · Pep better on 12 shared · Jackie Blair better on 1 · Willie Pep better on 1

BlairJackie Blair

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Jackie Blair
Loss, UD
1956Jan 1956
DeMarcoPaddy DeMarcoUnited States 75–26–3Pep betterWillie Pep better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1948Sep 1948
Jackie Blair
Loss, KO 1
1954Aug 1954
SaddlerSandy SaddlerUnited States 145–16–2 · FeatherweightBlair betterJackie Blair better — 0–1 to 1–3
Willie Pep
1–3 against
Loss, RTD 9
1951Sep 1951
Loss, RTD 8
1950Sep 1950
Win, UD
1949Feb 1949
Loss, KO 4
1948Oct 1948

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

Jackie Blair last boxed on Apr 17, 1956 — 25,753 days ago. Blair had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Moore Feb 1954Saddler Aug 1954Lane Feb 1955DeMarco Jan 1956Pep Apr 19561.6 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

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Have Jackie Blair and Willie Pep ever fought each other?: Yes. Jackie Blair and Willie Pep have met 2 times and Willie Pep leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Blair or Pep?: Jackie Blair is 2-6 across the 8 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.
Who has more knockouts, Blair or Pep?: Jackie Blair has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Blair and Pep have any common opponents?: Jackie Blair and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Paddy DeMarco and Sandy Saddler. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Blair and Pep?: This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Jackie Blair and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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