Have Jackie Graves and Willie Pep ever fought each other?

Yes. Jackie Graves and Willie Pep met once on July 25, 1946, and Willie Pep won by TKO in round 8.

Who has the better record, Graves or Pep?

Jackie Graves is 2-1 across the 3 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, Graves or Pep?

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

Do Graves and Pep have any common opponents?

Jackie Graves and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Manuel Ortiz and Harold Dade. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jackie Graves and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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

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Jackie Graves

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Willie Pep

Jackie Graves (2-1 across 3 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 2 common opponents.

Graves

Tracked record

2–1

counted from 3 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 1–0

Jackie Graves and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met	1946Jul 25	Series
Jackie GravesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR8Pep vs Graves	1Meeting

Pep vs Graves · Jul 25, 1946

The Numbers

Graves 1 · Pep 6 of 7 measurable rows

GravesEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 2-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 66.7%
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: 0.6
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 3
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 Graves: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Jackie Graves: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot comparable: Jackie Graves: Died aged 83; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Jackie Graves: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Jackie Graves 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 Graves2 wins · from 3 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 Graves 3, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · even on 22 shared · even on 2

GravesJackie Graves

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Jackie Graves
Win, UD
1951Jul 1951
OrtizManuel OrtizUnited States 100–28–3 · LightweightEvenEven — 1–0 both
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1944Jul 1944
Jackie Graves
Win, UD
1948Jun 1948
DadeHarold DadeUnited States 39–31–6EvenEven — 1–0 both
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1949Dec 1949

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 Graves has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Willie Pep. Graves last boxed on Jul 17, 1951.LWW

Pep Jul 1946Dade Jun 1948Ortiz Jul 19510.6 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

With the rows behind them

Have Jackie Graves and Willie Pep ever fought each other?: Yes. Jackie Graves and Willie Pep met once on July 25, 1946, and Willie Pep won by TKO in round 8.
Who has the better record, Graves or Pep?: Jackie Graves is 2-1 across the 3 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, Graves or Pep?: Jackie Graves has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Graves and Pep have any common opponents?: Jackie Graves and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Manuel Ortiz and Harold Dade. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Graves and Pep?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jackie Graves and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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