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Jimmy Kelly vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jimmy Kelly

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Willie Pep

Jimmy Kelly (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Jimmy Kelly and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Jimmy Kelly and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1958Apr 29Series
Jimmy KellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Pep 4 of 5 measurable rows
KellyPep
Record†
0-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
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
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—9.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
1
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
Jimmy Kelly: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Jimmy Kelly: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Jimmy Kelly: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Jimmy Kelly: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Jimmy Kelly 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
Jimmy Kelly0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jimmy Kelly: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly 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 — Jimmy Kelly 1, Willie Pep 241 — 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

Jimmy Kelly last boxed on Apr 29, 1958 — 25,020 days ago. Kelly had lost the most recent, to Willie Pep.L

Pep Apr 1958

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 Jimmy Kelly and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Jimmy Kelly and Willie Pep met once on April 29, 1958, and Willie Pep won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 29, 1958 · Pep · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Pep?
Jimmy Kelly is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Kelly0–10%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Kelly0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jimmy Kelly and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jimmy Kelly and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly1bout

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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