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Joe Knight vs Willie Ptomey — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Knight

Willie Ptomey

Joe Knight (125-19-18) and Willie Ptomey (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Knight

125

Wins66 KO · 53%

19

Losses

18

Draws164 tracked bouts

Ptomey

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Knight leads 1–0

Joe Knight and Willie Ptomey have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.

Joe Knight and Willie Ptomey have met 1 time; Knight leads 1–0.
Met1930Jul 8Series
Joe KnightFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie PtomeyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Knight 6 · Ptomey 0 of 6 measurable rows
KnightPtomey
Record†
125-19-18 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
82.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 66
66 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
52.8%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
53%—
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 15.6
15.6 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 164
164
2

† 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
Joe Knight: 6′0″
Willie Ptomey: No height on file
Reachnot held
Joe Knight: 74″
Willie Ptomey: No reach on file
Agenot held
Joe Knight: Died aged 67
Willie Ptomey: No date of birth
Stance
Joe Knight: Southpaw
Willie Ptomey: Not recorded

Joe Knight left, Willie Ptomey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Knight125 wins · from 164 tracked bouts

Joe Knight: 125 tracked wins — 66 by KO/TKO (53%), 58 on the cards (46%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 164 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

66 by KO/TKO 53%58 on the cards 46%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Willie Ptomey0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Willie Ptomey: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ptomey yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Knight 164, Willie Ptomey 2 — 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

Joe Knight has won four straight since losing a decision to Melio Bettina. Knight last boxed on Apr 19, 1938.LWWWW

Bettina Jun 1937Anderson Mar 1938Boyle Mar 1938McDuff Apr 1938Gideon Apr 193815.6 tracked bouts per year

Willie Ptomey last boxed on Jul 8, 1930 — 35,171 days ago. Ptomey had lost the most recent, to Joe Knight.DL

Gans May 1926Knight Jul 19300.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Knight and Willie Ptomey ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Knight and Willie Ptomey met once on July 8, 1930, and Joe Knight won by KO.
The meeting

WJul 8, 1930 · Knight · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Knight or Ptomey?
Joe Knight is 125-19-18 and Willie Ptomey is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joe Knight has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Knight125–19–1882.7%

Ptomey0–1–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Knight or Ptomey?
Joe Knight has 66 knockout wins and Willie Ptomey has 0. Joe Knight has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Knight6652.8%

Ptomey0

The Numbers ↓
Do Knight and Ptomey have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Knight and Willie Ptomey have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Knight and Ptomey?
This comparison is drawn from 164 bouts tracked for Joe Knight and 2 bouts tracked for Willie Ptomey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Knight164bouts

Ptomey2bouts

How They Win ↓

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