Have Joey Silva and Willie Pep ever fought each other?

Yes. Joey Silva and Willie Pep have met 3 times and Willie Pep leads the series 3-0.

Who has the better record, Silva or Pep?

Joey Silva is 1-12 across the 13 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, Silva or Pep?

Joey Silva has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.

Do Silva and Pep have any common opponents?

Joey Silva and Willie Pep share 3 common opponents: Chalky Wright, Willie Joyce and Joey Archibald. Willie Pep fared better against 3 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Joey Silva and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Joey Silva vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Joey Silva

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Willie Pep

Joey Silva (1-12 across 13 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 3 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Silva

Tracked record

1–12

counted from 13 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 3–0

Joey Silva and Willie Pep have met 3 times; Pep leads 3–0.
Met	1941Apr 22	1942Aug 1	1942Dec 21	Series
Joey SilvaFighter A	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–3W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	WWon	WWon	3–0W–L
Result	PTSPep vs Silva	RTDR7Pep vs Silva	RTDR9Pep vs Silva	3Meetings

The Numbers

Silva 0 · Pep 6 of 6 measurable rows

SilvaEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 1-12229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 7.7%
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^‡levelmax 6: 6
6
Title reignsmax 4: 0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 9.4: 2.8
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 13
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: Joey Silva: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Joey Silva: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held: Joey Silva: No date of birth; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Joey Silva: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Joey Silva 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

Joey Silva1 win · from 13 tracked bouts

1 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 — Joey Silva 13, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Pep better on 33 shared · Willie Pep better on 3

SilvaJoey Silva

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Joey Silva
Loss, TKO 7
1940Jul 1940
WrightChalky WrightUnited States 171–46–19 · FeatherweightPep betterWillie Pep better — 4–0 to 0–1
Willie Pep
4–0 against
Win, KO 3
1946Nov 1946
Win, UD
1944Dec 1944
Win, UD
1944Sep 1944
Win, UD
1942Nov 1942
Joey Silva
Loss, TKO 8
1940Jun 1940
JoyceWillie JoyceUnited States 71–21–10Pep betterWillie Pep better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1944Jul 1944
Joey Silva
Loss, PTS
1939Jun 1939
ArchibaldJoey ArchibaldUnited States 60–42–5Pep betterWillie Pep better — 2–0 to 0–1
Willie Pep
2–0 against
Win, UD
1942Oct 1942
Win, PTS
1942Jun 1942

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

Joey Silva last boxed on Aug 14, 1943 — 30,383 days ago. Silva had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Pep Apr 1941Pep Aug 1942Pep Dec 1942Zurita Apr 1943Armstrong Aug 19432.8 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 Joey Silva and Willie Pep ever fought each other?: Yes. Joey Silva and Willie Pep have met 3 times and Willie Pep leads the series 3-0.
Who has the better record, Silva or Pep?: Joey Silva is 1-12 across the 13 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, Silva or Pep?: Joey Silva has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Silva and Pep have any common opponents?: Joey Silva and Willie Pep share 3 common opponents: Chalky Wright, Willie Joyce and Joey Archibald. Willie Pep fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Silva and Pep?: This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for Joey Silva and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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