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.
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.
Joey Silva vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Willie Pep leads 3–0- Willie Pep wonPep vs SilvaDec 21, 1942 · RTD · R9
- Willie Pep wonPep vs SilvaAug 1, 1942 · RTD · R7
- Willie Pep wonPep vs SilvaApr 22, 1941 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-12
- Record
- 229-11-1 (edge)
- 7.7%
- Win %
- 95.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 65 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 28.38%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 29% (edge)
- 6
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 2.8
- Bouts per year
- 9.4 (edge)
- 13
- Bouts tracked
- 241
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′5″ (165 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 68″ (173 cm)
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- Age
- 103
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- Stance
- Orthodox
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- Division
- Featherweight
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- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJoey Silva · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Willie Pep · 229 wins
KO/TKO
66
Decision
163
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (13 and 241 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedJoey Silva
LTKO R7 · Jul 1940Willie Pep
WKO R3 · Nov 1946WUD · Dec 1944WUD · Sep 1944WUD · Nov 1942
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Joey Silva
LLLLL
L7 streak · last fought Aug 14, 1943
Willie Pep
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Mar 16, 1966
Common Questions
- 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, Joey Silva or Willie 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, Joey Silva or Willie Pep?
- Joey Silva has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
- Do Joey Silva and Willie 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 Joey Silva and Willie 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.