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Johnny Compo vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Compo

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Willie Pep

Johnny Compo (1-4 across 5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Compo

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts 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

Johnny Compo and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Johnny Compo and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1942Mar 18Series
Johnny CompoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Compo 1 · Pep 6 of 7 measurable rows
CompoPep
Record†
1-4229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
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
0.1
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
5
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
Johnny Compo: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Johnny Compo: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Johnny Compo: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Johnny Compo: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Johnny Compo 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
Johnny Compo1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Compo: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Johnny Compo 5, 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

Johnny Compo last boxed on Sep 23, 1980 — 16,833 days ago. Compo had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Scalzo Oct 1936Scalzo May 1937Scalzo Nov 1938Pep Mar 1942Strauss Sep 19800.1 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 Johnny Compo and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Compo and Willie Pep met once on March 18, 1942, and Willie Pep won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 18, 1942 · Pep · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Compo or Pep?
Johnny Compo is 1-4 across the 5 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.
Records · win %

Compo1–420%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Compo0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Compo and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Compo and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Compo and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Compo and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Compo5bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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