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.
Johnny Dell (1-2 across 3 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 2 common opponents.
Johnny Dell vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Willie Pep leads 1–0- Willie Pep wonPep vs DellSep 2, 1948 · TKO · R8
The Numbers
- 1-2
- Record
- 229-11-1 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 95.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 65 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 28.38%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 29% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 1.5
- Bouts per year
- 9.4 (edge)
- 3
- 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)
- —
- Age
- 103
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Featherweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Dell · 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 (3 and 241 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedJohnny Dell
WPTS · Aug 1946Willie 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
Johnny Dell
LLW
L2 streak · last fought Sep 2, 1948
Willie Pep
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Mar 16, 1966
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Dell and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Dell and Willie Pep met once on September 2, 1948, and Willie Pep won by TKO in round 8.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Dell or Willie Pep?
- Johnny Dell is 1-2 across the 3 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, Johnny Dell or Willie Pep?
- Johnny Dell has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
- Do Johnny Dell and Willie Pep have any common opponents?
- Johnny Dell and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Paddy DeMarco and Chalky Wright. Willie Pep fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Dell and Willie Pep?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Johnny Dell and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.