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, Dell or 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, Dell or Pep?

Johnny Dell has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.

Do Dell and 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 Dell and 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.

Johnny Dell vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Johnny Dell

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Willie Pep

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.

Dell

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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 1–0

Johnny Dell and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met	1948Sep 2	Series
Johnny DellFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR8Pep vs Dell	1Meeting

Pep vs Dell · Sep 2, 1948

The Numbers

Dell 1 · Pep 6 of 7 measurable rows

DellEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 1-2229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 33.3%
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: 1.5
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 3
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 Dell: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Johnny Dell: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held: Johnny Dell: No date of birth; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Johnny Dell: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Johnny Dell 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 Dell1 win · from 3 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 — Johnny Dell 3, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Pep better on 22 shared · Willie Pep better on 2

DellJohnny Dell

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Johnny Dell
Loss, SD
1947Nov 1947
DeMarcoPaddy DeMarcoUnited States 75–26–3Pep betterWillie Pep better — 1–0 to 0–1
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1948Sep 1948
Johnny Dell
Win, PTS
1946Aug 1946
WrightChalky WrightUnited States 171–46–19 · FeatherweightPep betterWillie Pep better — 4–0 to 1–0
Willie Pep
4–0 against
Win, KO 3
1946Nov 1946
Win, UD
1944Dec 1944
Win, UD
1944Sep 1944
Win, UD
1942Nov 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

Johnny Dell last boxed on Sep 2, 1948 — 28,536 days ago. Dell had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Wright Aug 1946DeMarco Nov 1947Pep Sep 19481.5 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 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, Dell or 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, Dell or Pep?: Johnny Dell has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Dell and 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 Dell and 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.

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