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Johnny Pena vs Petey Scalzo — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Pena

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Petey Scalzo

Johnny Pena (2-3-3 across 8 tracked bouts) and Petey Scalzo (90-15-6) 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.

Pena

Tracked record

2–3–3

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Scalzo

90

Wins48 KO · 53%

15

Losses

6

Draws112 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Johnny Pena and Petey Scalzo have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Johnny Pena and Petey Scalzo have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1937Jul 22Series
Johnny PenaFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Petey ScalzoFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Pena 1 · Scalzo 6 of 7 measurable rows
PenaScalzo
Record†
2-3-390-15-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
43.8%
83.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48
0
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—53.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
53% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 15.3
1.5
15.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
8
112

† 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 Pena: No height on file
Petey Scalzo: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Johnny Pena: No reach on file
Petey Scalzo: 67″
Agenot held
Johnny Pena: No date of birth
Petey Scalzo: Died aged 75
Stance
Johnny Pena: Not recorded
Petey Scalzo: Orthodox

Johnny Pena left, Petey Scalzo 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 Pena2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Johnny Pena: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Petey Scalzo90 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Petey Scalzo: 90 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (53%) and 42 on the cards (47%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

48 by KO/TKO 53%42 on the cards 47%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Pena 8, Petey Scalzo 112 — 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 Pena last boxed on Oct 18, 1937 — 32,511 days ago. Pena had lost the most recent, to Sammy Angott.DWLDL

Wolgast Jan 1935Miller Jan 1936Miller Feb 1936Scalzo Jul 1937Angott Oct 19371.5 tracked bouts per year

Petey Scalzo had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Bob Montgomery. Scalzo last boxed on Oct 25, 1943.LLWWL

Collins Oct 1942Phillips Nov 1942Doyle Sep 1943Dowl Sep 1943Montgomery Oct 194315.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Pena and Petey Scalzo ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Pena and Petey Scalzo met once on July 22, 1937, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJul 22, 1937 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pena or Scalzo?
Johnny Pena is 2-3-3 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Petey Scalzo is 90-15-6. Petey Scalzo has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Pena2–3–343.8%

Scalzo90–15–683.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Pena or Scalzo?
Johnny Pena has 0 knockout wins and Petey Scalzo has 48. Petey Scalzo has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Pena0

Scalzo4853.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Pena and Scalzo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Pena and Petey Scalzo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pena and Scalzo?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Johnny Pena and 112 bouts tracked for Petey Scalzo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pena8bouts

Scalzo112bouts

How They Win ↓

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