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Kenny Leach vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Kenny Leach

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Willie Pep

Kenny Leach (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Leach

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Kenny Leach and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Kenny Leach and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1952May 5Series
Kenny LeachFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Leach 1 · Pep 4 of 5 measurable rows
LeachPep
Record†
0-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—29%
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—9.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
1
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
Kenny Leach: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Kenny Leach: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Kenny Leach: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Kenny Leach: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Kenny Leach 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
Kenny Leach0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Kenny Leach: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Leach yet.

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 — Kenny Leach 1, 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

Kenny Leach last boxed on May 5, 1952 — 27,207 days ago. Leach had lost the most recent, to Willie Pep.L

Pep May 1952

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 Kenny Leach and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Kenny Leach and Willie Pep met once on May 5, 1952, and Willie Pep won by PTS.
The meeting

LMay 5, 1952 · Pep · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Leach or Pep?
Kenny Leach is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Leach0–10%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Leach0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Leach and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kenny Leach and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Leach and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Kenny Leach and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Leach1bout

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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