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Manuel Armenteros vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Manuel Armenteros

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Willie Pep

Manuel Armenteros (0-4 across 4 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.

Armenteros

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Manuel Armenteros and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Manuel Armenteros and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1956May 22Series
Manuel ArmenterosFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR61Meeting

The Numbers

Armenteros 1 · Pep 5 of 6 measurable rows
ArmenterosPep
Record†
0-4229-11-1 (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
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
0.7
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
4
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
Manuel Armenteros: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Manuel Armenteros: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Manuel Armenteros: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Manuel Armenteros: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Manuel Armenteros 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
Manuel Armenteros0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Manuel Armenteros: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Armenteros 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 — Manuel Armenteros 4, 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

Manuel Armenteros last boxed on Feb 17, 1959 — 24,721 days ago. Armenteros had lost four straight.LLLL

Macías Apr 1953Pep May 1956Becerra Jan 1957Kingpetch Feb 19590.7 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 Manuel Armenteros and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Manuel Armenteros and Willie Pep met once on May 22, 1956, and Willie Pep won by RTD in round 6.
The meeting

LMay 22, 1956 · Pep · RTD R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Armenteros or Pep?
Manuel Armenteros is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Armenteros0–40%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Armenteros0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Armenteros and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Manuel Armenteros and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Armenteros and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Manuel Armenteros and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Armenteros4bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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