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.
Mexican Joe Rivers (2-9-1 across 12 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.
Mexican Joe Rivers vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Willie Pep leads 1–0- Willie Pep wonPep vs RiversJan 8, 1942 · TKO · R4
The Numbers
- 2-9-1
- Record
- 229-11-1 (edge)
- 20.8%
- Win %
- 95.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 65 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 28.38%
- 50% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 29%
- 5 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 6
- 0
- Title reigns
- 4 (edge)
- 0.4
- Bouts per year
- 9.4 (edge)
- 12
- 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
- —
- Height
- 5′5″ (165 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 68″ (173 cm)
- 134
- Age
- 103
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Featherweight
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyMexican Joe Rivers · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
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 (12 and 241 respectively), 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
Mexican Joe Rivers
LLLLL
L6 streak · last fought Jan 8, 1942
Willie Pep
LWWWW
L1 streak · last fought Mar 16, 1966
Common Questions
- Have Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
- Yes. Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep met once on January 8, 1942, and Willie Pep won by TKO in round 4.
- Who has the better record, Mexican Joe Rivers or Willie Pep?
- Mexican Joe Rivers is 2-9-1 across the 12 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, Mexican Joe Rivers or Willie Pep?
- Mexican Joe Rivers has 1 knockout win and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
- Do Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep?
- This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Mexican Joe Rivers and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.