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Mexican Joe Rivers vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Mexican Joe Rivers

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Willie Pep

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.

Rivers

Tracked record

2–9–1

counted from 12 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

Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Mexican Joe Rivers and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1942Jan 8Series
Mexican Joe RiversFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Rivers 2 · Pep 5 of 7 measurable rows
RiversPep
Record†
2-9-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20.8%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
1
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
29%
Times stopped‡max 6
5 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
0.4
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
12
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
Mexican Joe Rivers: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Mexican Joe Rivers: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot comparable
Mexican Joe Rivers: Died aged 65
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Mexican Joe Rivers: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Mexican Joe Rivers 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
Mexican Joe Rivers2 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

Mexican Joe Rivers: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

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 — Mexican Joe Rivers 12, 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

Mexican Joe Rivers has lost six straight. Rivers last boxed on Jan 8, 1942.LLLLL

Dundee Dec 1914Dundee Jul 1915Dundee Nov 1915Jack Feb 1941Pep Jan 19420.4 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 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.
The meeting

LJan 8, 1942 · Pep · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rivers or 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.
Records · win %

Rivers2–9–120.8%

Pep229–11–195.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Rivers or Pep?
Mexican Joe Rivers has 1 knockout win and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Rivers1

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rivers and 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 Rivers and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rivers12bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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