Skip to main content
Kill The Body

and the head will die

Roberto Durán vs William Joppy — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇦🇷ARGENTINA

Roberto Durán

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

William Joppy

Roberto Durán (103-16) and William Joppy (40-7-2) 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.

Durán

103

Wins70 KO · 68%

16

Losses

0

Draws119 tracked bouts

Joppy

40

Wins30 KO · 75%

7

Losses

2

Draws49 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Joppy leads 1–0

Roberto Durán and William Joppy have met 1 time; Joppy leads 1–0.

Roberto Durán and William Joppy have met 1 time; Joppy leads 1–0.
Met1998Aug 28Series
Roberto DuránFighter ALLost0–1W–L
William JoppyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
How it endedTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Durán 4 · Joppy 4 of 8 measurable rows
DuránJoppy
Record
103-16 (edge)40-7-2
Win %0–100%
86.6% (edge)
83.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 70
70 (edge)
30
KO rate0–100%
67.96%
75% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
68%
75% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 3.6
3.6 (edge)
2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
49

† 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

Height+2″
Roberto Durán: 5′7″
William Joppy: 5′9″ (edge)
Reach+6″
Roberto Durán: 66″
William Joppy: 72″ (edge)
Age19 yrs apart
Roberto Durán: 75
William Joppy: 56
Stance
Roberto Durán: Orthodox
William Joppy: Orthodox

Roberto Durán left, William Joppy right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Roberto Durán103 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Roberto Durán: 103 tracked wins — 70 by KO/TKO (68%) and 33 on the cards (32%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

70 by KO/TKO 68%33 on the cards 32%

William Joppy40 wins · from 49 tracked bouts

William Joppy: 40 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (75%) and 10 on the cards (25%). Counted from 49 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 75%10 on the cards 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Roberto Durán 119, William Joppy 49 — 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

Roberto Durán last boxed on Jul 14, 2001 — 9,199 days ago. Durán had won two in a row before losing a decision to Héctor Camacho.LLWWL

Joppy Aug 1998Gonzalez Mar 1999Lawlor Jun 2000Goossen Aug 2000Camacho Jul 20013.6 tracked bouts per year

William Joppy last boxed on Mar 12, 2011 — 5,671 days ago. Joppy had won once since four bouts without a win.LLDLW

Bute Feb 2008Demers Mar 2010Cummings Nov 2010Shumenov Jan 2011Cummings Mar 20112.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Roberto Durán and William Joppy ever fought each other?
Yes. Roberto Durán and William Joppy met once on August 28, 1998, and William Joppy won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LAug 28, 1998 · Joppy · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Durán or Joppy?
Roberto Durán is 103-16 and William Joppy is 40-7-2. Roberto Durán has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Durán103–1686.6%

Joppy40–7–283.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Durán or Joppy?
Roberto Durán has 70 knockout wins and William Joppy has 30. Roberto Durán has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Durán7068%

Joppy3075%

The Numbers ↓
Do Durán and Joppy have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Roberto Durán and William Joppy have faced.
Who is bigger, Durán or Joppy?
William Joppy is the taller fighter at 175 cm, 5 cm above the other. William Joppy also has the longer reach, by 16 cm.
Height · reach

Durán170 cm168 cm reach

Joppy175 cm184 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Durán and Joppy?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Roberto Durán and 49 bouts tracked for William Joppy. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Durán119bouts

Joppy49bouts

How They Win ↓

Compare someone else

6 suggested matchups

Compare Durán with…

Compare Joppy with…

Someone else?

Release either fighter to put someone new in that slot — the other one stays put.