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Rodolfo Gonzales vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Rodolfo Gonzales

Cross-division

🇺🇸FEATHERWEIGHT

Willie Pep

Rodolfo Gonzales (65-9-1) 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.

Gonzales

65

Wins11 KO · 17%

9

Losses

1

Draw1 tracked bout

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

11

Losses

1

Draw241 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Pep leads 1–0

Rodolfo Gonzales and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Rodolfo Gonzales and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1951Sep 4Series
Rodolfo GonzalesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gonzales 1 · Pep 5 of 6 measurable rows
GonzalesPep
Record
65-9-1229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
87.3%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
11
65 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
16.92%
28.38% (edge)
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

† 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+3″
Rodolfo Gonzales: 5′8″ (edge)
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reach+3″
Rodolfo Gonzales: 71″ (edge)
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot comparable
Rodolfo Gonzales: Died aged 76
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Rodolfo Gonzales: Orthodox
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Rodolfo Gonzales left, Willie Pep right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

Lightweight against Featherweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Rodolfo Gonzales0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Rodolfo Gonzales: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gonzales 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 — Rodolfo Gonzales 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

Rodolfo Gonzales has lost the most recent, to Willie Pep. Gonzales last boxed on Sep 4, 1951.L

Pep Sep 1951

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 Rodolfo Gonzales and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Rodolfo Gonzales and Willie Pep met once on September 4, 1951, and Willie Pep won by UD.
The meeting

LSep 4, 1951 · Pep · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gonzales or Pep?
Rodolfo Gonzales is 65-9-1 and Willie Pep is 229-11-1. Willie Pep has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Gonzales65–9–187.3%

Pep229–11–195.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gonzales or Pep?
Rodolfo Gonzales has 11 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gonzales1116.9%

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gonzales and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Rodolfo Gonzales and Willie Pep have faced.
Who is bigger, Gonzales or Pep?
Rodolfo Gonzales is the taller fighter at 173 cm, 8 cm above the other. Rodolfo Gonzales also has the longer reach, by 7 cm.
Height · reach

Gonzales173 cm180 cm reach

Pep165 cm173 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gonzales and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Rodolfo Gonzales and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gonzales1bout

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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