Have Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce ever fought each other?

Yes. Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce met once on April 9, 1946, and Willie Joyce won by KO in round 2.

Who has the better record, Garcia or Joyce?

Ruby Garcia is 0-11 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Joyce is 71-21-10. Willie Joyce has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Garcia or Joyce?

Ruby Garcia has 0 knockout wins and Willie Joyce has 16. Willie Joyce has more.

Do Garcia and Joyce have any common opponents?

Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce share 5 common opponents: Tippy Larkin, Beau Jack and Ike Williams (and 2 others). Willie Joyce fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Garcia and Joyce?

This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Ruby Garcia and 103 bouts tracked for Willie Joyce. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ruby Garcia vs Willie Joyce — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Ruby Garcia

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Willie Joyce

Ruby Garcia (0-11 across 11 tracked bouts) and Willie Joyce (71-21-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.

Garcia

Tracked record

0–11

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Joyce

Wins16 KO · 23%

Losses

Draws103 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

Joyce leads 1–0

Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce have met 1 time; Joyce leads 1–0.
Met	1946Apr 9	Series
Ruby GarciaFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie JoyceFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR2Joyce vs Garcia	1Meeting

Joyce vs Garcia · Apr 9, 1946

The Numbers

Garcia 0 · Joyce 5 of 5 measurable rows

GarciaEdge = longer wingJoyce

Record^†: 0-1171-21-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
74.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 16: 0
16 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —22.54%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —23%
Times stopped^‡max 5: 5
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 11: 1.9
11 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103: 11
103

† 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

Stance: Ruby Garcia: Not recorded; Willie Joyce: Orthodox

Ruby Garcia left, Willie Joyce right, as everywhere on this page. Stance is stated, not scored.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Ruby Garcia0 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Garcia yet.

Willie Joyce71 wins · from 103 tracked bouts

16 by KO/TKO 23%55 on the cards 77%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ruby Garcia 11, Willie Joyce 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Garcia better on 1 · Joyce better on 3 · even on 15 shared · Ruby Garcia better on 1 · Willie Joyce better on 3 · even on 1

GarciaRuby Garcia

Opponent

JoyceWillie Joyce

Ruby Garcia
Loss, PTS
1943Aug 1943
LarkinTippy LarkinUnited States 134–15–1 · LightweightGarcia betterRuby Garcia better — 0–1 to 0–3
Willie Joyce
0–3 against
Loss, UD
1946Sep 1946
Loss, UD
1946Apr 1946
Loss, UD
1945Aug 1945
Ruby Garcia
Loss, TKO 6
1942Aug 1942
JackBeau JackUnited States 91–24–5 · LightweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Willie Joyce
Loss, UD
1945Dec 1945
Ruby Garcia
0–3 against
Loss, TKO 7
1944Nov 1944
Loss, UD
1943Apr 1943
Loss, PTS
1942Aug 1942
WilliamsIke WilliamsUnited States 128–24–5 · LightweightJoyce betterWillie Joyce better — 3–1 to 0–3
Willie Joyce
3–1 against
Win, SD
1945Jun 1945
Win, UD
1945Mar 1945
Loss, UD
1945Jan 1945
Win, SD
1944Nov 1944
Ruby Garcia
Loss, TKO 8
1944Jul 1944
WrightChalky WrightUnited States 171–46–19 · FeatherweightJoyce betterWillie Joyce better — 1–1 to 0–1
Willie Joyce
1–1 against
Loss, UD
1945Apr 1945
Win, UD
1945Feb 1945
Ruby Garcia
0–3 against
Loss, UD
1941Dec 1941
Loss, UD
1941Mar 1941
Loss, UD
1941Feb 1941
PepWillie PepUnited States 229–11–1 · FeatherweightJoyce betterWillie Joyce better — 0–1 to 0–3
Willie Joyce
Loss, UD
1944Jul 1944

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ruby Garcia last boxed on Dec 17, 1946 — 29,162 days ago. Garcia had lost 11 straight.LLLLL

Larkin Aug 1943Wright Jul 1944Williams Nov 1944Joyce Apr 1946Carter Dec 19461.9 tracked bouts per year

Willie Joyce last boxed on Mar 24, 1947 — 29,065 days ago. Joyce had lost the most recent, to Johnny Cesario.LWLDL

Bratton Oct 1946Castiglione Nov 1946Bratton Dec 1946Petrone Jan 1947Cesario Mar 194711 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce ever fought each other?: Yes. Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce met once on April 9, 1946, and Willie Joyce won by KO in round 2.
Who has the better record, Garcia or Joyce?: Ruby Garcia is 0-11 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Willie Joyce is 71-21-10. Willie Joyce has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Garcia or Joyce?: Ruby Garcia has 0 knockout wins and Willie Joyce has 16. Willie Joyce has more.
Do Garcia and Joyce have any common opponents?: Ruby Garcia and Willie Joyce share 5 common opponents: Tippy Larkin, Beau Jack and Ike Williams (and 2 others). Willie Joyce fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Garcia and Joyce?: This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Ruby Garcia and 103 bouts tracked for Willie Joyce. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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