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Russell Tague vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Russell Tague

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Willie Pep

Russell Tague (1-2 across 3 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 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Tague

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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 2–0

Russell Tague and Willie Pep have met 2 times; Pep leads 2–0.

Russell Tague and Willie Pep have met 2 times; Pep leads 2–0.
Met1956Jun 191957Jul 23Series
Russell TagueFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultRTDR6UD2Meetings

The Numbers

Tague 1 · Pep 6 of 7 measurable rows
TaguePep
Record†
1-2229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
29% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
0.8
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
3
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
Russell Tague: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Russell Tague: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Russell Tague: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Russell Tague: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Russell Tague 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
Russell Tague1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Russell Tague: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Russell Tague 3, 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

Russell Tague last boxed on Jul 23, 1957 — 25,292 days ago. Tague had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Moore Oct 1953Pep Jun 1956Pep Jul 19570.8 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 Russell Tague and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Russell Tague and Willie Pep have met 2 times and Willie Pep leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LJul 23, 1957 · Pep · UD

LJun 19, 1956 · Pep · RTD R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Tague or Pep?
Russell Tague is 1-2 across the 3 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 %

Tague1–233.3%

Pep229–11–195.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Tague or Pep?
Russell Tague has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Tague0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Tague and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Russell Tague and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Tague and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Russell Tague and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Tague3bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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Russell Tague vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents