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Sonny Luciano vs Willie Pep — record, stats and common opponents compared

Sonny Luciano

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Willie Pep

Sonny Luciano (0-4 across 4 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.

Luciano

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Sonny Luciano and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Sonny Luciano and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1953Nov 21Series
Sonny LucianoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Luciano 1 · Pep 5 of 6 measurable rows
LucianoPep
Record†
0-4229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
95.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 65
0
65 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—28.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—29%
Times stopped‡max 6
0 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 9.4
2.9
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
4
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
Sonny Luciano: No height on file
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Sonny Luciano: No reach on file
Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held
Sonny Luciano: No date of birth
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance
Sonny Luciano: Not recorded
Willie Pep: Orthodox

Sonny Luciano 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
Sonny Luciano0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Sonny Luciano: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Luciano 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 — Sonny Luciano 4, 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

Sonny Luciano last boxed on Nov 21, 1953 — 26,641 days ago. Luciano had lost four straight.LLLL

Dupas Jul 1952Pastrano Aug 1952Pastrano Aug 1952Pep Nov 19532.9 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 Sonny Luciano and Willie Pep ever fought each other?
Yes. Sonny Luciano and Willie Pep met once on November 21, 1953, and Willie Pep won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 21, 1953 · Pep · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Luciano or Pep?
Sonny Luciano is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Luciano0–40%

Pep229–11–195.2%

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

Luciano0

Pep6528.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Luciano and Pep have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Sonny Luciano and Willie Pep have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Luciano and Pep?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Sonny Luciano and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Luciano4bouts

Pep241bouts

How They Win ↓

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