Have Terry Young and Willie Pep ever fought each other?

Yes. Terry Young and Willie Pep met once on June 1, 1950, and Willie Pep won by UD.

Who has the better record, Young or Pep?

Terry Young is 7-20-2 across the 29 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.

Who has more knockouts, Young or Pep?

Terry Young has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.

Do Young and Pep have any common opponents?

Terry Young and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Sandy Saddler and Paddy DeMarco. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Young and Pep?

This comparison is drawn from 29 bouts tracked for Terry Young and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Terry Young vs Willie Pep — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Terry Young

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Willie Pep

Terry Young (7-20-2 across 29 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 2 common opponents.

Young

Tracked record

7–20–2

counted from 29 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

Losses

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

Terry Young and Willie Pep have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met	1950Jun 1	Series
Terry YoungFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Willie PepFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDPep vs Young	1Meeting

Pep vs Young · Jun 1, 1950

The Numbers

Young 0 · Pep 7 of 7 measurable rows

YoungEdge = longer wingPep

Record^†: 7-20-2229-11-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 27.6%
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 7: 7
6 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4: 0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 9.4: 0.4
9.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241: 29
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: Terry Young: No height on file; Willie Pep: 5′5″
Reachnot held: Terry Young: No reach on file; Willie Pep: 68″
Agenot held: Terry Young: No date of birth; Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Stance: Terry Young: Not recorded; Willie Pep: Orthodox

Terry Young 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

Terry Young7 wins · from 29 tracked bouts

7 on the cards 100%

Willie Pep229 wins · from 241 tracked bouts

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 — Terry Young 29, Willie Pep 241 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Young better on 1 · Pep better on 12 shared · Terry Young better on 1 · Willie Pep better on 1

YoungTerry Young

Opponent

PepWillie Pep

Terry Young
Loss, TKO
1948Dec 1948
SaddlerSandy SaddlerUnited States 145–16–2 · FeatherweightYoung betterTerry Young better — 0–1 to 1–3
Willie Pep
1–3 against
Loss, RTD 9
1951Sep 1951
Loss, RTD 8
1950Sep 1950
Win, UD
1949Feb 1949
Loss, KO 4
1948Oct 1948
Terry Young
0–2 against
Loss, SD
1948Apr 1948
Loss, SD
1948Jan 1948
DeMarcoPaddy DeMarcoUnited States 75–26–3Pep betterWillie Pep better — 1–0 to 0–2
Willie Pep
Win, UD
1948Sep 1948

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

Terry Young last boxed on Aug 28, 1986 — 14,664 days ago. Young had lost six straight.LLLLL

Graham Aug 1948Saddler Dec 1948Pep Jun 1950DeMarco Aug 1953Davis Aug 19860.4 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 Terry Young and Willie Pep ever fought each other?: Yes. Terry Young and Willie Pep met once on June 1, 1950, and Willie Pep won by UD.
Who has the better record, Young or Pep?: Terry Young is 7-20-2 across the 29 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.
Who has more knockouts, Young or Pep?: Terry Young has 0 knockout wins and Willie Pep has 65. Willie Pep has more.
Do Young and Pep have any common opponents?: Terry Young and Willie Pep share 2 common opponents: Sandy Saddler and Paddy DeMarco. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Young and Pep?: This comparison is drawn from 29 bouts tracked for Terry Young and 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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