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Willie Pep vs Willie Roache — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Willie Pep

Willie Roache

Willie Pep (229-11-1) and Willie Roache (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

11

Losses

1

Draw241 tracked bouts

Roache

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

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

Willie Pep and Willie Roache have met 2 times; Pep leads 2–0.
Met1942Feb 241945Feb 5Series
Willie PepFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Willie RoacheFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Pep 5 · Roache 1 of 6 measurable rows
PepRoache
Record†
229-11-1 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
95.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 65
65 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
28.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
29%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 9.4
9.4 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
241
4

† 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
Willie Pep: 5′5″
Willie Roache: No height on file
Reachnot held
Willie Pep: 68″
Willie Roache: No reach on file
Agenot held
Willie Pep: Died aged 84
Willie Roache: No date of birth
Stance
Willie Pep: Orthodox
Willie Roache: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Willie Roache0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Willie Roache: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Roache yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Willie Pep 241, Willie Roache 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Roache better on 1

Pep

Opponent

Roache

  • Willie Pep

    1–3 against

    Loss, RTD 9

    1951

    Loss, RTD 8

    1950

    Win, UD

    1949

    Loss, KO 4

    1948

    SaddlerRoache better

    Willie Roache

    Loss, TKO 3

    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

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

Willie Roache last boxed on Oct 11, 1948 — 28,506 days ago. Roache had lost four straight.LLLL

Pep Feb 1942Williams Apr 1942Pep Feb 1945Saddler Oct 19480.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Willie Pep and Willie Roache ever fought each other?
Yes. Willie Pep and Willie Roache have met 2 times and Willie Pep leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WFeb 5, 1945 · Pep · PTS

WFeb 24, 1942 · Pep · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pep or Roache?
Willie Pep is 229-11-1 and Willie Roache is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Willie Pep has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Pep229–11–195.2%

Roache0–40%

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

Pep6528.4%

Roache0

The Numbers ↓
Do Pep and Roache have any common opponents?
Willie Pep and Willie Roache share 1 common opponent: Sandy Saddler. Willie Roache fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sandy Saddler1–3L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pep and Roache?
This comparison is drawn from 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep and 4 bouts tracked for Willie Roache. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pep241bouts

Roache4bouts

How They Win ↓

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