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Willie Pep vs Young Junior — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Willie Pep

Young Junior

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

Pep

229

Wins65 KO · 28%

11

Losses

1

Draw241 tracked bouts

Junior

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 1–0

Willie Pep and Young Junior have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.

Willie Pep and Young Junior have met 1 time; Pep leads 1–0.
Met1948Jul 28Series
Willie PepFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Young JuniorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Pep 5 · Junior 1 of 6 measurable rows
PepJunior
Record†
229-11-1 (edge)0-2
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)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 241
241
2

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

Willie Pep left, Young Junior 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%

Young Junior0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Young Junior: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Junior yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Willie Pep 241, Young Junior 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Pep better on 1

Pep

Opponent

Junior

  • Willie Pep

    Win, UD

    1948

    DeMarcoPep better

    Young Junior

    Loss, UD

    1950

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

Young Junior last boxed on Aug 28, 1950 — 27,813 days ago. Junior had lost two straight.LL

Pep Jul 1948DeMarco Aug 19501 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Willie Pep and Young Junior ever fought each other?
Yes. Willie Pep and Young Junior met once on July 28, 1948, and Willie Pep won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WJul 28, 1948 · Pep · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pep or Junior?
Willie Pep is 229-11-1 and Young Junior is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Junior0–20%

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

Pep6528.4%

Junior0

The Numbers ↓
Do Pep and Junior have any common opponents?
Willie Pep and Young Junior share 1 common opponent: Paddy DeMarco. Willie Pep fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Paddy DeMarcoWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pep and Junior?
This comparison is drawn from 241 bouts tracked for Willie Pep and 2 bouts tracked for Young Junior. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pep241bouts

Junior2bouts

How They Win ↓

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