Willie Pep

Career, Record, Stats
Willie Pep

Willie Pep (Will o' the Wisp) was an American professional boxer. He was a featherweight world champion with 2 world-title wins. In a career spanning 25 years, 7 months, and 19 days, Pep amassed a record of 229-11-1, which includes 65 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990.

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LEGEND

Willie Pep's Boxing Career

Willie Pep was born in Middletown, Connecticut, United States on September 19, 1922. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on July 25, 1940 against Joey Marcus. Pep defeated Marcus via 4-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Pep became a world champion at the age of 20 after 53 professional fights. He challenged Chalky Wright for the The Ring featherweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.

Pep's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Calvin Woodland at age 43, on March 16, 1966.

Some of Willie Pep's best fights were against Manuel Ortiz (HOFer) and Chalky Wright (HOFer). For a complete list of Pep's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Willie Pep".

Pep has 11 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Willie Pep Losses".

Willie Pep's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
241
Mar 16, 1966 43 generic fighter pic Calvin Woodland
loss
UD
6
240
Oct 25, 1965 43 generic fighter pic Ray Coleman
win
KO
5
239
Oct 14, 1965 43 generic fighter pic Sergio Musquiz
win
TKO
5
238
Oct 04, 1965 43 generic fighter pic Tommy Haden
win
TKO
3
237
Oct 01, 1965 43 generic fighter pic Willie Little
win
TKO
3
236
Sep 28, 1965 43 generic fighter pic Johnny Gilmore
win
UD
6
235
Jul 26, 1965 42 generic fighter pic Benny Red Randall
win
UD
10
234
May 21, 1965 42 generic fighter pic Johnny Gilmore
win
UD
6
233
Apr 26, 1965 42 generic fighter pic Jackie Lennon
win
UD
6
232
Mar 11, 1965 42 generic fighter pic Harold McKeever
win
UD
8
231
Jan 26, 1959 36 generic fighter pic Sonny Leon
loss
UD
10
230
Sep 20, 1958 36 generic fighter pic Hogan Bassey
loss
TKO
9
229
Aug 26, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Al Duarte
win
UD
10
228
Aug 09, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Jesse Rodriguez
win
UD
10
227
Aug 04, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Luis Carmona
win
UD
10
226
Jul 17, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Bobby Bell
win
UD
10
225
Jul 01, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Bobby Soares
win
UD
10
224
Jun 23, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Pat McCoy
win
UD
10
223
May 20, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Bobby Singleton
win
UD
10
222
Apr 29, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Jimmy Kelly
win
UD
10
221
Apr 14, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Cleo Ortiz
win
UD
10
220
Apr 08, 1958 35 generic fighter pic George Stephany
win
UD
10
219
Mar 31, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Prince Johnson
win
UD
10
218
Jan 14, 1958 35 generic fighter pic Tommy Tibbs
loss
SD
10
217
Dec 17, 1957 35 generic fighter pic Jimmy Connors
win
UD
10
216
Jul 23, 1957 34 generic fighter pic Russell Tague
win
UD
10
215
Jul 16, 1957 34 generic fighter pic Manny Castro
win
UD
10
214
May 10, 1957 34 generic fighter pic Manny Castro
win
UD
10
213
Apr 23, 1957 34 generic fighter pic Cesar Morales
win
UD
10
212
Jul 04, 1956 33 generic fighter pic Hector Bacquettes
win
TKO
5
211
Jun 19, 1956 33 generic fighter pic Russell Tague
win
UD
10
210
May 22, 1956 33 generic fighter pic Manuel Armenteros
win
RTD
6
209
Apr 17, 1956 33 generic fighter pic Jackie Blair
win
UD
10
208
Mar 27, 1956 33 generic fighter pic Buddy Baggett
win
UD
10
207
Mar 16, 1956 33 generic fighter pic Kid Campeche
win
UD
10
206
Dec 28, 1955 33 generic fighter pic Andy Arel
win
UD
10
205
Dec 13, 1955 33 generic fighter pic Leo Carter
win
TKO
4
204
Nov 29, 1955 33 generic fighter pic Pappy Gault
win
UD
10
203
Oct 10, 1955 33 generic fighter pic Charley Titone
win
UD
10
202
Sep 27, 1955 33 generic fighter pic Pappy Gault
win
UD
10
201
Sep 13, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Jimmy Ithia
win
TKO
6
200
Jul 12, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Hector Rodriguez
win
UD
10
199
Jun 14, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Mickey Mars
win
TKO
7
198
Jun 01, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Joey Cam
win
TKO
3
197
May 18, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Gil Cadilli
win
UD
10
196
Mar 30, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Gil Cadilli
loss
SD
10
195
Mar 22, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Charley Titone
win
UD
10
194
Mar 11, 1955 32 generic fighter pic Merrill Olmstead
win
UD
10
193
Nov 01, 1954 32 generic fighter pic Mario Colon
win
UD
10
192
Aug 18, 1954 31 generic fighter pic Til LeBlanc
win
UD
10
191
Jul 24, 1954 31 generic fighter pic Mike Tourcotte
win
UD
10
190
Feb 26, 1954 31 generic fighter pic Lulu Perez
loss
TKO
2
189
Jan 19, 1954 31 generic fighter pic Davey Seabrook
win
UD
10
188
Dec 15, 1953 31 generic fighter pic Tony Longo
win
UD
10
187
Dec 08, 1953 31 generic fighter pic Billy Lima
win
KO
2
186
Dec 04, 1953 31 generic fighter pic Davey Allen
win
UD
10
185
Nov 21, 1953 31 generic fighter pic Sonny Luciano
win
UD
10
184
Jun 05, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Pat Marcune
win
TKO
10
183
May 13, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Jackie Blair
win
UD
10
182
Apr 07, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Noel Paquette
win
UD
10
181
Mar 31, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Joey Gambino
win
UD
10
180
Feb 10, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Pepe Alvarez
win
UD
10
179
Jan 27, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Dave Mitchell
win
UD
10
178
Jan 19, 1953 30 generic fighter pic Billy Lauderdale
win
UD
10
177
Dec 05, 1952 30 generic fighter pic Jorge Sanchez
win
UD
10
176
Nov 19, 1952 30 generic fighter pic Fabela Chavez
win
UD
10
175
Nov 05, 1952 30 generic fighter pic Manny Castro
win
TKO
5
174
Oct 20, 1952 30 generic fighter pic Billy Lima
win
UD
10
173
Oct 01, 1952 30 generic fighter pic Armand Savoie
win
UD
10
172
Sep 11, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Bobby Woods
win
UD
10
171
Sep 03, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Billy Lima
win
UD
10
170
Jun 30, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Tommy Collins
loss
TKO
6
169
May 21, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Claude Hammond
win
UD
10
168
May 10, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Buddy Baggett
win
KO
5
167
May 05, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Kenny Leach
win
UD
10
166
Apr 29, 1952 29 generic fighter pic Santiago Gonzalez
win
UD
10
165
Sep 26, 1951 29 generic fighter pic Sandy Saddler
loss
RTD
9
164
Sep 04, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Corky Gonzales
win
UD
10
163
Jun 04, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Jesus Compos
win
UD
10
162
Apr 27, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Eddie Chavez
win
SD
10
161
Apr 17, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Baby Ortiz
win
TKO
5
160
Mar 26, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Pat Iacobucci
win
UD
10
159
Mar 05, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Carlos Chavez
win
UD
10
158
Feb 26, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Eddie Webb
win
TKO
2
157
Jan 30, 1951 28 generic fighter pic Tommy Baker
win
TKO
4
156
Sep 08, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Sandy Saddler
loss
RTD
8
155
Aug 02, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Proctor Heinhold
win
UD
10
154
Jul 25, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Bobby Bell
win
UD
10
153
Jun 26, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Bobby Timpson
win
UD
10
152
Jun 01, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Terry Young
win
UD
10
151
May 15, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Asuncion Llanos
win
KO
2
150
Mar 17, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Ray Famechon
win
UD
15
149
Feb 22, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Jimmy Warren
win
UD
10
148
Feb 06, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Roy Andrews
win
UD
10
147
Jan 16, 1950 27 generic fighter pic Charley Riley
win
KO
5
146
Dec 12, 1949 27 generic fighter pic Harold Dade
win
UD
10
145
Sep 20, 1949 27 generic fighter pic Eddie Compo
win
TKO
7
144
Jul 12, 1949 26 generic fighter pic Jean Mougin
win
UD
10
143
Jun 20, 1949 26 generic fighter pic Johnny LaRusso
win
UD
10
142
Jun 14, 1949 26 generic fighter pic Al Pennino
win
UD
10
141
Jun 06, 1949 26 generic fighter pic Luis Ramos
win
UD
10
140
Feb 11, 1949 26 generic fighter pic Sandy Saddler
win
UD
15
139
Jan 17, 1949 26 generic fighter pic Teddy Davis
win
UD
10
138
Dec 20, 1948 26 generic fighter pic Hermie Freeman
win
UD
10
137
Oct 29, 1948 26 generic fighter pic Sandy Saddler
loss
KO
4
136
Oct 19, 1948 26 generic fighter pic Johnny LaRusso
win
UD
10
135
Oct 12, 1948 26 generic fighter pic Chuck Burton
win
UD
8
134
Sep 10, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Paddy DeMarco
win
UD
10
133
Sep 02, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Johnny Dell
win
TKO
8
132
Aug 17, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Teddy Davis
win
UD
10
131
Aug 03, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Teddy Davis
win
UD
10
130
Jul 28, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Young Junior
win
KO
1
129
Jun 25, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Luther Burgess
win
UD
10
128
Jun 17, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Miguel Acevedo
win
UD
10
127
May 19, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Charley Cabey Lewis
win
UD
10
126
May 07, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Leroy Willis
win
UD
10
125
Feb 24, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Humberto Sierra
win
TKO
10
124
Jan 19, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Joey Angelo
win
UD
10
123
Jan 12, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Jimmy McAllister
win
UD
10
122
Jan 06, 1948 25 generic fighter pic Pedro Biesca
win
UD
10
121
Dec 30, 1947 25 generic fighter pic Lefty LaChance
win
TKO
8
120
Dec 22, 1947 25 generic fighter pic Alvaro Estrada
win
UD
10
119
Oct 27, 1947 25 generic fighter pic Archie Wilmer
win
MD
10
118
Oct 21, 1947 25 generic fighter pic Jean Barriere
win
KO
1
117
Aug 22, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Jock Leslie
win
KO
12
116
Jul 23, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Humberto Sierra
win
UD
10
115
Jul 15, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Paulie Jackson
win
UD
10
114
Jul 11, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Jean Barriere
win
KO
4
113
Jul 08, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Leo LeBron
win
UD
8
112
Jul 01, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Joey Fontana
win
KO
5
111
Jun 17, 1947 24 generic fighter pic Victor Flores
win
UD
10
110
Nov 27, 1946 24 Chalky Wright Chalky Wright 34 171-43-18
win
KO
3
109
Nov 15, 1946 24 generic fighter pic Tomas Beato
win
KO
2
108
Nov 01, 1946 24 generic fighter pic Paulie Jackson
win
UD
10
107
Sep 17, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Lefty LaChance
win
TKO
3
106
Sep 04, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Walter Kolby
win
TKO
5
105
Aug 26, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Doll Rafferty
win
KO
6
104
Jul 25, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Jackie Graves
win
TKO
8
103
Jul 10, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Harold Gibson
win
TKO
7
102
Jun 07, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Sal Bartolo
win
KO
12
101
May 27, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Jimmy Joyce
win
UD
8
100
May 22, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Jose Aponte Torres
win
UD
10
99
May 13, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Joey Angelo
win
UD
10
98
May 06, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Ernie Petrone
win
UD
10
97
Apr 08, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Georgie Knox
win
TKO
3
96
Mar 26, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Jackie Wilson
win
UD
10
95
Mar 01, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Jimmy McAllister
win
KO
2
94
Feb 13, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Jimmy Joyce
win
UD
10
93
Jan 15, 1946 23 generic fighter pic Johnny Virgo
win
KO
2
92
Dec 13, 1945 23 generic fighter pic Jimmy McAllister
draw
MD
10
91
Dec 05, 1945 23 generic fighter pic Harold Gibson
win
UD
10
90
Nov 26, 1945 23 generic fighter pic Eddie Giosa
win
UD
10
89
Nov 05, 1945 23 generic fighter pic Mike Martyk
win
TKO
5
88
Oct 30, 1945 23 generic fighter pic Paulie Jackson
win
UD
8
87
Feb 19, 1945 22 generic fighter pic Phil Terranova
win
UD
15
86
Feb 05, 1945 22 generic fighter pic Willie Roache
win
UD
10
85
Jan 23, 1945 22 generic fighter pic Ralph Walton
win
UD
10
84
Dec 05, 1944 22 Chalky Wright Chalky Wright 32 162-36-18
win
UD
10
83
Nov 27, 1944 22 generic fighter pic Pedro Hernandez
win
UD
10
82
Nov 14, 1944 22 generic fighter pic Charley Cabey Lewis
win
UD
10
81
Oct 25, 1944 22 generic fighter pic Jackie Leamus
win
UD
10
80
Sep 29, 1944 22 Chalky Wright Chalky Wright 32 162-35-18
win
UD
15
79
Sep 19, 1944 22 generic fighter pic Charley Cabey Lewis
win
TKO
8
78
Aug 28, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Joey Peralta
win
UD
10
77
Aug 04, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Lulu Costantino
win
UD
10
76
Jul 17, 1944 21 Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz 28 59-11-2
win
UD
10
75
Jul 07, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Willie Joyce
win
UD
10
74
Jun 06, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Julie Kogon
win
UD
10
73
May 23, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Joey Bagnato
win
KO
2
72
May 19, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Frankie Rubino
win
UD
10
71
May 01, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Jackie Leamus
win
UD
10
70
Apr 20, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Harold Lacey
win
UD
10
69
Apr 04, 1944 21 generic fighter pic Leo Francis
win
UD
10
68
Jun 08, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Sal Bartolo
win
UD
15
67
Apr 26, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Jackie Wilson
win
UD
12
66
Apr 19, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Angel Aviles
win
UD
10
65
Apr 09, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Sal Bartolo
win
SD
10
64
Mar 29, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Bobby McIntire
win
UD
10
63
Mar 19, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Sammy Angott
loss
UD
10
62
Mar 02, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Lou Transparenti
win
KO
6
61
Feb 15, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Bill Speary
win
UD
10
60
Feb 11, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Davey Crawford
win
UD
10
59
Jan 29, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Allie Stolz
win
UD
10
58
Jan 19, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Bill Speary
win
UD
10
57
Jan 04, 1943 20 generic fighter pic Vince Dell'Orto
win
UD
10
56
Dec 21, 1942 20 generic fighter pic Joey Silva
win
RTD
9
55
Dec 14, 1942 20 generic fighter pic Jose Aponte Torres
win
TKO
7
54
Nov 20, 1942 20 Chalky Wright Chalky Wright 30 143-33-17
win
UD
15
53
Oct 27, 1942 20 generic fighter pic George Zengaras
win
UD
10
52
Oct 16, 1942 20 generic fighter pic Joey Archibald
win
UD
10
51
Oct 05, 1942 20 generic fighter pic Bobby McIntire
win
UD
10
50
Sep 22, 1942 20 generic fighter pic Vince Dell'Orto
win
UD
10
49
Sep 10, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Frank Franconeri
win
TKO
1
48
Sep 01, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Bobby Ivy
win
TKO
10
47
Aug 20, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Nat Litfin
win
UD
10
46
Aug 11, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Pedro Hernandez
win
UD
10
45
Aug 01, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Joey Silva
win
RTD
7
44
Jul 21, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Abe Denner
win
UD
12
43
Jun 23, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Joey Archibald
win
UD
10
42
May 26, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Joey Iannotti
win
UD
8
41
May 12, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Aaron Seltzer
win
UD
8
40
May 04, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Curley Nichols
win
UD
8
39
Apr 14, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Spider Armstrong
win
KO
4
38
Mar 18, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Johnny Compo
win
UD
8
37
Feb 24, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Willie Roache
win
UD
8
36
Feb 10, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Angelo Callura
win
UD
8
35
Jan 27, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Abie Kaufman
win
UD
8
34
Jan 16, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Sammy Parotta
win
UD
6
33
Jan 08, 1942 19 generic fighter pic Mexican Joe Rivers
win
TKO
4
32
Dec 12, 1941 19 generic fighter pic Ruby Garcia
win
UD
6
31
Nov 24, 1941 19 generic fighter pic Davey Crawford
win
UD
8
30
Nov 07, 1941 19 generic fighter pic Buddy Spencer
win
UD
6
29
Oct 21, 1941 19 generic fighter pic Connie Savoie
win
TKO
2
28
Oct 09, 1941 19 generic fighter pic Carlos Manzano
win
UD
8
27
Sep 25, 1941 19 generic fighter pic Jackie Harris
win
TKO
1
26
Aug 11, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Eddie Flores
win
KO
1
25
Aug 05, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Paul Frechette
win
TKO
3
24
Jul 15, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Jimmy Gilligan
win
UD
8
23
Jun 24, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Eddie DeAngelis
win
TKO
3
22
Jun 19, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Harry Hintlian
win
UD
6
21
May 12, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Johnny Cockfield
win
UD
6
20
May 06, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Lou Pugliese
win
KO
2
19
Apr 22, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Joey Silva
win
UD
6
18
Apr 14, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Henry Vasquez
win
UD
6
17
Mar 31, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Joey Gatto
win
KO
2
16
Mar 25, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Marty Shapiro
win
UD
6
15
Mar 03, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Ruby Garcia
win
UD
6
14
Feb 17, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Ruby Garcia
win
UD
6
13
Feb 10, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Don Lyons
win
KO
2
12
Jan 28, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Augie Almeda
win
TKO
6
11
Jan 13, 1941 18 generic fighter pic Joe Echevarria
win
UD
6
10
Dec 06, 1940 18 generic fighter pic Jim Mutane
win
KO
2
9
Nov 29, 1940 18 generic fighter pic Frank Topazio
win
TKO
5
8
Nov 22, 1940 18 generic fighter pic Carlo Daponde
win
TKO
6
7
Oct 24, 1940 18 generic fighter pic Jimmy McAllister
win
UD
4
6
Oct 03, 1940 18 generic fighter pic Jimmy Riche
win
TKO
3
5
Sep 19, 1940 18 generic fighter pic Jack Moore
win
UD
6
4
Sep 05, 1940 17 generic fighter pic Joey Marcus
win
UD
4
3
Aug 29, 1940 17 generic fighter pic Tommy Burns
win
TKO
1
2
Aug 08, 1940 17 generic fighter pic Joey Wasnick
win
KO
3
1
Jul 25, 1940 17 generic fighter pic Joey Marcus
win
UD
4
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