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Willie Pep

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Willie Pep
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WILLIE
PEP
Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
"WILL O' THE WISP"
Born
Sep 19, 1922
Died
November 23, 2006
84 years
Debut
Jul 25, 1940
Record
229-11-1 (65)
Title Fights
14
KOs
62 (25.73%)
Health
Last 5 Fights
Height
165 cm
Reach
173 cm
Disparity
8 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
Mar 16, 1966
Prime
Health
Performance
Career
Age
Generated by: zen-minimum-boxing 0.2.9 (2025-09-10)

Boxing career summary

Willie Pep (229-11-1, 65) was born in Middletown, Connecticut, United States on September 19, 1922. At the age of 17 years on July 25, 1940, he made his professional boxing debut against Joey Marcus, winning the fight via 4-round unanimous decision.

On his 54th career fight at 20 years old, Pep became a featherweight world champion on November 20, 1942 after defeating Chalky Wright via 15-round unanimous decision to win the The Ring title.

Pep's last fight was a 6-round unanimous decision loss to Calvin Woodland at age 43 on March 16, 1966. He was on a 1-fight losing streak by his last fight.

Some of Willie Pep's best fights were against Chalky Wright and Manuel Ortiz. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Willie Pep".

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

  • Wins
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  • Decisions
241 fights