# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-pep
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:22:24.568Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-pep"
name: "Willie Pep"
slug: "willie-pep"
description: "Guglielmo Papaleo, better known as Willie Pep, was an American professional boxer who held the World Featherweight Championship twice between the years of 1942 and 1950. Known for his speed, finesse, and elusiveness, Pep is widely considered one of the greatest defensive boxers of all time. He was voted as the No. 1 featherweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press and ranked the No. 1 featherweight of all time by the International Boxing Research Organization in 2005. He is also currently ranked by BoxRec as the greatest featherweight boxer of all time."
tagline: "American boxer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Pep_1950.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1922-09-19"
deathDate: "2006-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.74
  momentum:             21.66984732824428
  historical:           14.792996
  currentAttention:     27.76000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 219
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ويلي بيب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D9%BE"
    title: "ویلی پپ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%AB_%D5%8A%D5%A5%D5%BA"
    title: "Վիլլի Պեպ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%83%E3%83%97"
    title: "ウィリー・ペップ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98"
    title: "ვილი პეპი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BF%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Пеп, Вилли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Pep"
    title: "Willie Pep"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%88%A9%C2%B7%E4%BD%A9%E6%99%AE"
    title: "威利·佩普"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump