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.
Arthur Persley (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Virgil Akins (60-31-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Arthur Persley vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Arthur Persley leads 1–0- Arthur Persley wonAkins vs PersleySep 29, 1949 · PTS
The Numbers
- 2-6
- Record
- 60-31-2 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 65.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 34 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 56.67%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 2
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 6.6 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 93
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 98
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyArthur Persley · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Virgil Akins · 60 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
26
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 93 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedArthur Persley
LKO R9 · Feb 1956WUD · Aug 1955LPTS · Oct 1948Virgil Akins
WUD · Dec 1951LPTS · Jul 1951LPTS · May 1951
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Arthur Persley
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L5 streak · last fought May 22, 1965
Virgil Akins
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L2 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Arthur Persley and Virgil Akins ever fought each other?
- Yes. Arthur Persley and Virgil Akins met once on September 29, 1949, and Arthur Persley won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Arthur Persley or Virgil Akins?
- Arthur Persley is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Virgil Akins is 60-31-2. Virgil Akins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Arthur Persley or Virgil Akins?
- Arthur Persley has 0 knockout wins and Virgil Akins has 34. Virgil Akins has more.
- Do Arthur Persley and Virgil Akins have any common opponents?
- Arthur Persley and Virgil Akins share 3 common opponents: Tony DeMarco, Joe Brown and Wallace Smith. Virgil Akins fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Arthur Persley and Virgil Akins?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Arthur Persley and 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.