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Barney Barnez vs Billy Backus — record, stats and common opponents compared

Barney Barnez

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Barney Barnez (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Billy Backus (48-20-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Barnez

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

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

Backus leads 1–0

Barney Barnez and Billy Backus have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Barney Barnez and Billy Backus have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1962Jun 22Series
Barney BarnezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Billy BackusFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Barnez 1 · Backus 4 of 5 measurable rows
BarnezBackus
Record†
0-148-20-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
69.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—45.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—47%
Times stopped‡max 5
0 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
1
74

† 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

Agenot held
Barney Barnez: No date of birth
Billy Backus: 83
Stance
Barney Barnez: Not recorded
Billy Backus: Southpaw

Barney Barnez left, Billy Backus right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Barney Barnez0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Barney Barnez: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Barnez yet.

Billy Backus49 wins · from 74 tracked bouts

Billy Backus: 49 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (47%) and 26 on the cards (53%). Counted from 74 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 47%26 on the cards 53%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barney Barnez 1, Billy Backus 74 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Barney Barnez last boxed on Jun 22, 1962 — 23,504 days ago. Barnez had lost the most recent, to Billy Backus.L

Backus Jun 1962

Billy Backus last boxed on May 20, 1978 — 17,693 days ago. Backus had lost the most recent, to José Cuevas.WWWDL

Barrientos Apr 1977Rodriguez Jun 1977Grier Aug 1977Azevedo Nov 1977Cuevas May 19784.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Barney Barnez and Billy Backus ever fought each other?
Yes. Barney Barnez and Billy Backus met once on June 22, 1962, and Billy Backus won by PTS.
The meeting

LJun 22, 1962 · Backus · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Barnez or Backus?
Barney Barnez is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Billy Backus is 48-20-5. Billy Backus has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Barnez0–10%

Backus48–20–569.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Barnez or Backus?
Barney Barnez has 0 knockout wins and Billy Backus has 22. Billy Backus has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Barnez0

Backus2245.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barnez and Backus have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Barney Barnez and Billy Backus have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Barnez and Backus?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Barney Barnez and 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Barnez1bout

Backus74bouts

How They Win ↓

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