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Billy Anderson vs Billy Backus — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Anderson

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Billy Anderson (2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Billy Backus (48-20-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Anderson

Tracked record

2–1

counted from 3 bouts 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

Anderson leads 2–0

Billy Anderson and Billy Backus have met 2 times; Anderson leads 2–0.

Billy Anderson and Billy Backus have met 2 times; Anderson leads 2–0.
Met1963Dec 191964Oct 30Series
Billy AndersonFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Billy BackusFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultUDPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Anderson 1 · Backus 6 of 7 measurable rows
AndersonBackus
Record†
2-148-20-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
66.7%
69.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—45.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
47% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 4.4
0.1
4.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
3
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
Billy Anderson: No date of birth
Billy Backus: 83
Stance
Billy Anderson: Not recorded
Billy Backus: Southpaw

Billy Anderson 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
Billy Anderson2 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Billy Anderson: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

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 — Billy Anderson 3, 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

Billy Anderson last boxed on Jul 5, 1988 — 13,985 days ago. Anderson had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Danny Morgan.WWL

Backus Dec 1963Backus Oct 1964Morgan Jul 19880.1 tracked bouts per year

Billy Backus last boxed on May 20, 1978 — 17,684 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 Billy Anderson and Billy Backus ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Anderson and Billy Backus have met 2 times and Billy Anderson leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WOct 30, 1964 · Anderson · PTS

WDec 19, 1963 · Anderson · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Anderson or Backus?
Billy Anderson is 2-1 across the 3 bouts 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 %

Anderson2–166.7%

Backus48–20–569.2%

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

Anderson0

Backus2245.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Anderson and Backus have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Anderson and Billy Backus have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Anderson and Backus?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Billy Anderson and 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Anderson3bouts

Backus74bouts

How They Win ↓

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