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Billy Backus vs CL Lewis — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

CL Lewis

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and CL Lewis (0-2 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

Lewis

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Billy Backus and CL Lewis have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and CL Lewis have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1969Mar 17Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWon1–0W–L
CL LewisFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 5 · Lewis 1 of 6 measurable rows
BackusLewis
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
3

† 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 Backus: 83
CL Lewis: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
CL Lewis: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, CL Lewis 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 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%

CL Lewis0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

CL Lewis: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lewis yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, CL Lewis 3 — 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 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

CL Lewis last boxed on Mar 17, 1969 — 21,035 days ago. Lewis had lost two straight.NCLL

Briscoe Jul 1966Briscoe Oct 1966Backus Mar 19691.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and CL Lewis ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and CL Lewis met once on March 17, 1969, and Billy Backus won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WMar 17, 1969 · Backus · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Lewis?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and CL Lewis is 0-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Backus has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Backus48–20–569.2%

Lewis0–20%

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

Backus2245.8%

Lewis0

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

Backus74bouts

Lewis3bouts

How They Win ↓

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