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Billy Backus vs Dick French — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Dick French

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Dick French (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

French

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Series level 1–1

Billy Backus and Dick French have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Billy Backus and Dick French have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1963Feb 281968May 19Series
Billy BackusFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Dick FrenchFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultUDTKOR62Meetings

The Numbers

Backus 6 · French 1 of 7 measurable rows
BackusFrench
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
2

† 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
Dick French: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Dick French: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Dick French 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%

Dick French1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Dick French: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Dick French 2 — 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

Dick French last boxed on May 19, 1968 — 21,337 days ago. French had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Billy Backus.WL

Backus Feb 1963Backus May 19680.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Dick French ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Dick French have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WMay 19, 1968 · Backus · TKO R6

LFeb 28, 1963 · French · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or French?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Dick French is 1-1 across the 2 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%

French1–150%

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

Backus2245.8%

French0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and French have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Dick French have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and French?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 2 bouts tracked for Dick French. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

French2bouts

How They Win ↓

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