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Billy Backus vs Dorman Crawford — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Dorman Crawford

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Dorman Crawford (0-5-1 across 6 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

Crawford

Tracked record

0–5–1

counted from 6 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 Dorman Crawford have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Dorman Crawford have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1972Sep 23Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Dorman CrawfordFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 5 · Crawford 1 of 6 measurable rows
BackusCrawford
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)0-5-1
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
8.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
6

† 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
Dorman Crawford: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Dorman Crawford: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Dorman Crawford 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%

Dorman Crawford0 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Dorman Crawford: no tracked wins in the 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Crawford yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Dorman Crawford 6 — 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 — 17,686 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

Dorman Crawford last boxed on Sep 23, 1972 — 19,751 days ago. Crawford had lost five straight.LLLLL

Perkins Mar 1971Lopopolo May 1971Obed May 1972Durán Jun 1972Backus Sep 19722.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Dorman Crawford ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Dorman Crawford met once on September 23, 1972, and Billy Backus won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

WSep 23, 1972 · Backus · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Crawford?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Dorman Crawford is 0-5-1 across the 6 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%

Crawford0–5–18.3%

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

Backus2245.8%

Crawford0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Crawford have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Dorman Crawford have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Crawford?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 6 bouts tracked for Dorman Crawford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Crawford6bouts

How They Win ↓

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