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Billy Backus vs Everaldo Costa Azevedo — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

🇧🇷BRAZIL

Everaldo Costa Azevedo

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Everaldo Costa Azevedo (79-22-26) 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

Azevedo

79

Wins20 KO · 25%

22

Losses

26

Draws9 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Billy Backus and Everaldo Costa Azevedo have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Billy Backus and Everaldo Costa Azevedo have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1977Nov 19Series
Billy BackusFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Everaldo Costa AzevedoFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 4 · Azevedo 4 of 8 measurable rows
BackusAzevedo
Record
48-20-579-22-26 (edge)
Win %0–100%
69.2%
72.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
20
KO rate0–100%
45.83% (edge)
25.32%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47%
50% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
9

† 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

Heightnot held
Billy Backus: No height on file
Everaldo Costa Azevedo: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Billy Backus: No reach on file
Everaldo Costa Azevedo: 69″
Age1 yr apart
Billy Backus: 83
Everaldo Costa Azevedo: 82
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Everaldo Costa Azevedo: Orthodox

Billy Backus left, Everaldo Costa Azevedo 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%

Everaldo Costa Azevedo2 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Everaldo Costa Azevedo: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Everaldo Costa Azevedo 9 — 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

Everaldo Costa Azevedo last boxed on Oct 15, 1982 — 16,077 days ago. Azevedo had lost two straight.WLDLL

Hansen Nov 1975Palomino Sep 1977Backus Nov 1977Beneš Nov 1978Rosi Oct 19820.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Everaldo Costa Azevedo ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Everaldo Costa Azevedo met once on November 19, 1977, and the bout was a draw by SD.
The meeting

DNov 19, 1977 · Draw · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Azevedo?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Everaldo Costa Azevedo is 79-22-26. Everaldo Costa Azevedo has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Backus48–20–569.2%

Azevedo79–22–2672.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Backus or Azevedo?
Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Everaldo Costa Azevedo has 20. Billy Backus has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Backus2245.8%

Azevedo2025.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Azevedo have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Everaldo Costa Azevedo have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Azevedo?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 9 bouts tracked for Everaldo Costa Azevedo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Azevedo9bouts

How They Win ↓

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