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Billy Backus vs Gene Herrick — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Gene Herrick

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Gene Herrick (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Herrick

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Gene Herrick have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Gene Herrick have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1967Nov 30Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gene HerrickFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 4 · Herrick 1 of 5 measurable rows
BackusHerrick
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
1

† 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
Gene Herrick: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Gene Herrick: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Gene Herrick 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%

Gene Herrick0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Gene Herrick: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Herrick yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Gene Herrick 1 — 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 — 17,691 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

Gene Herrick last boxed on Nov 30, 1967 — 21,515 days ago. Herrick had lost the most recent, to Billy Backus.L

Backus Nov 1967

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Gene Herrick ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Gene Herrick met once on November 30, 1967, and Billy Backus won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WNov 30, 1967 · Backus · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Herrick?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Gene Herrick is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Herrick0–10%

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

Backus2245.8%

Herrick0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Herrick have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Gene Herrick have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Herrick?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 1 bout tracked for Gene Herrick. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Herrick1bout

How They Win ↓

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