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Billy Backus vs Irish Pat Murphy — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Irish Pat Murphy

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Irish Pat Murphy (0-2 across 2 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

Murphy

Tracked record

0–2

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

Backus leads 1–0

Billy Backus and Irish Pat Murphy have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Irish Pat Murphy have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1972Feb 12Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Irish Pat MurphyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 5 · Murphy 1 of 6 measurable rows
BackusMurphy
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)
0.3
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
Irish Pat Murphy: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Irish Pat Murphy: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Irish Pat Murphy 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%

Irish Pat Murphy0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Irish Pat Murphy: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Irish Pat Murphy 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

Irish Pat Murphy last boxed on Jan 27, 1979 — 17,432 days ago. Murphy had lost two straight.LL

Backus Feb 1972Hamsho Jan 19790.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Irish Pat Murphy ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Irish Pat Murphy met once on February 12, 1972, and Billy Backus won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WFeb 12, 1972 · Backus · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Murphy?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Irish Pat Murphy is 0-2 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%

Murphy0–20%

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

Backus2245.8%

Murphy0

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

Backus74bouts

Murphy2bouts

How They Win ↓

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