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Billy Backus vs Jack Tillman — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Backus

Jack Tillman

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Jack Tillman (1-2 across 3 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

Tillman

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Tillman leads 1–0

Billy Backus and Jack Tillman have met 1 time; Tillman leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Jack Tillman have met 1 time; Tillman leads 1–0.
Met1973Feb 13Series
Billy BackusFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack TillmanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 6 · Tillman 1 of 7 measurable rows
BackusTillman
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
33.3%
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)
2.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
3

† 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
Jack Tillman: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Jack Tillman: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Jack Tillman 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%

Jack Tillman1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Jack Tillman: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 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, Jack Tillman 3 — 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 — 17,683 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

Jack Tillman last boxed on Mar 26, 1974 — 19,199 days ago. Tillman had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Backus Feb 1973Espada May 1973Stracey Mar 19742.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Jack Tillman ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Jack Tillman met once on February 13, 1973, and Jack Tillman won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 13, 1973 · Tillman · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Tillman?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Jack Tillman is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Tillman1–233.3%

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

Backus2245.8%

Tillman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Tillman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Jack Tillman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Tillman?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 3 bouts tracked for Jack Tillman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Tillman3bouts

How They Win ↓

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