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Billy Backus vs Jerry Pellegrini — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Jerry Pellegrini

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Jerry Pellegrini (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

Pellegrini

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

Backus leads 2–1

Billy Backus and Jerry Pellegrini have met 3 times; Backus leads 2–1.

Billy Backus and Jerry Pellegrini have met 3 times; Backus leads 2–1.
Met1968Jul 291969Jul 211969Sep 19Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWonLLostWWon2–1W–L
Jerry PellegriniFighter BLLostWWonLLost1–2W–L
ResultSDUDUD3Meetings

The Numbers

Backus 6 · Pellegrini 1 of 7 measurable rows
BackusPellegrini
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
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
2.6
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
Jerry Pellegrini: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Jerry Pellegrini: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Jerry Pellegrini 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%

Jerry Pellegrini1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Jerry Pellegrini: 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, Jerry Pellegrini 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 — 17,684 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

Jerry Pellegrini last boxed on Sep 19, 1969 — 20,850 days ago. Pellegrini had won one in a row before losing a decision to Billy Backus.LWL

Backus Jul 1968Backus Jul 1969Backus Sep 19692.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Jerry Pellegrini ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Jerry Pellegrini have met 3 times and Billy Backus leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

WSep 19, 1969 · Backus · UD

LJul 21, 1969 · Pellegrini · UD

WJul 29, 1968 · Backus · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Pellegrini?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Jerry Pellegrini 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%

Pellegrini1–233.3%

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

Backus2245.8%

Pellegrini0

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

Backus74bouts

Pellegrini3bouts

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