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Billy Backus vs Joe Grier — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Joe Grier

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Joe Grier (0-1 across 1 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

Grier

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 Joe Grier have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Joe Grier have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1977Aug 25Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe GrierFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 4 · Grier 1 of 5 measurable rows
BackusGrier
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
0 (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
Joe Grier: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Joe Grier: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Joe Grier 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%

Joe Grier0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joe Grier: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Grier yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Joe Grier 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 — 17,683 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

Joe Grier last boxed on Aug 25, 1977 — 17,951 days ago. Grier had lost the most recent, to Billy Backus.L

Backus Aug 1977

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Joe Grier ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Joe Grier met once on August 25, 1977, and Billy Backus won by UD.
The meeting

WAug 25, 1977 · Backus · UD

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

Grier0–10%

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

Backus2245.8%

Grier0

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

Backus74bouts

Grier1bout

How They Win ↓

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