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Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Manuel González (5-10 across 15 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Billy Backus vs Manuel González — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

48–20–5

75 tracked bouts

Manuel González

Tracked record

5–10

15 tracked bouts

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

Billy Backus leads 1–0

The Numbers

48-20-5 (edge)
Record
5-10

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

69.2% (edge)
Win %
33.3%
22 (edge)
Wins by knockout
0
45.83%
KO rate
47% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
0%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

5
Times stopped
1 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3 (edge)
Title reigns
0
4.5 (edge)
Bouts per year
0.3

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

75
Bouts tracked
15

Tale of the Tape

83
Age
Southpaw
Stance
Welterweight
Division
American
Nationality

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Backus · 49 wins

KO/TKO
23
Decision
26
Other
0

Manuel González · 5 wins

KO/TKO
0
Decision
5
Other
0

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (75 and 15 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared
  • Billy Backus

    LTKO R8 · Jun 1971WTKO R4 · Dec 1970

    José Nápoles

    Manuel González

    LKO R6 · Mar 1971

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Billy Backus

LDWWW

L1 streak · last fought May 20, 1978

Manuel González

LLLLL

L6 streak · last fought Nov 1, 1973

Common Questions

Have Billy Backus and Manuel González ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Manuel González met once on July 22, 1970, and Billy Backus won by UD.
Who has the better record, Billy Backus or Manuel González?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Manuel González is 5-10 across the 15 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.
Who has more knockouts, Billy Backus or Manuel González?
Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Manuel González has 0. Billy Backus has more.
Do Billy Backus and Manuel González have any common opponents?
Billy Backus and Manuel González share 1 common opponent: José Nápoles. Billy Backus fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Backus and Manuel González?
This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 15 bouts tracked for Manuel González. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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