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.
Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Rafael Rodriguez (2-12 across 14 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Billy Backus vs Rafael Rodriguez — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Billy Backus leads 1–0- Billy Backus wonBackus vs RodriguezJun 3, 1977 · UD
The Numbers
- 48-20-5 (edge)
- Record
- 2-12
- 69.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 14.3%
- 22 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 45.83%
- KO rate
- —
- 47% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4.5 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.7
- 75
- Bouts tracked
- 14
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 83
- Age
- 80
- Southpaw
- Stance
- —
- Welterweight
- Division
- —
- American
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Backus · 49 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
26
Other
0
Rafael Rodriguez · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (75 and 14 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBilly Backus
LUD · Dec 1972LUD · Jun 1972LUD · Jun 1972Rafael Rodriguez
LMD · May 1975LUD · Mar 1975
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
Rafael Rodriguez
LLLLL
L10 streak · last fought Mar 23, 1996
Common Questions
- Have Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez met once on June 3, 1977, and Billy Backus won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Billy Backus or Rafael Rodriguez?
- Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Rafael Rodriguez is 2-12 across the 14 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 Rafael Rodriguez?
- Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Rafael Rodriguez has 0. Billy Backus has more.
- Do Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez have any common opponents?
- Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez share 3 common opponents: Rocky Mattioli, Angel Robinson Garcia and Hedgemon Lewis. Rafael Rodriguez fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez?
- This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 14 bouts tracked for Rafael Rodriguez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.