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Billy Backus vs Rafael Rodriguez — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Rafael Rodriguez

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Rafael Rodriguez (2-14 across 16 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.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

Rodriguez

Tracked record

2–14

counted from 16 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 1–0

Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez have met 1 time; Backus leads 1–0.
Met1977Jun 3Series
Billy BackusFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rafael RodriguezFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 7 · Rodriguez 0 of 7 measurable rows
BackusRodriguez
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)2-14
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 8
5 (edge)
8
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
16

† 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

Age3 yrs apart
Billy Backus: 83
Rafael Rodriguez: 80
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Rafael Rodriguez: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Rafael Rodriguez 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%

Rafael Rodriguez2 wins · from 16 tracked bouts

Rafael Rodriguez: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Rafael Rodriguez 16 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · even on 3

Backus

Opponent

Rodriguez

  • Billy Backus

    Loss, TKO 5

    1975

    MattioliEven

    Rafael Rodriguez

    Loss, KO

    1980

  • Billy Backus

    Win, UD

    1976

    GarciaEven

    Rafael Rodriguez

    Win, UD

    1976

  • Billy Backus

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1972

    Loss, UD

    1972

    LewisEven

    Rafael Rodriguez

    0–2 against

    Loss, MD

    1975

    Loss, UD

    1975

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Rafael Rodriguez last boxed on Mar 23, 2002 — 8,977 days ago. Rodriguez had lost 12 straight.LLLLL

Dorsey Apr 1985Hurtado Apr 1995Hurtado Jun 1995Sanchez Mar 1996Arnaoutis Mar 20020.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

WJun 3, 1977 · Backus · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Rodriguez?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Rafael Rodriguez is 2-14 across the 16 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%

Rodriguez2–1412.5%

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

Backus2245.8%

Rodriguez0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Rodriguez have any common opponents?
Billy Backus and Rafael Rodriguez share 3 common opponents: Rocky Mattioli, Angel Robinson Garcia and Hedgemon Lewis. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Rocky MattioliLL

Angel Robinson GarciaWW

Hedgemon LewisLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Rodriguez?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 16 bouts tracked for Rafael Rodriguez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Rodriguez16bouts

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