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 Ricky Ortiz (1-4-1 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.
Billy Backus vs Ricky Ortiz — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Billy Backus leads 1–0- Billy Backus wonBackus vs OrtizJan 30, 1970 · TKO · R8
- DrawBackus vs OrtizOct 31, 1969 · MD
The Numbers
- 48-20-5 (edge)
- Record
- 1-4-1
- 69.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 25%
- 22 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 45.83%
- KO rate
- —
- 47%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 100% (edge)
- 5
- Times stopped
- 4 (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4.5 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1
- 75
- Bouts tracked
- 6
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
- —
- Southpaw
- Stance
- —
- Welterweight
- Division
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Backus · 49 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
26
Other
0
Ricky Ortiz · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (75 and 6 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared 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
Ricky Ortiz
LWLLL
L1 streak · last fought Oct 23, 1975
Common Questions
- Have Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz have met 2 times and Billy Backus leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
- Who has the better record, Billy Backus or Ricky Ortiz?
- Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Ricky Ortiz is 1-4-1 across the 6 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 Ricky Ortiz?
- Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Ricky Ortiz has 1. Billy Backus has more.
- Do Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz have any common opponents?
- Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz share 1 common opponent: Hedgemon Lewis. Ricky Ortiz fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz?
- This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 6 bouts tracked for Ricky Ortiz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.