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Billy Backus vs Ricky Ortiz — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Ricky Ortiz

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.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

Ortiz

Tracked record

1–4–1

counted from 6 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 with 1 draw

Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz have met 2 times; Backus leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz have met 2 times; Backus leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1969Oct 311970Jan 30Series
Billy BackusFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
Ricky OrtizFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultMDTKOR82Meetings

The Numbers

Backus 5 · Ortiz 2 of 7 measurable rows
BackusOrtiz
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)1-4-1
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
6

† 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
Ricky Ortiz: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Ricky Ortiz: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Ricky Ortiz 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%

Ricky Ortiz1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Ricky Ortiz: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Ricky Ortiz 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ortiz better on 1

Backus

Opponent

Ortiz

  • Billy Backus

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1972

    Loss, UD

    1972

    LewisOrtiz better

    Ricky Ortiz

    Loss, TKO 3

    1970

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

Ricky Ortiz last boxed on Oct 23, 1975 — 18,624 days ago. Ortiz had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Vito Antuofermo.LLLWL

Backus Jan 1970Lewis May 1970Douglas Mar 1973Minter May 1974Antuofermo Oct 19751 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The 2 meetings

WJan 30, 1970 · Backus · TKO R8

DOct 31, 1969 · Draw · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or 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.
Records · win %

Backus48–20–569.2%

Ortiz1–4–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Backus or Ortiz?
Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Ricky Ortiz has 1. Billy Backus has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Backus2245.8%

Ortiz1

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Ortiz have any common opponents?
Billy Backus and Ricky Ortiz share 1 common opponent: Hedgemon Lewis. Ricky Ortiz fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Hedgemon LewisLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Ortiz?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 6 bouts tracked for Ricky Ortiz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Ortiz6bouts

How They Win ↓

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