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Billy Backus vs Roger Menetrey — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

🇫🇷FRANCE

Roger Menetrey

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Roger Menetrey (52-6-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

Menetrey

52

Wins42 KO · 81%

6

Losses

1

Draw7 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Menetrey leads 1–0

Billy Backus and Roger Menetrey have met 1 time; Menetrey leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Roger Menetrey have met 1 time; Menetrey leads 1–0.
Met1974Mar 18Series
Billy BackusFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Roger MenetreyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 2 · Menetrey 6 of 8 measurable rows
BackusMenetrey
Record
48-20-552-6-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
69.2%
89% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 42
22
42 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
45.83%
80.77% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
47%
50% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
7

† 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

Age2 yrs apart
Billy Backus: 83
Roger Menetrey: 81
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Roger Menetrey: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Roger Menetrey 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%

Roger Menetrey4 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Roger Menetrey: 4 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (50%) and 2 on the cards (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 50%2 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Roger Menetrey 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Backus better on 1 · even on 1

Backus

Opponent

Menetrey

  • Billy Backus

    Win, UD

    1976

    GarciaEven

    Roger Menetrey

    Win, PTS

    1970

  • Billy Backus

    1–1 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1971

    Win, TKO 4

    1970

    NápolesBackus better

    Roger Menetrey

    Loss, UD

    1973

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

Roger Menetrey last boxed on May 27, 1974 — 19,138 days ago. Menetrey had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to John H. Stracey.WWLWL

Hansen Jun 1972Lopopolo Dec 1972Nápoles Jun 1973Backus Mar 1974Stracey May 19742 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Roger Menetrey ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Roger Menetrey met once on March 18, 1974, and Roger Menetrey won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 18, 1974 · Menetrey · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Menetrey?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Roger Menetrey is 52-6-1. Roger Menetrey has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Backus48–20–569.2%

Menetrey52–6–189%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Backus or Menetrey?
Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Roger Menetrey has 42. Roger Menetrey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Backus2245.8%

Menetrey4280.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Menetrey have any common opponents?
Billy Backus and Roger Menetrey share 2 common opponents: Angel Robinson Garcia and José Nápoles. Billy Backus fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Angel Robinson GarciaWW

José Nápoles1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Menetrey?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 7 bouts tracked for Roger Menetrey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Menetrey7bouts

How They Win ↓

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