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 Rudy Richardson (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Billy Backus vs Rudy Richardson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Rudy Richardson leads 1–0- Rudy Richardson wonBackus vs RichardsonMay 5, 1965 · UD
The Numbers
- 48-20-5 (edge)
- Record
- 1-1
- 69.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 50%
- 22 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 45.83%
- KO rate
- —
- 47% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 4.5 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.1
- 75
- Bouts tracked
- 2
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
Rudy Richardson · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (75 and 2 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.
Current Form
Billy Backus
LDWWW
L1 streak · last fought May 20, 1978
Rudy Richardson
WL
W1 streak · last fought May 5, 1965
Common Questions
- Have Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson met once on May 5, 1965, and Rudy Richardson won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Billy Backus or Rudy Richardson?
- Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Rudy Richardson is 1-1 across the 2 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 Rudy Richardson?
- Billy Backus has 22 knockout wins and Rudy Richardson has 0. Billy Backus has more.
- Do Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson?
- This comparison is drawn from 75 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 2 bouts tracked for Rudy Richardson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.