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Billy Backus vs Rudy Richardson — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Rudy Richardson

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.

Backus

48

Wins22 KO · 46%

20

Losses

5

Draws74 tracked bouts

Richardson

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Richardson leads 1–0

Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson have met 1 time; Richardson leads 1–0.

Billy Backus and Rudy Richardson have met 1 time; Richardson leads 1–0.
Met1965May 5Series
Billy BackusFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rudy RichardsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 6 · Richardson 1 of 7 measurable rows
BackusRichardson
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
47% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 4.4
4.4 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
2

† 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
Rudy Richardson: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Rudy Richardson: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Rudy Richardson 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%

Rudy Richardson1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Rudy Richardson: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Rudy Richardson 2 — 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

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Backus last boxed on May 20, 1978 — 17,686 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

Rudy Richardson last boxed on May 5, 1965 — 22,449 days ago. Richardson had won once since losing a decision to Lenny Mancini.LW

Mancini Mar 1944Backus May 19650.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LMay 5, 1965 · Richardson · UD

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

Backus48–20–569.2%

Richardson1–150%

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

Backus2245.8%

Richardson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and 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 Backus and Richardson?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 2 bouts tracked for Rudy Richardson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Richardson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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