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Billy Backus vs Sugar Lawson — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Billy Backus

Sugar Lawson

Billy Backus (48-20-5) and Sugar Lawson (0-0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Lawson

Tracked record

0–0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Billy Backus and Sugar Lawson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Billy Backus and Sugar Lawson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1962Apr 27Series
Billy BackusFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Sugar LawsonFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Backus 4 · Lawson 1 of 5 measurable rows
BackusLawson
Record†
48-20-5 (edge)0-0-1
Win %0–100%
69.2% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
45.83%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
4.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 74
74
1

† 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
Sugar Lawson: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Backus: Southpaw
Sugar Lawson: Not recorded

Billy Backus left, Sugar Lawson 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%

Sugar Lawson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sugar Lawson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lawson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Backus 74, Sugar Lawson 1 — 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 — 17,691 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

Sugar Lawson last boxed on Apr 27, 1962 — 23,559 days ago. Lawson had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Billy Backus.D

Backus Apr 1962

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Backus and Sugar Lawson ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Backus and Sugar Lawson met once on April 27, 1962, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DApr 27, 1962 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Backus or Lawson?
Billy Backus is 48-20-5 and Sugar Lawson is 0-0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Lawson0–0–150%

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

Backus2245.8%

Lawson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Backus and Lawson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Backus and Sugar Lawson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Backus and Lawson?
This comparison is drawn from 74 bouts tracked for Billy Backus and 1 bout tracked for Sugar Lawson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Backus74bouts

Lawson1bout

How They Win ↓

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