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 Costello (40-2) and Ronnie Shields (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Billy Costello vs Ronnie Shields — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Billy Costello leads 1–0- Billy Costello wonCostello vs ShieldsJul 15, 1984 · UD
The Numbers
- 40-2 (edge)
- Record
- 1-2
- 95.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 33.3%
- 23 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 57.5%
- KO rate
- —
- 57% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.3
- 42
- Bouts tracked
- 3
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
- 5′9″ (174 cm)
- Height
- —
- 71″ (180 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 70
- Age
- 68
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Welterweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBilly Costello · 40 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
17
Other
0
Ronnie Shields · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (42 and 3 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Billy Costello
WWWWW
W9 streak · last fought Jun 18, 1999
Ronnie Shields
WLL
W1 streak · last fought Mar 25, 1985
Common Questions
- Have Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields ever fought each other?
- Yes. Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields met once on July 15, 1984, and Billy Costello won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Billy Costello or Ronnie Shields?
- Billy Costello is 40-2 and Ronnie Shields is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Costello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Billy Costello or Ronnie Shields?
- Billy Costello has 23 knockout wins and Ronnie Shields has 0. Billy Costello has more.
- Do Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields have any common opponents?
- Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields share 1 common opponent: Bruce Curry. Billy Costello fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields?
- This comparison is drawn from 42 bouts tracked for Billy Costello and 3 bouts tracked for Ronnie Shields. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.