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Billy Costello vs Ronnie Shields — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Costello

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Ronnie Shields

Billy Costello (40-2) and Ronnie Shields (2-2 across 4 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.

Costello

40

Wins23 KO · 58%

2

Losses

0

Draws42 tracked bouts

Shields

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 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

Costello leads 1–0

Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.

Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields have met 1 time; Costello leads 1–0.
Met1984Jul 15Series
Billy CostelloFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ronnie ShieldsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Costello 6 · Shields 1 of 7 measurable rows
CostelloShields
Record†
40-2 (edge)2-2
Win %0–100%
95.2% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.5%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
57% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 2.1
2.1 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 42
42
4

† 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

Heightnot held
Billy Costello: 5′9″
Ronnie Shields: No height on file
Reachnot held
Billy Costello: 71″
Ronnie Shields: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Billy Costello: Died aged 55
Ronnie Shields: 68
Stance
Billy Costello: Orthodox
Ronnie Shields: Not recorded

Billy Costello left, Ronnie Shields 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 Costello40 wins · from 42 tracked bouts

Billy Costello: 40 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (57%) and 17 on the cards (43%). Counted from 42 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 57%17 on the cards 43%

Ronnie Shields2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Ronnie Shields: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Costello 42, Ronnie Shields 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Costello better on 1

Costello

Opponent

Shields

  • Billy Costello

    Win, TKO 10

    1984

    CurryCostello better

    Ronnie Shields

    Loss, UD

    1982

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 Costello has won nine straight, the most recent against Juan Laporte. Costello last boxed on Jun 18, 1999.WWWWW

Elkins Sep 1994Passero Apr 1995Scott May 1995Ladson Jan 1997Laporte Jun 19992.1 tracked bouts per year

Ronnie Shields last boxed on Mar 25, 1985 — 15,183 days ago. Shields had won once since losses to Bruce Curry and Billy Costello.WLLW

Podgorski Oct 1982Curry Nov 1982Costello Jul 1984Manley Mar 19851.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

WJul 15, 1984 · Costello · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Costello or Shields?
Billy Costello is 40-2 and Ronnie Shields is 2-2 across the 4 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.
Records · win %

Costello40–295.2%

Shields2–250%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Costello or Shields?
Billy Costello has 23 knockout wins and Ronnie Shields has 1. Billy Costello has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Costello2357.5%

Shields1

The Numbers ↓
Do Costello and Shields have any common opponents?
Billy Costello and Ronnie Shields share 1 common opponent: Bruce Curry. Billy Costello fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Bruce CurryWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Costello and Shields?
This comparison is drawn from 42 bouts tracked for Billy Costello and 4 bouts tracked for Ronnie Shields. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Costello42bouts

Shields4bouts

How They Win ↓

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