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Billy Kelly vs Roy Ankrah — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Kelly

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Roy Ankrah

Billy Kelly (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Roy Ankrah (34-7) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kelly

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ankrah

34

Wins14 KO · 41%

7

Losses

0

Draws43 tracked bouts

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 1–1

Billy Kelly and Roy Ankrah have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Billy Kelly and Roy Ankrah have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1954Apr 101954Oct 2Series
Billy KellyFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Roy AnkrahFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Ankrah 4 of 5 measurable rows
KellyAnkrah
Record†
1-134-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
82.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 14
0
14 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—41.18%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
41% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 1
0 (edge)
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 43
2
43

† 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 Kelly: No date of birth
Roy Ankrah: Died aged 69

Billy Kelly left, Roy Ankrah right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Kelly1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

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

1 on the cards 100%

Roy Ankrah34 wins · from 43 tracked bouts

Roy Ankrah: 34 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (41%), 19 on the cards (56%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 43 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 41%19 on the cards 56%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Kelly 2, Roy Ankrah 43 — 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 Kelly last boxed on Oct 2, 1954 — 26,317 days ago. Kelly had won once since losing a decision to Roy Ankrah.LW

Ankrah Apr 1954Ankrah Oct 1954

Roy Ankrah has won once since losing a decision to Jomo Jackson. Ankrah last boxed on Jun 6, 1959.LLWLW

McCarthy Dec 1954Cohen Dec 1954Akwei Apr 1959Jackson Jun 1959Akwei Jun 19594.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Kelly and Roy Ankrah ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Kelly and Roy Ankrah have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WOct 2, 1954 · Kelly · PTS

LApr 10, 1954 · Ankrah · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Ankrah?
Billy Kelly is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Roy Ankrah is 34-7. Roy Ankrah has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly1–150%

Ankrah34–782.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Ankrah?
Billy Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Roy Ankrah has 14. Roy Ankrah has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Ankrah1441.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Ankrah have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Kelly and Roy Ankrah have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Ankrah?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Kelly and 43 bouts tracked for Roy Ankrah. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly2bouts

Ankrah43bouts

How They Win ↓

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