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Billy Walker vs Joe Bygraves — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Billy Walker

🇬🇧HEAVYWEIGHT

Joe Bygraves

Billy Walker (21-8-2) and Joe Bygraves (42-28-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 6 common opponents.

Walker

21

Wins16 KO · 76%

8

Losses

2

Draws32 tracked bouts

Bygraves

42

Wins22 KO · 52%

28

Losses

2

Draws72 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Walker leads 1–0

Billy Walker and Joe Bygraves have met 1 time; Walker leads 1–0.

Billy Walker and Joe Bygraves have met 1 time; Walker leads 1–0.
Met1964Jan 28Series
Billy WalkerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe BygravesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultDQ1Meeting

The Numbers

Walker 5 · Bygraves 2 of 7 measurable rows
WalkerBygraves
Record
21-8-2 (edge)42-28-2
Win %0–100%
71% (edge)
59.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
16
22 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
76.19% (edge)
52.38%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
76% (edge)
52%
Times stopped†max 7
6 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.1
3.1
5.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 72
32
72

† 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 Walker: No height on file
Joe Bygraves: 6′1″
Agenot comparable
Billy Walker: 87
Joe Bygraves: Died aged 80
Stance
Billy Walker: Orthodox
Joe Bygraves: Orthodox

Billy Walker left, Joe Bygraves 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 Walker21 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Billy Walker: 21 tracked wins — 16 by KO/TKO (76%), 3 on the cards (14%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (10%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

16 by KO/TKO 76%3 on the cards 14%2 by another method or unrecorded 10%

Joe Bygraves42 wins · from 72 tracked bouts

Joe Bygraves: 42 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (52%), 19 on the cards (45%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 72 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 52%19 on the cards 45%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Walker 32, Joe Bygraves 72 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Walker better on 2 · Bygraves better on 2 · even on 2

Walker

Opponent

Bygraves

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, TKO 6

    1967

    CooperBygraves better

    Joe Bygraves

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 9

    1957

    Loss, PTS

    1955

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, TKO

    1967

    MildenbergerEven

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1962

  • Billy Walker

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1965

    Draw, PTS

    1965

    CorlettiEven

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1967

  • Billy Walker

    Win, PTS

    1964

    ErskineWalker better

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, PTS

    1957

  • Billy Walker

    1–1 against

    Win, KO

    1964

    Loss, TKO

    1964

    NielsenWalker better

    Joe Bygraves

    Loss, TKO

    1963

  • Billy Walker

    Win, KO

    1963

    BatesBygraves better

    Joe Bygraves

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1955

    Win, PTS

    1954

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 Walker last boxed on Jul 6, 1972 — 19,826 days ago. Walker had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Mildenberger Mar 1967Cooper Nov 1967Spencer Nov 1968Bodell Mar 1969Little Jul 19723.1 tracked bouts per year

Joe Bygraves has lost three straight, after one straight win. Bygraves last boxed on Mar 20, 1967.LWLLL

Walker Jan 1964Westphal Feb 1965Zech Mar 1965Chuvalo Dec 1965Corletti Mar 19675.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Walker and Joe Bygraves ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Walker and Joe Bygraves met once on January 28, 1964, and Billy Walker won by DQ.
The meeting

WJan 28, 1964 · Walker · DQ

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walker or Bygraves?
Billy Walker is 21-8-2 and Joe Bygraves is 42-28-2. Billy Walker has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Walker21–8–271%

Bygraves42–28–259.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walker or Bygraves?
Billy Walker has 16 knockout wins and Joe Bygraves has 22. Joe Bygraves has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walker1676.2%

Bygraves2252.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Walker and Bygraves have any common opponents?
Billy Walker and Joe Bygraves share 6 common opponents: Henry Cooper, Karl Mildenberger and Eduardo Corletti (and 3 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
6 shared opponents

Henry CooperL1–1

Karl MildenbergerLL

Eduardo Corletti0–1–1L

Joe ErskineWL

and 2 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walker and Bygraves?
This comparison is drawn from 32 bouts tracked for Billy Walker and 72 bouts tracked for Joe Bygraves. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walker32bouts

Bygraves72bouts

How They Win ↓

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