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Billy Walker vs Peter Bates — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Walker

Peter Bates

Billy Walker (21-8-2) and Peter Bates (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Walker

21

Wins16 KO · 76%

8

Losses

2

Draws32 tracked bouts

Bates

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 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

Walker leads 1–0

Billy Walker and Peter Bates have met 1 time; Walker leads 1–0.

Billy Walker and Peter Bates have met 1 time; Walker leads 1–0.
Met1963Jan 29Series
Billy WalkerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Peter BatesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Walker 4 · Bates 2 of 6 measurable rows
WalkerBates
Record†
21-8-2 (edge)2-6
Win %0–100%
71% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 16
16 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
76.19%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
76%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 6
6
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.1
3.1 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
32
8

† 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 Walker: 87
Peter Bates: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Walker: Orthodox
Peter Bates: Not recorded

Billy Walker left, Peter Bates 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%

Peter Bates2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Peter Bates: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Walker 32, Peter Bates 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Walker better on 1 · Bates better on 1 · even on 1

Walker

Opponent

Bates

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, TKO 6

    1967

    CooperBates better

    Peter Bates

    Win, TKO 5

    1956

  • Billy Walker

    Loss, PTS

    1965

    LondonEven

    Peter Bates

    Loss, KO

    1957

  • Billy Walker

    Win, DQ

    1964

    BygravesWalker better

    Peter Bates

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1955

    Loss, 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

Peter Bates last boxed on Jan 29, 1963 — 23,272 days ago. Bates had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Hecht May 1956Cooper Sep 1956Johansson Dec 1956London Jul 1957Walker Jan 19630.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Walker and Peter Bates ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Walker and Peter Bates met once on January 29, 1963, and Billy Walker won by KO.
The meeting

WJan 29, 1963 · Walker · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walker or Bates?
Billy Walker is 21-8-2 and Peter Bates is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Walker has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Walker21–8–271%

Bates2–625%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walker or Bates?
Billy Walker has 16 knockout wins and Peter Bates has 2. Billy Walker has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walker1676.2%

Bates2

The Numbers ↓
Do Walker and Bates have any common opponents?
Billy Walker and Peter Bates share 3 common opponents: Henry Cooper, Brian London and Joe Bygraves. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Henry CooperLW

Brian LondonLL

Joe BygravesWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walker and Bates?
This comparison is drawn from 32 bouts tracked for Billy Walker and 8 bouts tracked for Peter Bates. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walker32bouts

Bates8bouts

How They Win ↓

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