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Billy Walters vs Buddy Turman — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Walters

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Buddy Turman

Billy Walters (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Buddy Turman (46-15-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Walters

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Turman

46

Wins32 KO · 70%

15

Losses

1

Draw62 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

Turman leads 1–0

Billy Walters and Buddy Turman have met 1 time; Turman leads 1–0.

Billy Walters and Buddy Turman have met 1 time; Turman leads 1–0.
Met1959Jan 27Series
Billy WaltersFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Buddy TurmanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Walters 1 · Turman 3 of 4 measurable rows
WaltersTurman
Record†
0-246-15-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
75% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—69.57%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—4.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
2
62

† 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 Walters: No height on file
Buddy Turman: 6′0″
Reachnot held
Billy Walters: No reach on file
Buddy Turman: 72″
Agenot held
Billy Walters: No date of birth
Buddy Turman: Died aged 73
Stance
Billy Walters: Not recorded
Buddy Turman: Orthodox

Billy Walters left, Buddy Turman 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 Walters0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Walters: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Walters yet.

Buddy Turman45 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Buddy Turman: 45 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (71%) and 13 on the cards (29%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 71%13 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Walters 2, Buddy Turman 62 — 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 Walters last boxed on May 2, 1959 — 24,656 days ago. Walters had lost two straight.LL

Turman Jan 1959Hunsaker May 1959

Buddy Turman has won three straight since losing a decision to Dante Cané. Turman last boxed on Dec 15, 1967.WLWWW

Norling May 1965Cané Mar 1966Bailey Apr 1966Ackers Dec 1966Nehring Dec 19674.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Walters and Buddy Turman ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Walters and Buddy Turman met once on January 27, 1959, and Buddy Turman won by KO.
The meeting

LJan 27, 1959 · Turman · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walters or Turman?
Billy Walters is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Buddy Turman is 46-15-1. Buddy Turman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Walters0–20%

Turman46–15–175%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walters or Turman?
Billy Walters has 0 knockout wins and Buddy Turman has 32. Buddy Turman has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walters0

Turman3269.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Walters and Turman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Walters and Buddy Turman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walters and Turman?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Walters and 62 bouts tracked for Buddy Turman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walters2bouts

Turman62bouts

How They Win ↓

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