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.
Cecil Shorts (2-3 across 5 tracked bouts) and Virgil Akins (60-31-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.
Cecil Shorts vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Virgil Akins leads 1–0- Virgil Akins wonAkins vs ShortsJul 10, 1961 · TKO · R8
The Numbers
- 2-3
- Record
- 60-31-2 (edge)
- 40%
- Win %
- 65.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 34 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 56.67%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 2 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 1.6
- Bouts per year
- 6.6 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 93
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 98
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCecil Shorts · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Virgil Akins · 60 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
26
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 93 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Cecil Shorts
LLWLW
L2 streak · last fought Jul 10, 1961
Virgil Akins
LLWDW
L2 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Cecil Shorts and Virgil Akins ever fought each other?
- Yes. Cecil Shorts and Virgil Akins met once on July 10, 1961, and Virgil Akins won by TKO in round 8.
- Who has the better record, Cecil Shorts or Virgil Akins?
- Cecil Shorts is 2-3 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Virgil Akins is 60-31-2. Virgil Akins has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Cecil Shorts or Virgil Akins?
- Cecil Shorts has 0 knockout wins and Virgil Akins has 34. Virgil Akins has more.
- Do Cecil Shorts and Virgil Akins have any common opponents?
- Cecil Shorts and Virgil Akins share 1 common opponent: Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Cecil Shorts fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cecil Shorts and Virgil Akins?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Cecil Shorts and 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.