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Gil Turner (6-8 across 14 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 2 common opponents.

Gil Turner vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gil Turner

Tracked record

6–8

14 tracked bouts

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Virgil Akins

60–31–2

93 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

Gil Turner leads 1–0

The Numbers

6-8
Record
60-31-2 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

42.9%
Win %
65.6% (edge)
2
Wins by knockout
34 (edge)
KO rate
56.67%
33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
57% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2
Times stopped
2

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
2 (edge)
1.9
Bouts per year
6.6 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

14
Bouts tracked
93

Tale of the Tape

95
Age
98
United States
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Gil Turner · 6 wins

KO/TKO
2
Decision
4
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 (14 and 93 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Gil Turner

    LUD · Oct 1958

    Ralph Dupas

    Virgil Akins

    LUD · Dec 1961
  • Gil Turner

    LTKO · May 1956WSD · Jun 1953

    Johnny Saxton

    Virgil Akins

    LUD · Jul 1952

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Gil Turner

LWLLL

L1 streak · last fought Oct 15, 1958

Virgil Akins

LLWDW

L2 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1962

Common Questions

Have Gil Turner and Virgil Akins ever fought each other?
Yes. Gil Turner and Virgil Akins met once on September 18, 1957, and Gil Turner won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Gil Turner or Virgil Akins?
Gil Turner is 6-8 across the 14 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, Gil Turner or Virgil Akins?
Gil Turner has 2 knockout wins and Virgil Akins has 34. Virgil Akins has more.
Do Gil Turner and Virgil Akins have any common opponents?
Gil Turner and Virgil Akins share 2 common opponents: Ralph Dupas and Johnny Saxton. Gil Turner fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gil Turner and Virgil Akins?
This comparison is drawn from 14 bouts tracked for Gil Turner and 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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