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.
Jay Watkins (0-3 across 3 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.
Jay Watkins vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Virgil Akins leads 1–0- Virgil Akins wonAkins vs WatkinsMay 8, 1952 · TKO · R2
The Numbers
- 0-3
- Record
- 60-31-2 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 65.6% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 34 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 56.67%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 1.2
- Bouts per year
- 6.6 (edge)
- 3
- 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 onlyJay Watkins · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Virgil Akins · 60 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
26
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 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
Jay Watkins
LLL
L3 streak · last fought May 8, 1952
Virgil Akins
LLWDW
L2 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins ever fought each other?
- Yes. Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins met once on May 8, 1952, and Virgil Akins won by TKO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Jay Watkins or Virgil Akins?
- Jay Watkins is 0-3 across the 3 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, Jay Watkins or Virgil Akins?
- Jay Watkins has 0 knockout wins and Virgil Akins has 34. Virgil Akins has more.
- Do Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins have any common opponents?
- Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins share 1 common opponent: Wallace Smith. Virgil Akins fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jay Watkins and 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.