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Jay Watkins vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jay Watkins

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Virgil Akins

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.

Watkins

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Akins

60

Wins34 KO · 57%

31

Losses

2

Draws93 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

Akins leads 1–0

Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.

Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.
Met1952May 8Series
Jay WatkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Virgil AkinsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Watkins 0 · Akins 5 of 5 measurable rows
WatkinsAkins
Record†
0-360-31-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
65.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—56.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—57%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.6
1.2
6.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
3
93

† 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
Jay Watkins: No date of birth
Virgil Akins: Died aged 82

Jay Watkins left, Virgil Akins right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jay Watkins0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jay Watkins: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Watkins yet.

Virgil Akins60 wins · from 93 tracked bouts

Virgil Akins: 60 tracked wins — 34 by KO/TKO (57%) and 26 on the cards (43%). Counted from 93 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

34 by KO/TKO 57%26 on the cards 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jay Watkins 3, Virgil Akins 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Akins better on 1

Watkins

Opponent

Akins

  • Jay Watkins

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1950

    Loss, KO 4

    1949

    SmithAkins better

    Virgil Akins

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1951

    Win, PTS

    1951

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

Jay Watkins last boxed on May 8, 1952 — 27,195 days ago. Watkins had lost three straight.LLL

Smith Oct 1949Smith May 1950Akins May 19521.2 tracked bouts per year

Virgil Akins has lost two straight, after one straight win. Akins last boxed on Mar 20, 1962.WDWLL

Burgos Oct 1961Redl Nov 1961Bonomo Dec 1961Dupas Dec 1961Randall Mar 19626.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LMay 8, 1952 · Akins · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Watkins or 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.
Records · win %

Watkins0–30%

Akins60–31–265.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Watkins or Akins?
Jay Watkins has 0 knockout wins and Virgil Akins has 34. Virgil Akins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Watkins0

Akins3456.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Watkins and Akins have any common opponents?
Jay Watkins and Virgil Akins share 1 common opponent: Wallace Smith. Virgil Akins fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Wallace SmithLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Watkins and 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.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Watkins3bouts

Akins93bouts

How They Win ↓

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