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Luther Rawlings vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared

Luther Rawlings

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Virgil Akins

Luther Rawlings (1-4-2 across 7 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 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Rawlings

Tracked record

1–4–2

counted from 7 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

Series level 1–1

Luther Rawlings and Virgil Akins have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Luther Rawlings and Virgil Akins have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1951Oct 171951Dec 24Series
Luther RawlingsFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Virgil AkinsFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultSDPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Rawlings 1 · Akins 6 of 7 measurable rows
RawlingsAkins
Record†
1-4-260-31-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
28.6%
65.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
0
34 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—56.67%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
57% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.6
1.4
6.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
7
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
Luther Rawlings: No date of birth
Virgil Akins: Died aged 82

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Luther Rawlings1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Luther Rawlings: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Luther Rawlings 7, Virgil Akins 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Rawlings better on 1 · Akins better on 1 · even on 1

Rawlings

Opponent

Akins

  • Luther Rawlings

    Draw, MD

    1954

    SmithAkins better

    Virgil Akins

    2–0 against

    Win, PTS

    1951

    Win, PTS

    1951

  • Luther Rawlings

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1953

    Loss, PTS

    1949

    BrownRawlings better

    Virgil Akins

    1–2 against

    Win, UD

    1951

    Loss, PTS

    1951

    Loss, UD

    1951

  • Luther Rawlings

    Loss, UD

    1952

    SaxtonEven

    Virgil Akins

    Loss, UD

    1952

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

Luther Rawlings last boxed on May 19, 1954 — 26,458 days ago. Rawlings had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Wallace Smith.WLLDD

Akins Dec 1951Carter Mar 1952Saxton Jun 1952Brown Jun 1953Smith May 19541.4 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 Luther Rawlings and Virgil Akins ever fought each other?
Yes. Luther Rawlings and Virgil Akins have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WDec 24, 1951 · Rawlings · PTS

LOct 17, 1951 · Akins · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Rawlings or Akins?
Luther Rawlings is 1-4-2 across the 7 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 %

Rawlings1–4–228.6%

Akins60–31–265.6%

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

Rawlings0

Akins3456.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Rawlings and Akins have any common opponents?
Luther Rawlings and Virgil Akins share 3 common opponents: Wallace Smith, Joe Brown and Johnny Saxton. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Wallace SmithDW

Joe Brown0–1–11–2

Johnny SaxtonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Rawlings and Akins?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Luther Rawlings and 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Rawlings7bouts

Akins93bouts

How They Win ↓

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