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.
Mel Barker (0-4 across 4 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.
Mel Barker vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Virgil Akins leads 1–0- Virgil Akins wonAkins vs BarkerJan 26, 1956 · TKO · R8
The Numbers
- 0-4
- 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%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 6.6 (edge)
- 4
- 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 onlyMel Barker · 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 (4 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
Mel Barker
LLLL
L4 streak · last fought Nov 15, 1962
Virgil Akins
LLWDW
L2 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1962
Common Questions
- Have Mel Barker and Virgil Akins ever fought each other?
- Yes. Mel Barker and Virgil Akins met once on January 26, 1956, and Virgil Akins won by TKO in round 8.
- Who has the better record, Mel Barker or Virgil Akins?
- Mel Barker is 0-4 across the 4 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, Mel Barker or Virgil Akins?
- Mel Barker has 0 knockout wins and Virgil Akins has 34. Virgil Akins has more.
- Do Mel Barker and Virgil Akins have any common opponents?
- Mel Barker and Virgil Akins share 1 common opponent: Ralph Dupas. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Mel Barker and Virgil Akins?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Mel Barker and 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.