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Mel Barker vs Virgil Akins — record, stats and common opponents compared

Mel Barker

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Virgil Akins

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.

Barker

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Mel Barker and Virgil Akins have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.

Mel Barker and Virgil Akins have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.
Met1956Jan 26Series
Mel BarkerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Virgil AkinsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Barker 1 · Akins 5 of 6 measurable rows
BarkerAkins
Record†
0-460-31-2 (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‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.6
0.6
6.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
4
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
Mel Barker: No date of birth
Virgil Akins: Died aged 82

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Mel Barker0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Mel Barker: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Barker 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 — Mel Barker 4, Virgil Akins 93 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Barker

Opponent

Akins

  • Mel Barker

    Loss, UD

    1959

    DupasEven

    Virgil Akins

    Loss, UD

    1961

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

Mel Barker last boxed on Nov 15, 1962 — 23,351 days ago. Barker had lost four straight.LLLL

Akins Jan 1956Griffith Apr 1959Dupas Aug 1959Ortega Nov 19620.6 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 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.
The meeting

LJan 26, 1956 · Akins · TKO R8

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

Barker0–40%

Akins60–31–265.6%

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

Barker0

Akins3456.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Barker and 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.
Shared opponent

Ralph DupasLL

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

Barker4bouts

Akins93bouts

How They Win ↓

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