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Tony DeMarco vs Walter Byars — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tony DeMarco

Walter Byars

Tony DeMarco (58-12-1) and Walter Byars (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

DeMarco

58

Wins33 KO · 57%

12

Losses

1

Draw71 tracked bouts

Byars

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

DeMarco leads 1–0

Tony DeMarco and Walter Byars have met 1 time; DeMarco leads 1–0.

Tony DeMarco and Walter Byars have met 1 time; DeMarco leads 1–0.
Met1957May 25Series
Tony DeMarcoFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter ByarsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

DeMarco 5 · Byars 1 of 6 measurable rows
DeMarcoByars
Record†
58-12-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
82.4% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 33
33 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
56.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
57% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
5.3—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 71
71
4

† 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

Heightnot held
Tony DeMarco: 5′5″
Walter Byars: No height on file
Agenot held
Tony DeMarco: Died aged 89
Walter Byars: No date of birth
Stance
Tony DeMarco: Orthodox
Walter Byars: Not recorded

Tony DeMarco left, Walter Byars right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Tony DeMarco58 wins · from 71 tracked bouts

Tony DeMarco: 58 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (57%) and 25 on the cards (43%). Counted from 71 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 57%25 on the cards 43%

Walter Byars1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Walter Byars: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Tony DeMarco 71, Walter Byars 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · DeMarco better on 1 · Byars better on 1

DeMarco

Opponent

Byars

  • Tony DeMarco

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 12

    1958

    Loss, KO 14

    1957

    AkinsByars better

    Walter Byars

    Loss, UD

    1957

  • Tony DeMarco

    Win, UD

    1956

    GavilánDeMarco better

    Walter Byars

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1957

    Win, SD

    1956

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

Tony DeMarco has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Denny Moyer. DeMarco last boxed on Feb 6, 1962.WWLWW

Monroe Mar 1959Connors Apr 1959Moyer Feb 1960Jordan Dec 1961Redl Feb 19625.3 tracked bouts per year

Walter Byars last boxed on Nov 20, 1957 — 25,173 days ago. Byars had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Gavilán Dec 1956DeMarco May 1957Akins Jun 1957Gavilán Nov 1957

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Tony DeMarco and Walter Byars ever fought each other?
Yes. Tony DeMarco and Walter Byars met once on May 25, 1957, and Tony DeMarco won by MD.
The meeting

WMay 25, 1957 · DeMarco · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, DeMarco or Byars?
Tony DeMarco is 58-12-1 and Walter Byars is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Tony DeMarco has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

DeMarco58–12–182.4%

Byars1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, DeMarco or Byars?
Tony DeMarco has 33 knockout wins and Walter Byars has 0. Tony DeMarco has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

DeMarco3356.9%

Byars0

The Numbers ↓
Do DeMarco and Byars have any common opponents?
Tony DeMarco and Walter Byars share 2 common opponents: Virgil Akins and Kid Gavilán. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Virgil AkinsLL

Kid GavilánW1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on DeMarco and Byars?
This comparison is drawn from 71 bouts tracked for Tony DeMarco and 4 bouts tracked for Walter Byars. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

DeMarco71bouts

Byars4bouts

How They Win ↓

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