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Virgil Akins vs Wally Swift — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Virgil Akins

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Wally Swift

Virgil Akins (60-31-2) and Wally Swift (68-17-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Akins

60

Wins34 KO · 57%

31

Losses

2

Draws93 tracked bouts

Swift

68

Wins13 KO · 19%

17

Losses

3

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Swift leads 1–0

Virgil Akins and Wally Swift have met 1 time; Swift leads 1–0.

Virgil Akins and Wally Swift have met 1 time; Swift leads 1–0.
Met1960Mar 8Series
Virgil AkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Wally SwiftFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Akins 5 · Swift 3 of 8 measurable rows
AkinsSwift
Record
60-31-268-17-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
65.6%
79% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
13
KO rate0–100%
56.67% (edge)
19.12%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
57% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 6.6
6.6 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93
93
3

† 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 comparable
Virgil Akins: Died aged 82
Wally Swift: Died aged 76

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Wally Swift1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Wally Swift: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 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 — Virgil Akins 93, Wally Swift 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

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

Wally Swift has lost two straight, after one straight win. Swift last boxed on Sep 9, 1967.WLL

Akins Mar 1960Christensen Nov 1962Mazzinghi Sep 19670.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Virgil Akins and Wally Swift ever fought each other?
Yes. Virgil Akins and Wally Swift met once on March 8, 1960, and Wally Swift won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 8, 1960 · Swift · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Akins or Swift?
Virgil Akins is 60-31-2 and Wally Swift is 68-17-3. Wally Swift has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Akins60–31–265.6%

Swift68–17–379%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Akins or Swift?
Virgil Akins has 34 knockout wins and Wally Swift has 13. Virgil Akins has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Akins3456.7%

Swift1319.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Akins and Swift have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Virgil Akins and Wally Swift have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Akins and Swift?
This comparison is drawn from 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins and 3 bouts tracked for Wally Swift. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Akins93bouts

Swift3bouts

How They Win ↓

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