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.
Virgil Akins (60-31-2) 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 1 common opponent.
Virgil Akins vs Walter Byars — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Virgil Akins leads 1–0- Virgil Akins wonAkins vs ByarsJun 12, 1957 · UD
The Numbers
- 60-31-2 (edge)
- Record
- 1-3
- 65.6% (edge)
- Win %
- 25%
- 34 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 56.67%
- KO rate
- —
- 57% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 6.6
- Bouts per year
- —
- 93
- Bouts tracked
- 4
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
- 98
- Age
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyVirgil Akins · 60 wins
KO/TKO
34
Decision
26
Other
0
Walter Byars · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (93 and 4 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
Virgil Akins
LLWDW
L2 streak · last fought Mar 20, 1962
Walter Byars
LLLW
L3 streak · last fought Nov 20, 1957
Common Questions
- Have Virgil Akins and Walter Byars ever fought each other?
- Yes. Virgil Akins and Walter Byars met once on June 12, 1957, and Virgil Akins won by UD.
- Who has the better record, Virgil Akins or Walter Byars?
- Virgil Akins is 60-31-2 and Walter Byars is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Virgil Akins or Walter Byars?
- Virgil Akins has 34 knockout wins and Walter Byars has 0. Virgil Akins has more.
- Do Virgil Akins and Walter Byars have any common opponents?
- Virgil Akins and Walter Byars share 1 common opponent: Tony DeMarco. Virgil Akins fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Virgil Akins and Walter Byars?
- This comparison is drawn from 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins and 4 bouts tracked for Walter Byars. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.