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, Akins or 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, Akins or Byars?

Virgil Akins has 34 knockout wins and Walter Byars has 0. Virgil Akins has more.

Do Akins and 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 Akins and 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.

Virgil Akins vs Walter Byars — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Virgil Akins

Walter Byars

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.

Akins

Wins34 KO · 57%

Losses

Draws93 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

Akins leads 1–0

Virgil Akins and Walter Byars have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.
Met	1957Jun 12	Series
Virgil AkinsFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Walter ByarsFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	UDAkins vs Byars	1Meeting

Akins vs Byars · Jun 12, 1957

The Numbers

Akins 5 · Byars 1 of 6 measurable rows

AkinsEdge = longer wingByars

Record^†: 60-31-2 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%: 65.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 34: 34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 56.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 57% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§not comparable: 6.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 93: 93
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

Agenot held: Virgil Akins: Died aged 82; Walter Byars: No date of birth

Virgil Akins left, Walter Byars 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

34 by KO/TKO 57%26 on the cards 43%

Walter Byars1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

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, Walter Byars 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Akins better on 11 shared · Virgil Akins better on 1

AkinsVirgil Akins

Opponent

ByarsWalter Byars

Virgil Akins
2–0 against
Win, TKO 12
1958Jan 1958
Win, KO 14
1957Oct 1957
DeMarcoTony DeMarcoUnited States 58–12–1 · WelterweightAkins betterVirgil Akins better — 2–0 to 0–1
Walter Byars
Loss, MD
1957May 1957

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

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

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

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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, Akins or 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, Akins or Byars?: Virgil Akins has 34 knockout wins and Walter Byars has 0. Virgil Akins has more.
Do Akins and 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 Akins and 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.

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