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Virgil Akins vs Willie Cheatum — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Virgil Akins

Willie Cheatum

Virgil Akins (60-31-2) and Willie Cheatum (0-3-1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Akins

60

Wins34 KO · 57%

31

Losses

2

Draws93 tracked bouts

Cheatum

Tracked record

0–3–1

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 Willie Cheatum have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.

Virgil Akins and Willie Cheatum have met 1 time; Akins leads 1–0.
Met1949Mar 8Series
Virgil AkinsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie CheatumFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Akins 5 · Cheatum 1 of 6 measurable rows
AkinsCheatum
Record†
60-31-2 (edge)0-3-1
Win %0–100%
65.6% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 34
34 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
56.67%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
57%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.6
6.6 (edge)
0.3
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
Willie Cheatum: No date of birth

Virgil Akins left, Willie Cheatum 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%

Willie Cheatum0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Willie Cheatum: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Cheatum yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Virgil Akins 93, Willie Cheatum 4 — 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

Willie Cheatum last boxed on Mar 8, 1949 — 28,352 days ago. Cheatum had lost two straight.LDLL

Goldstein Feb 1937Joyce Dec 1939Williams Nov 1943Akins Mar 19490.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Virgil Akins and Willie Cheatum ever fought each other?
Yes. Virgil Akins and Willie Cheatum met once on March 8, 1949, and Virgil Akins won by PTS.
The meeting

WMar 8, 1949 · Akins · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Akins or Cheatum?
Virgil Akins is 60-31-2 and Willie Cheatum is 0-3-1 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.
Records · win %

Akins60–31–265.6%

Cheatum0–3–112.5%

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

Akins3456.7%

Cheatum0

The Numbers ↓
Do Akins and Cheatum have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Virgil Akins and Willie Cheatum have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Akins and Cheatum?
This comparison is drawn from 93 bouts tracked for Virgil Akins and 4 bouts tracked for Willie Cheatum. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Akins93bouts

Cheatum4bouts

How They Win ↓

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