Record & Stats
Record60-31-2 (34 KOs)Born
Mar 10, 1928
Died
Jan 22, 2011
Stance
Orthodox
Height
Reach
Ape Index
Stoppages
34 (37%)
Title Fights
4-2 (4 KOs)
Divisions
1
Analytics
Major Titles
Wins1Record1-2 (1 KO)| WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | Ring | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEL147 |
Virgil Akins boxing record
Virgil "Honeybear" Akins's professional boxing record is 60-31-2 (34 KOs). The complete fight record below covers all 93 bouts, including age, opponent, result, method, round, and date. Akins's most recent fight was a loss to Rip Randall on Mar 20, 1962.
Akins won a major world championship at welterweight under The Ring. He went 1-2 in major title fights, with one win by stoppage.
Complete Fight Record
| No | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via | Rd | Title | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Mar 20, 1962 | 34 | Rip Randall | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 92 | Dec 27, 1961 | 33 | Ralph Dupas | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 91 | Dec 13, 1961 | 33 | Vince Bonomo | W | TKO | 4 | β | β |
| 90 | Nov 17, 1961 | 33 | Stefan Redl | D | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 89 | Oct 16, 1961 | 33 | Jose Antonio Burgos | W | TKO | 10 | β | β |
| 88 | Sep 22, 1961 | 33 | Kenny Lane | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 87 | Sep 5, 1961 | 33 | Henry White | L | MD | 10 | β | β |
| 86 | Jul 10, 1961 | 33 | Cecil Shorts | W | TKO | 8 | β | β |
| 85 | May 15, 1961 | 33 | Billy Collins | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 84 | Mar 4, 1961 | 32 | Gerald Gray | W | MD | 10 | β | β |
| 83 | Jan 16, 1961 | 32 | TJ Jones | W | TKO | 9 | β | β |
| 82 | Dec 6, 1960 | 32 | Candy McFarland | L | SD | 10 | β | β |
| 81 | Nov 21, 1960 | 32 | Carl Hubbard | W | KO | 5 | β | β |
| 80 | Jul 6, 1960 | 32 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 79 | May 20, 1960 | 32 | Charley Scott | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 78 | Apr 1, 1960 | 32 | Fernando Barreto | W | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 77 | Mar 8, 1960 | 31 | Wally Swift | L | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 76 | Jan 28, 1960 | 31 | Don Fullmer | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 75 | Dec 10, 1959 | 31 | Denny Moyer | L | SD | 10 | β | Welterweight |
| 74 | Oct 28, 1959 | 31 | Kenny Lane | L | MD | 10 | β | β |
| 73 | Aug 14, 1959 | 31 | Stan Harrington | W | MD | 10 | β | β |
| 72 | Jun 17, 1959 | 31 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 71 | Apr 24, 1959 | 31 | Don Jordan | L | UD | 15 | ~ NYSAC~ NBA~ The Ring | Welterweight |
| 70 | Dec 5, 1958 | 30 | Don Jordan | L | UD | 15 | β NYSACβ NBAβ The Ring | Welterweight |
| 69 | Sep 18, 1958 | 30 | Del Flanagan | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 68 | Aug 20, 1958 | 30 | Charley Tombstone Smith | W | TKO | 10 | β | β |
| 67 | Jun 6, 1958 | 30 | Vince Martinez | W | TKO | 4 | + Vacant NBA+ The Ring! NYSAC | Welterweight |
| 66 | Mar 21, 1958 | 30 | Issac Logart | W | TKO | 6 | ! NYSAC | Welterweight |
| 65 | Jan 21, 1958 | 29 | Tony DeMarco | W | TKO | 12 | ! NYSAC | Welterweight |
| 64 | Oct 29, 1957 | 29 | Tony DeMarco | W | KO | 14 | + Vacant NYSAC | Welterweight |
| 63 | Sep 18, 1957 | 29 | Gil Turner | L | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 62 | Aug 9, 1957 | 29 | Garnet Hart | W | TKO | 8 | β | β |
| 61 | Jul 8, 1957 | 29 | Franz Szuzina | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 60 | Jun 12, 1957 | 29 | Walter Byars | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 59 | May 24, 1957 | 29 | Jimmy Beecham | W | TKO | 3 | β | β |
| 58 | Mar 4, 1957 | 28 | Franz Szuzina | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 57 | Jan 31, 1957 | 28 | Al Andrews | W | TKO | 6 | β | β |
| 56 | Jan 8, 1957 | 28 | Sammy Walker | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 55 | Oct 22, 1956 | 28 | Pat Lowry | W | KO | 2 | β | β |
| 54 | Sep 15, 1956 | 28 | Charlie Sawyer | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 53 | Jun 21, 1956 | 28 | Don Jose | W | TKO | 4 | β | β |
| 52 | Mar 21, 1956 | 28 | Hector Constance | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 51 | Mar 8, 1956 | 27 | Andy Watkins | W | TKO | 2 | β | β |
| 50 | Jan 26, 1956 | 27 | Mel Barker | W | TKO | 8 | β | β |
| 49 | Jan 19, 1956 | 27 | Clarence Cook | W | KO | 4 | β | β |
| 48 | Jan 3, 1956 | 27 | Rudolph Bent | W | TKO | 5 | β | β |
| 47 | Dec 2, 1955 | 27 | Issac Logart | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 46 | Sep 13, 1955 | 27 | Harold Jones | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 45 | Aug 8, 1955 | 27 | Issac Logart | W | SD | 10 | β | β |
| 44 | Jun 21, 1955 | 27 | Bill Sudduth | W | TKO | 8 | β | β |
| 43 | May 23, 1955 | 27 | Joe Miceli | W | TKO | 1 | β | β |
| 42 | May 2, 1955 | 27 | Ronnie Delaney | W | KO | 8 | β | β |
| 41 | Apr 8, 1955 | 27 | Johnny Brown | D | PTS | 8 | β | β |
| 40 | Mar 15, 1955 | 27 | Tommy Maddox | W | TKO | 4 | β | β |
| 39 | Mar 2, 1955 | 26 | Johnny Brown | W | TKO | 10 | β | β |
| 38 | Oct 26, 1954 | 26 | Henry Hank | W | UD | 8 | β | β |
| 37 | Oct 16, 1954 | 26 | Andrew Brown | L | SD | 10 | β | β |
| 36 | Jun 2, 1954 | 26 | Joey Greenwood | W | TKO | 8 | β | β |
| 35 | Aug 29, 1953 | 25 | Philip Kim | L | TKO | 10 | β | β |
| 34 | Apr 4, 1953 | 25 | Johnny Gonsalves | L | MD | 10 | β | β |
| 33 | Sep 30, 1952 | 24 | Joe Miceli | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 32 | Jul 30, 1952 | 24 | Johnny Saxton | L | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 31 | May 8, 1952 | 24 | Jay Watkins | W | TKO | 2 | β | β |
| 30 | Feb 29, 1952 | 23 | Henry Davis | W | TKO | 9 | β | β |
| 29 | Feb 19, 1952 | 23 | Joe Gilmer | W | TKO | 9 | β | β |
| 28 | Feb 8, 1952 | 23 | Baby LeRoy | W | TKO | 4 | β | β |
| 27 | Dec 24, 1951 | 23 | Luther Rawlings | L | PTS | 8 | β | β |
| 26 | Dec 6, 1951 | 23 | Joe Brown | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 25 | Oct 17, 1951 | 23 | Luther Rawlings | W | SD | 10 | β | β |
| 24 | Sep 26, 1951 | 23 | Freddie Dawson | W | SD | 10 | β | β |
| 23 | Jul 6, 1951 | 23 | Joe Brown | L | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 22 | Jun 8, 1951 | 23 | Tommy Campbell | W | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 21 | May 25, 1951 | 23 | Joe Brown | L | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 20 | Apr 17, 1951 | 23 | Wallace Bud Smith | W | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 19 | Apr 4, 1951 | 23 | Wallace Bud Smith | W | PTS | 10 | β | β |
| 18 | Mar 9, 1951 | 22 | Gene Parker | W | TKO | 6 | β | β |
| 17 | Jan 18, 1951 | 22 | Gene Parker | L | UD | 6 | β | β |
| 16 | Dec 6, 1950 | 22 | Joe Sgro | W | UD | 10 | β | β |
| 15 | Nov 1, 1950 | 22 | Rudy Zadell | W | TKO | 3 | β | β |
| 14 | Oct 24, 1950 | 22 | Nelson Levering | W | KO | 2 | β | β |
| 13 | Oct 5, 1950 | 22 | Art Edmundson | W | PTS | 8 | β | β |
| 12 | Jul 15, 1950 | 22 | Joe Fisher | L | PTS | 8 | β | β |
| 11 | Jul 6, 1950 | 22 | Nelson Levering | L | PTS | 6 | β | β |
| 10 | Sep 29, 1949 | 21 | Arthur Persley | L | PTS | 6 | β | β |
| 9 | Mar 30, 1949 | 21 | Clem Custer | W | PTS | 8 | β | β |
| 8 | Mar 8, 1949 | 20 | Willie Cheatum | W | PTS | 8 | β | β |
| 7 | Feb 15, 1949 | 20 | Russ Moore | W | KO | 2 | β | β |
| 6 | Jan 17, 1949 | 20 | Joe Henderson | W | KO | 3 | β | β |
| 5 | Nov 23, 1948 | 20 | Danny Robinson | W | PTS | 6 | β | β |
| 4 | Jul 12, 1948 | 20 | Ollie Cobbins | W | PTS | 6 | β | β |
| 3 | Apr 21, 1948 | 20 | Charlie Baxter | W | PTS | 6 | β | β |
| 2 | Apr 5, 1948 | 20 | Charlie Baxter | L | TKO | 3 | β | β |
| 1 | Mar 10, 1948 | 20 | Albert Adams | W | PTS | 6 | β | β |