Virgil Akins Record
| Total Fights | 93 |
|---|---|
| Wins | 60 |
| Losses | 31 |
| Draws | 2 |
| No-Contests | 0 |
| Title Wins | 3 |
|---|---|
| Title Defenses | 3 |
| Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
| KO Wins | 34 |
| KO Losses | 2 |
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What is Virgil Akins' boxing record?
In a professional boxing career spanning 14 years, Virgil Akins fought 93 times with 60 wins, 31 losses, and 2 draws.
Akins retired from professional boxing with a record of 60-31-2, which included three welterweight world-title wins and three successful title defense fights. He had a 36.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 34 of his total 93 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. Akins suffered two knockout losses, both of which were in non-title fights.
His last fight was a 10-round unanimous decision defeat to Rip Randall on March 20, 1962.
Some of Akins' best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Tony DeMarco and Joe Brown), Vince Martinez, Issac Logart, Charley Tombstone Smith, Stan Harrington, Wallace Bud Smith, and Carl Hubbard.
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Mar 20, 1962 | 34 | Rip Randall | Loss | UD |
| 92 | Dec 27, 1961 | 33 | Ralph Dupas | Loss | UD |
| 91 | Dec 13, 1961 | 33 | Vince Bonomo | Win | TKO4 |
| 90 | Nov 17, 1961 | 33 | Stefan Redl | Draw | PTS |
| 89 | Oct 16, 1961 | 33 | Jose Antonio Burgos | Win | TKO10 |
| 88 | Sep 22, 1961 | 33 | Kenny Lane | Loss | UD |
| 87 | Sep 5, 1961 | 33 | Henry White | Loss | MD |
| 86 | Jul 10, 1961 | 33 | Cecil Shorts | Win | TKO8 |
| 85 | May 15, 1961 | 33 | Billy Collins | Win | UD |
| 84 | Mar 4, 1961 | 32 | Gerald Gray | Win | MD |
| 83 | Jan 16, 1961 | 32 | TJ Jones | Win | TKO9 |
| 82 | Dec 6, 1960 | 32 | Candy McFarland | Loss | SD |
| 81 | Nov 21, 1960 | 32 | Carl Hubbard | Win | KO5 |
| 80 | Jul 6, 1960 | 32 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | Loss | UD |
| 79 | May 20, 1960 | 32 | Charley Scott | Win | UD |
| 78 | Apr 1, 1960 | 32 | Fernando Barreto | Win | PTS |
| 77 | Mar 8, 1960 | 31 | Wally Swift | Loss | PTS |
| 76 | Jan 28, 1960 | 31 | Don Fullmer | Loss | UD |
| 75 | Dec 10, 1959 | 31 | Denny Moyer | Loss | SD |
| 74 | Oct 28, 1959 | 31 | Kenny Lane | Loss | MD |
| 73 | Aug 14, 1959 | 31 | Stan Harrington | Win | MD |
| 72 | Jun 17, 1959 | 31 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | Loss | UD |
| 71 | Apr 24, 1959 | 31 | Don Jordan | Loss * | UD |
| 70 | Dec 5, 1958 | 30 | Don Jordan | Loss * | UD |
| 69 | Sep 18, 1958 | 30 | Del Flanagan | Loss | UD |
| 68 | Aug 20, 1958 | 30 | Charley Tombstone Smith | Win | TKO10 |
| 67 | Jun 6, 1958 | 30 | Vince Martinez | Win * | TKO4 |
| 66 | Mar 21, 1958 | 30 | Issac Logart | Win * | TKO6 |
| 65 | Jan 21, 1958 | 29 | Tony DeMarco | Win * | TKO12 |
| 64 | Oct 29, 1957 | 29 | Tony DeMarco | Win * | KO14 |
| 63 | Sep 18, 1957 | 29 | Gil Turner | Loss | PTS |
| 62 | Aug 9, 1957 | 29 | Garnet Hart | Win | TKO8 |
| 61 | Jul 8, 1957 | 29 | Franz Szuzina | Loss | UD |
| 60 | Jun 12, 1957 | 29 | Walter Byars | Win | UD |
| 59 | May 24, 1957 | 29 | Jimmy Beecham | Win | TKO3 |
| 58 | Mar 4, 1957 | 28 | Franz Szuzina | Win | UD |
| 57 | Jan 31, 1957 | 28 | Al Andrews | Win | TKO6 |
| 56 | Jan 8, 1957 | 28 | Sammy Walker | Win | UD |
| 55 | Oct 22, 1956 | 28 | Pat Lowry | Win | KO2 |
| 54 | Sep 15, 1956 | 28 | Charlie Sawyer | Loss | UD |
| 53 | Jun 21, 1956 | 28 | Don Jose | Win | TKO4 |
| 52 | Mar 21, 1956 | 28 | Hector Constance | Win | UD |
| 51 | Mar 8, 1956 | 27 | Andy Watkins | Win | TKO2 |
| 50 | Jan 26, 1956 | 27 | Mel Barker | Win | TKO8 |
| 49 | Jan 19, 1956 | 27 | Clarence Cook | Win | KO4 |
| 48 | Jan 3, 1956 | 27 | Rudolph Bent | Win | TKO5 |
| 47 | Dec 2, 1955 | 27 | Issac Logart | Loss | UD |
| 46 | Sep 13, 1955 | 27 | Harold Jones | Win | UD |
| 45 | Aug 8, 1955 | 27 | Issac Logart | Win | SD |
| 44 | Jun 21, 1955 | 27 | Bill Sudduth | Win | TKO8 |
| 43 | May 23, 1955 | 27 | Joe Miceli | Win | TKO1 |
| 42 | May 2, 1955 | 27 | Ronnie Delaney | Win | KO8 |
| 41 | Apr 8, 1955 | 27 | Johnny Brown | Draw | PTS |
| 40 | Mar 15, 1955 | 27 | Tommy Maddox | Win | TKO4 |
| 39 | Mar 2, 1955 | 26 | Johnny Brown | Win | TKO10 |
| 38 | Oct 26, 1954 | 26 | Henry Hank | Win | UD |
| 37 | Oct 16, 1954 | 26 | Andrew Brown | Loss | SD |
| 36 | Jun 2, 1954 | 26 | Joey Greenwood | Win | TKO8 |
| 35 | Aug 29, 1953 | 25 | Philip Kim | Loss | TKO10 |
| 34 | Apr 4, 1953 | 25 | Johnny Gonsalves | Loss | MD |
| 33 | Sep 30, 1952 | 24 | Joe Miceli | Loss | UD |
| 32 | Jul 30, 1952 | 24 | Johnny Saxton | Loss | UD |
| 31 | May 8, 1952 | 24 | Jay Watkins | Win | TKO2 |
| 30 | Feb 29, 1952 | 23 | Henry Davis | Win | TKO9 |
| 29 | Feb 19, 1952 | 23 | Joe Gilmer | Win | TKO9 |
| 28 | Feb 8, 1952 | 23 | Baby LeRoy | Win | TKO4 |
| 27 | Dec 24, 1951 | 23 | Luther Rawlings | Loss | PTS |
| 26 | Dec 6, 1951 | 23 | Joe Brown | Win | UD |
| 25 | Oct 17, 1951 | 23 | Luther Rawlings | Win | SD |
| 24 | Sep 26, 1951 | 23 | Freddie Dawson | Win | SD |
| 23 | Jul 6, 1951 | 23 | Joe Brown | Loss | PTS |
| 22 | Jun 8, 1951 | 23 | Tommy Campbell | Win | PTS |
| 21 | May 25, 1951 | 23 | Joe Brown | Loss | PTS |
| 20 | Apr 17, 1951 | 23 | Wallace Bud Smith | Win | PTS |
| 19 | Apr 4, 1951 | 23 | Wallace Bud Smith | Win | PTS |
| 18 | Mar 9, 1951 | 22 | Gene Parker | Win | TKO6 |
| 17 | Jan 18, 1951 | 22 | Gene Parker | Loss | UD |
| 16 | Dec 6, 1950 | 22 | Joe Sgro | Win | UD |
| 15 | Nov 1, 1950 | 22 | Rudy Zadell | Win | TKO3 |
| 14 | Oct 24, 1950 | 22 | Nelson Levering | Win | KO2 |
| 13 | Oct 5, 1950 | 22 | Art Edmundson | Win | PTS |
| 12 | Jul 15, 1950 | 22 | Joe Fisher | Loss | PTS |
| 11 | Jul 6, 1950 | 22 | Nelson Levering | Loss | PTS |
| 10 | Sep 29, 1949 | 21 | Arthur Persley | Loss | PTS |
| 9 | Mar 30, 1949 | 21 | Clem Custer | Win | PTS |
| 8 | Mar 8, 1949 | 20 | Willie Cheatum | Win | PTS |
| 7 | Feb 15, 1949 | 20 | Russ Moore | Win | KO2 |
| 6 | Jan 17, 1949 | 20 | Joe Henderson | Win | KO3 |
| 5 | Nov 23, 1948 | 20 | Danny Robinson | Win | PTS |
| 4 | Jul 12, 1948 | 20 | Ollie Cobbins | Win | PTS |
| 3 | Apr 21, 1948 | 20 | Charlie Baxter | Win | PTS |
| 2 | Apr 5, 1948 | 20 | Charlie Baxter | Loss | TKO3 |
| 1 | Mar 10, 1948 | 20 | Albert Adams | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Boxing career
Virgil Akins (Honeybear) was an American professional boxer. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. on March 10, 1928. He was a welterweight world champion. Akins died on January 22, 2011 at the age of 82 years. His professional boxing career spanned more than 14 years — from 1948 to 1962.
Akins made his professional boxing debut against Albert Adams at the age of 20 on March 10, 1948, defeating Adams via 6 round PTS.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on October 29, 1957 after 63 professional fights, against Tony DeMarco for the welterweight NYSAC (vacant) title. He defeated DeMarco via 14th round KO to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Virgil Akins was a one-time unified welterweight world champion, and won one world title at welterweight. For all the details about Akins' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Akins had a total of 31 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Rip Randall at 34 years of age, on March 20, 1962. Akins lost the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
Championships
Akins had a total of six world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost two.
Title Wins
Virgil Akins fought for a welterweight world title in three fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. He won one welterweight belt.
| Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1958^ | Vince Martinez | Welterweight | NBA*, The Ring | TKO |
| Oct 29, 1957 | Tony DeMarco | Welterweight | NYSAC* | KO |
Title Defenses
Virgil Akins had four welterweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
| Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 1958^ | Vince Martinez | Welterweight | NYSAC | TKO |
| Mar 21, 1958 | Issac Logart | Welterweight | NYSAC | TKO |
| Jan 21, 1958 | Tony DeMarco | Welterweight | NYSAC | TKO |
Title Losses
Virgil Akins lost one world-title defense fight, and lost three titles in the fight.
| Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 5, 1958 | Don Jordan | Welterweight | NBA, NYSAC, The Ring | UD |
Highlights
Akins fought a total of 93 times during his professional career, which includes 6 world-title fights at the welterweight division. He was among the top boxers of his generation and put on some very good performances in these fights. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
October 29, 1957: Akins wins his first world title by defeating Tony DeMarco via 14th round KO. He is now the NYSAC welterweight world champion.
January 21, 1958: Akins successfully defends the NYSAC welterweight title against Tony DeMarco, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.
June 6, 1958: Akins becomes a unified welterweight world champion by beating Vince Martinez via 4th round TKO. He now holds the NYSAC, NBA , and The Ring welterweight world-champion belts.
FAQs
How many KOs does Virgil Akins have on his record?
Akins knocked out 34 of his 93 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 36.6%. Of his total 60 wins, 34 of them were via KO (56.7%).
What was Virgil Akins' first world title win?
Akins' first world-title win was the NYSAC (vacant) belt at welterweight. He defeated Tony DeMarco via 14 round KO to win the title.
How many world titles did Virgil Akins win?
Akins won one world title at welterweight.
How many title defenses did Virgil Akins make?
Akins had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.