Virgil Akins

Career, Record, Stats

Virgil Akins (Honeybear) was an American professional boxer. He was a welterweight world champion. In a career spanning 14 years and 10 days, Akins amassed a record of 60-31-2, which includes 34 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.

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LEGEND

Virgil Akins' Boxing Career

Virgil Akins was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. on March 10, 1928. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on March 10, 1948 against Albert Adams. Akins defeated Adams via 6 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Akins became a world champion at the age of 30 after 66 professional fights. He challenged Vince Martinez for the The Ring welterweight title and stopped the champion in the 4th of the 15-round fight, winning his first world title.

Akins' last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Rip Randall at age 34, on March 20, 1962.

Some of Virgil Akins' best fights were against Tony DeMarco (HOFer). For a complete list of Akins' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Virgil Akins".

Akins has 31 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Virgil Akins Losses".

Virgil Akins' Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
93	Mar 20, 1962	34	Rip Randall	loss	UD 10
92	Dec 27, 1961	33	Ralph Dupas	loss	UD 10
91	Dec 13, 1961	33	Vince Bonomo	win	TKO 4
90	Nov 17, 1961	33	Stefan Redl	draw	PTS 10
89	Oct 16, 1961	33	Jose Antonio Burgos	win	TKO 10
88	Sep 22, 1961	33	Kenny Lane	loss	UD 10
87	Sep 05, 1961	33	Henry White	loss	MD 10
86	Jul 10, 1961	33	Cecil Shorts	win	TKO 8
85	May 15, 1961	33	Billy Collins	win	UD 10
84	Mar 04, 1961	32	Gerald Gray	win	MD 10
83	Jan 16, 1961	32	TJ Jones	win	TKO 9
82	Dec 06, 1960	32	Candy McFarland	loss	SD 10
81	Nov 21, 1960	32	Carl Hubbard	win	KO 5
80	Jul 06, 1960	32	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	loss	UD 10
79	May 20, 1960	32	Charley Scott	win	UD 10
78	Apr 01, 1960	32	Fernando Barreto	win	PTS 10
77	Mar 08, 1960	31	Wally Swift	loss	PTS 10
76	Jan 28, 1960	31	Don Fullmer	loss	UD 10
75	Dec 10, 1959	31	Denny Moyer 20 21-1	loss	SD 10
74	Oct 28, 1959	31	Kenny Lane	loss	MD 10
73	Aug 14, 1959	31	Stan Harrington	win	MD 10
72	Jun 17, 1959	31	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	loss	UD 10
71	Apr 24, 1959	31	Don Jordan	loss	UD 15
70	Dec 05, 1958	30	Don Jordan	loss	UD 15
69	Sep 18, 1958	30	Del Flanagan	loss	UD 10
68	Aug 20, 1958	30	Charley Tombstone Smith	win	TKO 10
67	Jun 06, 1958	30	Vince Martinez	win	TKO 4
66	Mar 21, 1958	30	Issac Logart	win	TKO 6
65	Jan 21, 1958	29	Tony DeMarco 26 54-10-1	win	TKO 12
64	Oct 29, 1957	29	Tony DeMarco 25 54-9-1	win	KO 14
63	Sep 18, 1957	29	Gil Turner	loss	PTS 10
62	Aug 09, 1957	29	Garnet Hart	win	TKO 8
61	Jul 08, 1957	29	Franz Szuzina	loss	UD 10
60	Jun 12, 1957	29	Walter Byars	win	UD 10
59	May 24, 1957	29	Jimmy Beecham	win	TKO 3
58	Mar 04, 1957	28	Franz Szuzina	win	UD 10
57	Jan 31, 1957	28	Al Andrews	win	TKO 6
56	Jan 08, 1957	28	Sammy Walker	win	UD 10
55	Oct 22, 1956	28	Pat Lowry	win	KO 2
54	Sep 15, 1956	28	Charlie Sawyer	loss	UD 10
53	Jun 21, 1956	28	Don Jose	win	TKO 4
52	Mar 21, 1956	28	Hector Constance	win	UD 10
51	Mar 08, 1956	27	Andy Watkins	win	TKO 2
50	Jan 26, 1956	27	Mel Barker	win	TKO 8
49	Jan 19, 1956	27	Clarence Cook	win	KO 4
48	Jan 03, 1956	27	Rudolph Bent	win	TKO 5
47	Dec 02, 1955	27	Issac Logart	loss	UD 10
46	Sep 13, 1955	27	Harold Jones	win	UD 10
45	Aug 08, 1955	27	Issac Logart	win	SD 10
44	Jun 21, 1955	27	Bill Sudduth	win	TKO 8
43	May 23, 1955	27	Joe Miceli	win	TKO 1
42	May 02, 1955	27	Ronnie Delaney	win	KO 8
41	Apr 08, 1955	27	Johnny Brown	draw	PTS 8
40	Mar 15, 1955	27	Tommy Maddox	win	TKO 4
39	Mar 02, 1955	26	Johnny Brown	win	TKO 10
38	Oct 26, 1954	26	Henry Hank	win	UD 8
37	Oct 16, 1954	26	Andrew Brown	loss	SD 10
36	Jun 02, 1954	26	Joey Greenwood	win	TKO 8
35	Aug 29, 1953	25	Philip Kim	loss	TKO 10
34	Apr 04, 1953	25	Johnny Gonsalves	loss	MD 10
33	Sep 30, 1952	24	Joe Miceli	loss	UD 10
32	Jul 30, 1952	24	Johnny Saxton	loss	UD 10
31	May 08, 1952	24	Jay Watkins	win	TKO 2
30	Feb 29, 1952	23	Henry Davis	win	TKO 9
29	Feb 19, 1952	23	Joe Gilmer	win	TKO 9
28	Feb 08, 1952	23	Baby LeRoy	win	TKO 4
27	Dec 24, 1951	23	Luther Rawlings	loss	PTS 8
26	Dec 06, 1951	23	Joe Brown	win	UD 10
25	Oct 17, 1951	23	Luther Rawlings	win	SD 10
24	Sep 26, 1951	23	Freddie Dawson	win	SD 10
23	Jul 06, 1951	23	Joe Brown	loss	PTS 10
22	Jun 08, 1951	23	Tommy Campbell	win	PTS 10
21	May 25, 1951	23	Joe Brown	loss	PTS 10
20	Apr 17, 1951	23	Wallace Bud Smith	win	PTS 10
19	Apr 04, 1951	23	Wallace Bud Smith	win	PTS 10
18	Mar 09, 1951	22	Gene Parker	win	TKO 6
17	Jan 18, 1951	22	Gene Parker	loss	UD 6
16	Dec 06, 1950	22	Joe Sgro	win	UD 10
15	Nov 01, 1950	22	Rudy Zadell	win	TKO 3
14	Oct 24, 1950	22	Nelson Levering	win	KO 2
13	Oct 05, 1950	22	Art Edmundson	win	PTS 8
12	Jul 15, 1950	22	Joe Fisher	loss	PTS 8
11	Jul 06, 1950	22	Nelson Levering	loss	PTS 6
10	Sep 29, 1949	21	Arthur Persley	loss	PTS 6
9	Mar 30, 1949	21	Clem Custer	win	PTS 8
8	Mar 08, 1949	20	Willie Cheatum	win	PTS 8
7	Feb 15, 1949	20	Russ Moore	win	KO 2
6	Jan 17, 1949	20	Joe Henderson	win	KO 3
5	Nov 23, 1948	20	Danny Robinson	win	PTS 6
4	Jul 12, 1948	20	Ollie Cobbins	win	PTS 6
3	Apr 21, 1948	20	Charlie Baxter	win	PTS 6
2	Apr 05, 1948	20	Charlie Baxter	loss	TKO 3
1	Mar 10, 1948	20	Albert Adams	win	PTS 6

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