Autographs of Billy Backus

Billy Backus (born March 5, 1943) is an American former Undisputed World Welterweight Champion professional boxer. In the summer of 2006 Backus retired from his correctional facility job and moved to South Carolina.
Backus, who is the nephew of boxing legend and former world champion Carmen Basilio, started his career by winning only 7 of his first 19 bouts. In 1964, things looked promising when he won four bouts in a row, but then he suffered a three fight losing streak. At this point of his career, he had a record of 8 wins, 7 losses and 3 draws and he retired from boxing. To make things worse, he had lost his last fight, against Rudy Richardson, on his twenty-second birthday.
Backus resumed his boxing career in 1966, but probably never in his wildest dreams could he have envisioned what happened next: in his comeback bout, he knocked out Tod Purtell in the first round, and that marked his embarcation on a seven-fight winning streak that included avenging an earlier loss to Dick French. That streak was broken by a defeat at the hands of Percy Pugh in New Orleans, but soon he started on another winning streak, eight in a row, including two over Pugh. Then, Pugh broke his winning streak once again, beating him in 15 rounds, once again at New Orleans. After splitting two fights with Jerry Pellegrini and drawing in four rounds with Ricky Ortiz, Backus embarked on another winning streak, including an eight-round knockout over Ortiz in a rematch.
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Traded items with a signature of Billy Backus

The most expensive item with a signature of Billy Backus (Billy Backus Autographed Everlast Boxing Glove Signed JSA COA Auto Certified) was sold in June 2026 for £107.51 while the cheapest item (Boxing Billy Backus Signed index card) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was May 2014 with an average selling price of £2.20 for an autographed item of Billy Backus. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2025 with £84.10 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2013. In average, an autographed item from Billy Backus is worth £7.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Billy Backus were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	BILLY BACKUS -BOXER AUTHENTIC AUTOGRAPHED EVERLAST BOXING GLOVE 6-9-16	£84.10
	Billy Backus Autographed Everlast Boxing Glove Signed JSA COA Auto Certified	£107.51
	BILLY BACKUS AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED EVERLAST BOXING GLOVE Authentic	£43.46
	BILLY BACKUS BOXING CHAMP SIGNED AUTOGRAPH 8.5x11 PHOTO PICTURE COA HOF	£10.21
	Billy Backus Signed 8x10 Photo COA BUF	£28.62
	Billy Backus Signed Everlast 16 oz Boxing Glove	£44.66
	boxing billy backus signed 5 x 3 photograph	£0.99
	boxing billy backus signed 5 x 3 photograph	£2.20
	boxing billy backus signed 5 x 3 photograph	£2.20
	Boxing Billy Backus Signed index card	£0.99
	Former World Champion BILLY BACKUS Signed Boxing Photo. Boxing Memorabilia	£19.01
	PRICED TO SELL BILLY BACKUS HAND SIGNED AUTHENTIC PHOTO WITH COA	£16.10
	Vintage Billy Backus Boxing Photo Original Black White Signed Autograph Gloves	£49.84
	WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION BOXER BILLY BACKUS AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~	£29.87
	£14.99 WINTER SALE BILLY BACKUS SIGNED PHOTO 10 X 8 & COA - OFFERS ACCEPTED	£7.99