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Al Roberts vs Gunboat Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Roberts

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Gunboat Smith

Al Roberts (1-5-1 across 7 tracked bouts) and Gunboat Smith (81-49-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Roberts

Tracked record

1–5–1

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

81

Wins38 KO · 47%

49

Losses

13

Draws95 tracked bouts

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

Roberts leads 1–0

Al Roberts and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Roberts leads 1–0.

Al Roberts and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Roberts leads 1–0.
Met1921Mar 9Series
Al RobertsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gunboat SmithFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR101Meeting

The Numbers

Roberts 2 · Smith 4 of 6 measurable rows
RobertsSmith
Record†
1-5-181-49-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
21.4%
61.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
1
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.91%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
22%
Times stopped‡max 12
4 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.8
0.2
7.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
7
95

† 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

Heightnot held
Al Roberts: No height on file
Gunboat Smith: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Al Roberts: No reach on file
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Agenot held
Al Roberts: No date of birth
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Stance
Al Roberts: Not recorded
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox

Al Roberts left, Gunboat Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Al Roberts1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Al Roberts: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Gunboat Smith45 wins · from 95 tracked bouts

Gunboat Smith: 45 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (22%), 9 on the cards (20%) and 26 by another method or unrecorded (58%). Counted from 95 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 22%9 on the cards 20%26 by another method or unrecorded 58%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Roberts 7, Gunboat Smith 95 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Roberts better on 1 · even on 1

Roberts

Opponent

Smith

  • Al Roberts

    Loss, KO 6

    1922

    GrebEven

    Gunboat Smith

    Loss, KO 1

    1920

  • Al Roberts

    Loss, KO 2

    1922

    MiskeRoberts better

    Gunboat Smith

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1918

    Loss, PTS

    1918

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Al Roberts last boxed on Jul 23, 1924 — 37,343 days ago. Roberts had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Tunney Feb 1920Smith Mar 1921Miske Mar 1922Greb May 1922Sharkey Jul 19240.2 tracked bouts per year

Gunboat Smith has lost seven straight. Smith last boxed on Oct 10, 1921.LLLLL

Roberts Mar 1921Firpo Mar 1921Firpo Apr 1921Martin May 1921Wills Oct 19217.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Roberts and Gunboat Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Roberts and Gunboat Smith met once on March 9, 1921, and Al Roberts won by KO in round 10.
The meeting

WMar 9, 1921 · Roberts · KO R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roberts or Smith?
Al Roberts is 1-5-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13. Gunboat Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Roberts1–5–121.4%

Smith81–49–1361.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Roberts or Smith?
Al Roberts has 1 knockout win and Gunboat Smith has 38. Gunboat Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Roberts1

Smith3846.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Roberts and Smith have any common opponents?
Al Roberts and Gunboat Smith share 2 common opponents: Harry Greb and Billy Miske. Al Roberts fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Harry GrebLL

Billy MiskeLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roberts and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Al Roberts and 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Roberts7bouts

Smith95bouts

How They Win ↓

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