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Al Smith vs Elmer Ray — record, stats and common opponents compared

Al Smith

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Elmer Ray

Al Smith (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Elmer Ray (98-23-11) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Smith

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 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

Ray leads 1–0

Al Smith and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Al Smith and Elmer Ray have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1948Mar 26Series
Al SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Elmer RayFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 1 · Ray 3 of 4 measurable rows
SmithRay
Record†
0-298-23-11 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 69
0
69 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.41%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
2
135

† 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

Agenot held
Al Smith: No date of birth
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Stance
Al Smith: Not recorded
Elmer Ray: Orthodox

Al Smith left, Elmer Ray 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 Smith0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Al Smith: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Al Smith 2, Elmer Ray 135 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ray better on 1

Smith

Opponent

Ray

  • Al Smith

    Loss, TKO 4

    1947

    CharlesRay better

    Elmer Ray

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 9

    1948

    Win, SD

    1947

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 Smith last boxed on Mar 26, 1948 — 28,698 days ago. Smith had lost two straight.LL

Charles Oct 1947Ray Mar 1948

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Al Smith and Elmer Ray ever fought each other?
Yes. Al Smith and Elmer Ray met once on March 26, 1948, and Elmer Ray won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LMar 26, 1948 · Ray · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Ray?
Al Smith is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Elmer Ray is 98-23-11. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith0–20%

Ray98–23–1178.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Ray?
Al Smith has 0 knockout wins and Elmer Ray has 69. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith0

Ray6970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Ray have any common opponents?
Al Smith and Elmer Ray share 1 common opponent: Ezzard Charles. Elmer Ray fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ezzard CharlesL1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Ray?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Al Smith and 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith2bouts

Ray135bouts

How They Win ↓

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