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.
Arthur Persley (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Wallace Smith (31-24-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Arthur Persley vs Wallace Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Wallace Smith leads 1–0- Wallace Smith wonSmith vs PersleyNov 20, 1955 · KO · R9
The Numbers
- 2-6
- Record
- 31-24-6 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 55.7% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 18 (edge)
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- KO rate
- 58.06%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 55% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 7
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 6.6 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 62
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Age
- 102
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Lightweight
- —
- Nationality
- American
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyArthur Persley · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Wallace Smith · 31 wins
KO/TKO
17
Decision
14
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 62 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedArthur Persley
LKO R9 · Feb 1956WUD · Aug 1955LPTS · Oct 1948Wallace Smith
LTKO R11 · Feb 1957LSD · Aug 1956LUD · May 1956
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Arthur Persley
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L5 streak · last fought May 22, 1965
Wallace Smith
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L11 streak · last fought Apr 1, 1958
Common Questions
- Have Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith ever fought each other?
- Yes. Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith met once on November 20, 1955, and Wallace Smith won by KO in round 9.
- Who has the better record, Arthur Persley or Wallace Smith?
- Arthur Persley is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Wallace Smith is 31-24-6. Wallace Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Arthur Persley or Wallace Smith?
- Arthur Persley has 0 knockout wins and Wallace Smith has 18. Wallace Smith has more.
- Do Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith have any common opponents?
- Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith share 3 common opponents: Joe Brown, Tony DeMarco and Virgil Akins. Arthur Persley fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Arthur Persley and 62 bouts tracked for Wallace Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.