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Arthur Persley vs Wallace Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Arthur Persley

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Wallace Smith

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.

Persley

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

31

Wins18 KO · 58%

24

Losses

6

Draws61 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

Smith leads 1–0

Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Arthur Persley and Wallace Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1955Nov 20Series
Arthur PersleyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Wallace SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Persley 1 · Smith 5 of 6 measurable rows
PersleySmith
Record†
2-631-24-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
55.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—58.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
55% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
2 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
0.5
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
8
61

† 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
Arthur Persley: No height on file
Wallace Smith: 5′7″
Agenot held
Arthur Persley: No date of birth
Wallace Smith: Died aged 49
Stance
Arthur Persley: Not recorded
Wallace Smith: Orthodox

Arthur Persley left, Wallace 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
Arthur Persley2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Arthur Persley: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Wallace Smith31 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Wallace Smith: 31 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (55%) and 14 on the cards (45%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 55%14 on the cards 45%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Arthur Persley 8, Wallace Smith 61 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Persley better on 2 · even on 1

Persley

Opponent

Smith

  • Arthur Persley

    1–2 against

    Loss, KO 9

    1956

    Win, UD

    1955

    Loss, PTS

    1948

    BrownPersley better

    Wallace Smith

    0–3 against

    Loss, TKO 11

    1957

    Loss, SD

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

  • Arthur Persley

    Loss, UD

    1956

    DeMarcoEven

    Wallace Smith

    Loss, TKO 9

    1956

  • Arthur Persley

    Win, PTS

    1949

    AkinsPersley better

    Wallace Smith

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1951

    Loss, PTS

    1951

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

Arthur Persley last boxed on May 22, 1965 — 22,429 days ago. Persley had lost five straight.LLLLL

Smith Nov 1955Brown Feb 1956DeMarco Apr 1956Ortíz Aug 1962Adigue May 19650.5 tracked bouts per year

Wallace Smith has lost 11 straight. Smith last boxed on Apr 1, 1958.LLLLL

Andrade Jul 1957Scanlon Oct 1957Nevarez Feb 1958Loi Mar 1958Brennan Apr 19586.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LNov 20, 1955 · Smith · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Persley or 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.
Records · win %

Persley2–625%

Smith31–24–655.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Persley or Smith?
Arthur Persley has 0 knockout wins and Wallace Smith has 18. Wallace Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Persley0

Smith1858.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Persley and 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.
3 shared opponents

Joe Brown1–2L

Tony DeMarcoLL

Virgil AkinsWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Persley and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Arthur Persley and 61 bouts tracked for Wallace Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Persley8bouts

Smith61bouts

How They Win ↓

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