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Barbados Joe Walcott vs Thunderbolt Ed Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇧🇧WELTERWEIGHT

Barbados Joe Walcott

Thunderbolt Ed Smith

Barbados Joe Walcott (96-31-27) and Thunderbolt Ed Smith (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Walcott

96

Wins57 KO · 59%

31

Losses

27

Draws156 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Barbados Joe Walcott and Thunderbolt Ed Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Barbados Joe Walcott and Thunderbolt Ed Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1909May 10Series
Barbados Joe WalcottFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Thunderbolt Ed SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Walcott 5 · Smith 1 of 6 measurable rows
WalcottSmith
Record†
96-31-27 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
71.1% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 57
57 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.38%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
59% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 9
9
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.6
8.6 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156
156
2

† 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
Barbados Joe Walcott: Died aged 62
Thunderbolt Ed Smith: No date of birth
Stance
Barbados Joe Walcott: Orthodox
Thunderbolt Ed Smith: Not recorded

Barbados Joe Walcott left, Thunderbolt Ed 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
Barbados Joe Walcott96 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

Barbados Joe Walcott: 96 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (59%), 28 on the cards (29%) and 11 by another method or unrecorded (11%). Counted from 156 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 59%28 on the cards 29%11 by another method or unrecorded 11%

Thunderbolt Ed Smith1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Thunderbolt Ed Smith: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barbados Joe Walcott 156, Thunderbolt Ed Smith 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Barbados Joe Walcott had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Tom Sawyer. Walcott last boxed on Nov 2, 1910.DLLWL

Potts Mar 1910MacKinnon Apr 1910Whitney May 1910Lee Oct 1910Sawyer Nov 19108.6 tracked bouts per year

Thunderbolt Ed Smith last boxed on May 10, 1909 — 42,898 days ago. Smith had won once since losing to Klondike.LW

Klondike Feb 1900Walcott May 19090.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Barbados Joe Walcott and Thunderbolt Ed Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Barbados Joe Walcott and Thunderbolt Ed Smith met once on May 10, 1909, and Thunderbolt Ed Smith won by PTS.
The meeting

LMay 10, 1909 · Smith · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Walcott or Smith?
Barbados Joe Walcott is 96-31-27 and Thunderbolt Ed Smith is 1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Barbados Joe Walcott has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Walcott96–31–2771.1%

Smith1–150%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Walcott or Smith?
Barbados Joe Walcott has 57 knockout wins and Thunderbolt Ed Smith has 0. Barbados Joe Walcott has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Walcott5759.4%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Walcott and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Barbados Joe Walcott and Thunderbolt Ed Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Walcott and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 156 bouts tracked for Barbados Joe Walcott and 2 bouts tracked for Thunderbolt Ed Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Walcott156bouts

Smith2bouts

How They Win ↓

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