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Battling Levinsky vs Dave Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Levinsky

🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND

Dave Smith

Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Dave Smith (2-4 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Levinsky

196

Wins30 KO · 15%

55

Losses

38

Draws289 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

2–4

counted from 6 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

Battling Levinsky and Dave Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Battling Levinsky and Dave Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1912Sep 21Series
Battling LevinskyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Dave SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Levinsky 5 · Smith 1 of 6 measurable rows
LevinskySmith
Record†
196-55-38 (edge)2-4
Win %0–100%
74.4% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
15.31%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
15% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 14
14 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 289
289
6

† 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 comparable
Battling Levinsky: Died aged 57
Dave Smith: Died aged 59
Stance
Battling Levinsky: Orthodox
Dave Smith: Not recorded

Battling Levinsky left, Dave 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
Battling Levinsky196 wins · from 289 tracked bouts

Battling Levinsky: 196 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (15%), 39 on the cards (20%) and 127 by another method or unrecorded (65%). Counted from 289 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 15%39 on the cards 20%127 by another method or unrecorded 65%

Dave Smith2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Dave Smith: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Levinsky 289, Dave Smith 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Smith better on 1

Levinsky

Opponent

Smith

  • Battling Levinsky

    2–3 against

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Loss, PTS

    1911

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    Loss, NWS

    1911

    HauckSmith better

    Dave Smith

    Loss, NWS

    1912

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

Battling Levinsky has won once since losses to Otto von Porat and Herman Weiner. Levinsky last boxed on Oct 21, 1930.LWLLW

Gallagher Dec 1928Corri Jan 1929Porat Jan 1929Weiner Jan 1929Sims Oct 193014 tracked bouts per year

Dave Smith has lost three straight, after one straight win. Smith last boxed on Aug 16, 1916.LWLLL

Papke Mar 1911Levinsky Sep 1912Hauck Nov 1912Darcy Jun 1916Darcy Aug 19161.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Levinsky and Dave Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Levinsky and Dave Smith met once on September 21, 1912, and Dave Smith won by NWS.
The meeting

LSep 21, 1912 · Smith · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Levinsky or Smith?
Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Dave Smith is 2-4 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Levinsky has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Levinsky196–55–3874.4%

Smith2–433.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Levinsky or Smith?
Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Dave Smith has 0. Battling Levinsky has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Levinsky3015.3%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Levinsky and Smith have any common opponents?
Battling Levinsky and Dave Smith share 1 common opponent: Leo Florian Hauck. Dave Smith fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Leo Florian Hauck2–3L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Levinsky and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 289 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 6 bouts tracked for Dave Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Levinsky289bouts

Smith6bouts

How They Win ↓

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