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.
Battling Levinsky (196-55-38) and Jim Smith (4-6 across 10 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.
Battling Levinsky vs Jim Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Battling Levinsky leads 1–0- Battling Levinsky wonLevinsky vs SmithJan 12, 1917 · NWS
The Numbers
- 196-55-38 (edge)
- Record
- 4-6
- 74.4% (edge)
- Win %
- 40%
- 30 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 15.31%
- KO rate
- —
- 15%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 25% (edge)
- 4
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 14.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1
- 293
- Bouts tracked
- 10
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
- 135
- Age
- 159
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Light Heavyweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Levinsky · 200 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
38
Other
132
Jim Smith · 4 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
2
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (293 and 10 respectively), 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
Battling Levinsky
WLLWL
W1 streak · last fought Oct 21, 1930
Jim Smith
WLLLL
W1 streak · last fought Sep 15, 1918
Common Questions
- Have Battling Levinsky and Jim Smith ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Levinsky and Jim Smith met once on January 12, 1917, and Battling Levinsky won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Battling Levinsky or Jim Smith?
- Battling Levinsky is 196-55-38 and Jim Smith is 4-6 across the 10 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Levinsky or Jim Smith?
- Battling Levinsky has 30 knockout wins and Jim Smith has 1. Battling Levinsky has more.
- Do Battling Levinsky and Jim Smith have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Levinsky and Jim Smith have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Levinsky and Jim Smith?
- This comparison is drawn from 293 bouts tracked for Battling Levinsky and 10 bouts tracked for Jim Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.