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Battling Shaw vs Don Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Shaw

Don Smith

Battling Shaw (79-29-9) and Don Smith (0-2 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.

Shaw

79

Wins32 KO · 41%

29

Losses

9

Draws119 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

0–2

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

Shaw leads 1–0

Battling Shaw and Don Smith have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.

Battling Shaw and Don Smith have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.
Met1930Sep 25Series
Battling ShawFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Don SmithFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 4 · Smith 1 of 5 measurable rows
ShawSmith
Record†
79-29-9 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
41%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
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

Heightnot held
Battling Shaw: 5′7″
Don Smith: No height on file
Agenot held
Battling Shaw: Died aged 83
Don Smith: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Shaw: Orthodox
Don Smith: Not recorded

Battling Shaw left, Don 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 Shaw79 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Battling Shaw: 79 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (41%), 35 on the cards (44%) and 12 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 41%35 on the cards 44%12 by another method or unrecorded 15%

Don Smith0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Don Smith: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Shaw 119, Don 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

Battling Shaw has lost seven straight. Shaw last boxed on Oct 1, 1936.LLLLL

Snipes Sep 1934Mexico Jul 1935Mack Nov 1935Saldana Apr 1936Velasco Oct 193612.8 tracked bouts per year

Don Smith last boxed on Sep 2, 1953 — 26,717 days ago. Smith had lost two straight.LL

Shaw Sep 1930Liston Sep 19530.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Shaw and Don Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Shaw and Don Smith met once on September 25, 1930, and Battling Shaw won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WSep 25, 1930 · Shaw · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Smith?
Battling Shaw is 79-29-9 and Don Smith is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Shaw has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw79–29–971.4%

Smith0–20%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Smith?
Battling Shaw has 32 knockout wins and Don Smith has 0. Battling Shaw has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw3240.5%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Shaw and Don Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw and 2 bouts tracked for Don Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw119bouts

Smith2bouts

How They Win ↓

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