Have Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith ever fought each other?

Yes. Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith have met 3 times and Bert Lytell leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Lytell or Smith?

Bert Lytell is 71-23-7 and Oakland Billy Smith is 4-15-1 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bert Lytell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Lytell or Smith?

Bert Lytell has 0 knockout wins and Oakland Billy Smith has 2. Oakland Billy Smith has more.

Do Lytell and Smith have any common opponents?

Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith share 5 common opponents: Harold Johnson, Archie Moore and Herbert Lewis Hardwick (and 2 others). Bert Lytell fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lytell and Smith?

This comparison is drawn from 101 bouts tracked for Bert Lytell and 21 bouts tracked for Oakland Billy Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Bert Lytell vs Oakland Billy Smith — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Bert Lytell

Oakland Billy Smith

Bert Lytell (71-23-7) and Oakland Billy Smith (4-15-1 across 21 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 5 common opponents.

Lytell

Wins

Losses

Draws101 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

4–15–1

counted from 21 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

Lytell leads 2–0

Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith have met 3 times; Lytell leads 2–0.
Met	1948Jan 21	1948Jul 14	1950Nov 15	Series
Bert LytellFighter A	WWon	WWon	Result pending	2–0W–L
Oakland Billy SmithFighter B	LLost	LLost	Result pending	0–2W–L
Result	PTSLytell vs Smith	UDLytell vs Smith	NCLytell vs Smith	3Meetings

The Numbers

Lytell 4 · Smith 2 of 6 measurable rows

LytellEdge = longer wingSmith

Record^†: 71-23-7 (edge)4-15-1
Win %0–100%: 73.8% (edge)
22.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: 0%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 34%
50% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 5: 1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 15: 15 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 101: 101
21

† 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: Bert Lytell: Died aged 66; Oakland Billy Smith: No date of birth

Bert Lytell left, Oakland Billy Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bert Lytell71 wins · from 101 tracked bouts

24 by KO/TKO 34%46 on the cards 65%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Oakland Billy Smith4 wins · from 21 tracked bouts

2 by KO/TKO 50%2 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bert Lytell 101, Oakland Billy Smith 21 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Lytell better on 4 · Smith better on 15 shared · Bert Lytell better on 4 · Oakland Billy Smith better on 1

LytellBert Lytell

Opponent

SmithOakland Billy Smith

Bert Lytell
Loss, MD
1949Dec 1949
JohnsonHarold JohnsonUnited States 76–11 · Light HeavyweightSmith betterOakland Billy Smith better — 1–0 to 0–1
Oakland Billy Smith
Win, KO 2
1954Oct 1954
Bert Lytell
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1950Jan 1950
Loss, UD
1947Jul 1947
MooreArchie MooreUnited States 186–23–10 · MiddleweightLytell betterBert Lytell better — 0–2 to 0–3–1
Oakland Billy Smith
0–3–1 against
Loss, TKO 8
1951Jan 1951
Loss, KO 4
1948Sep 1948
Loss, UD
1948May 1948
Draw, PTS
1946Oct 1946
Bert Lytell
3–0 against
Win, RTD 6
1947May 1947
Win, PTS
1946Jul 1946
Win, PTS
1946Mar 1946
HardwickHerbert Lewis HardwickUnited States 178–58–11Lytell betterBert Lytell better — 3–0 to 0–0
Oakland Billy Smith
No contest, NC 3
1944Nov 1944
Bert Lytell
1–1 against
Win, UD
1947Feb 1947
Loss, UD
1946Aug 1946
BurleyCharley BurleyUnited States 83–12–2 · MiddleweightLytell betterBert Lytell better — 1–1 to 0–2
Oakland Billy Smith
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1946Apr 1946
Loss, PTS
1945Oct 1945
Bert Lytell
Loss, SD
1945Oct 1945
WadeAaron WadeUnited States 64–16–6Lytell betterBert Lytell better — 0–1 to 0–3
Oakland Billy Smith
0–3 against
Loss, PTS
1942Nov 1942
Loss, KO 4
1942Aug 1942
Loss, PTS
1942Aug 1942

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

Bert Lytell had won two in a row before losing a decision to Clinton Bacon. Lytell last boxed on Apr 16, 1951.LLWWL

Slade Jul 1950Towne Aug 1950Bacon Feb 1951Burks Apr 1951Bacon Apr 195115 tracked bouts per year

Oakland Billy Smith last boxed on Oct 8, 1954 — 26,309 days ago. Smith had won once since four straight losses.LLLLW

Satterfield Jun 1948Lytell Jul 1948Moore Sep 1948Moore Jan 1951Johnson Oct 19541.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith ever fought each other?: Yes. Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith have met 3 times and Bert Lytell leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Lytell or Smith?: Bert Lytell is 71-23-7 and Oakland Billy Smith is 4-15-1 across the 21 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Bert Lytell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Lytell or Smith?: Bert Lytell has 0 knockout wins and Oakland Billy Smith has 2. Oakland Billy Smith has more.
Do Lytell and Smith have any common opponents?: Bert Lytell and Oakland Billy Smith share 5 common opponents: Harold Johnson, Archie Moore and Herbert Lewis Hardwick (and 2 others). Bert Lytell fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lytell and Smith?: This comparison is drawn from 101 bouts tracked for Bert Lytell and 21 bouts tracked for Oakland Billy Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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