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Billy Papke vs Dave Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Billy Papke

🇳🇿NEW ZEALAND

Dave Smith

Billy Papke (39-17-7) 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 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 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

Series level 1–1

Billy Papke and Dave Smith have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Billy Papke and Dave Smith have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1910Dec 261911Mar 11Series
Billy PapkeFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Dave SmithFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultDQR10TKOR72Meetings

The Numbers

Papke 6 · Smith 0 of 6 measurable rows
PapkeSmith
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)2-4
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
79.49%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
79% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4.8
4.8 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
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

Heightnot held
Billy Papke: 5′9″
Dave Smith: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Billy Papke: Died aged 50
Dave Smith: Died aged 59
Stance
Billy Papke: Orthodox
Dave Smith: Not recorded

Billy Papke 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
Billy Papke39 wins · from 63 tracked bouts

Billy Papke: 39 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (79%), 5 on the cards (13%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (8%). Counted from 63 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 79%5 on the cards 13%3 by another method or unrecorded 8%

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 — Billy Papke 63, Dave Smith 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Papke

Opponent

Smith

  • Billy Papke

    Loss, NWS

    1912

    HauckEven

    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

Billy Papke has lost five straight. Papke last boxed on May 14, 1919.LLLLL

Klaus Mar 1913Rowan Oct 1913Smith Jun 1916Bartfield Apr 1919Darcy May 19194.8 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 Billy Papke and Dave Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Papke and Dave Smith have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WMar 11, 1911 · Papke · TKO R7

LDec 26, 1910 · Smith · DQ R10

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or Smith?
Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Dave Smith is 2-4 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Billy Papke has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Papke39–17–767.5%

Smith2–433.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Papke or Smith?
Billy Papke has 31 knockout wins and Dave Smith has 0. Billy Papke has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Papke3179.5%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Smith have any common opponents?
Billy Papke and Dave Smith share 1 common opponent: Leo Florian Hauck. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Leo Florian HauckLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Papke and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 63 bouts tracked for Billy Papke and 6 bouts tracked for Dave Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Smith6bouts

How They Win ↓

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