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

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Billy Papke

Jack Smith

Billy Papke (39-17-7) and Jack Smith (1-10 across 11 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.

Papke

39

Wins31 KO · 79%

17

Losses

7

Draws63 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

1–10

counted from 11 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

Billy Papke and Jack Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Billy Papke and Jack Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1916Jun 1Series
Billy PapkeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Papke 6 · Smith 0 of 6 measurable rows
PapkeSmith
Record†
39-17-7 (edge)1-10
Win %0–100%
67.5% (edge)
9.1%
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)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 63
63
11

† 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″
Jack Smith: No height on file
Agenot held
Billy Papke: Died aged 50
Jack Smith: No date of birth
Stance
Billy Papke: Orthodox
Jack Smith: Not recorded

Billy Papke left, Jack 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%

Jack Smith1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

Jack Smith: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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, Jack Smith 11 — 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

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

Jack Smith last boxed on Nov 21, 1928 — 35,760 days ago. Smith had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

McCoy Feb 1914Papke Jun 1916McTigue Nov 1916Loughran Jun 1924Galento Nov 19280.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Billy Papke and Jack Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Papke and Jack Smith met once on June 1, 1916, and Jack Smith won by NWS.
The meeting

LJun 1, 1916 · Smith · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Papke or Smith?
Billy Papke is 39-17-7 and Jack Smith is 1-10 across the 11 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%

Smith1–109.1%

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

Papke3179.5%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Papke and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Papke and Jack Smith have faced.
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 11 bouts tracked for Jack Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Papke63bouts

Smith11bouts

How They Win ↓

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