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Bob Roper vs Gunboat Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bob Roper

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Gunboat Smith

Bob Roper (1-12-3 across 16 tracked bouts) and Gunboat Smith (81-49-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Roper

Tracked record

1–12–3

counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

81

Wins38 KO · 47%

49

Losses

13

Draws95 tracked bouts

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

Roper leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Bob Roper and Gunboat Smith have met 2 times; Roper leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Bob Roper and Gunboat Smith have met 2 times; Roper leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1920Aug 91920Sep 6Series
Bob RoperFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
Gunboat SmithFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSNWS2Meetings

The Numbers

Roper 1 · Smith 5 of 6 measurable rows
RoperSmith
Record†
1-12-381-49-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
15.6%
61.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.91%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
22% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 12
0 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.8
4.3
7.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
16
95

† 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
Bob Roper: No height on file
Gunboat Smith: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Bob Roper: No reach on file
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Agenot held
Bob Roper: No date of birth
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Stance
Bob Roper: Not recorded
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox

Bob Roper left, Gunboat 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
Bob Roper1 win · from 16 tracked bouts

Bob Roper: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 16 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Gunboat Smith45 wins · from 95 tracked bouts

Gunboat Smith: 45 tracked wins — 10 by KO/TKO (22%), 9 on the cards (20%) and 26 by another method or unrecorded (58%). Counted from 95 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

10 by KO/TKO 22%9 on the cards 20%26 by another method or unrecorded 58%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bob Roper 16, Gunboat Smith 95 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Roper better on 1 · Smith better on 1 · even on 1

Roper

Opponent

Smith

  • Bob Roper

    0–6 against

    Loss, NWS

    1923

    Loss, PTS

    1922

    Loss, NWS

    1922

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    GrebSmith better

    Gunboat Smith

    Loss, KO 1

    1920

  • Bob Roper

    0–2–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1922

    Loss, PTS

    1922

    Loss, DQ 6

    1922

    MiskeEven

    Gunboat Smith

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1918

    Loss, PTS

    1918

  • Bob Roper

    Draw, PTS

    1921

    LevinskyRoper better

    Gunboat Smith

    1–4–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1917

    Loss, PTS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1914

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

Bob Roper last boxed on Mar 20, 1923 — 37,834 days ago. Roper had lost five straight.LLLLL

Greb Sep 1922Smith Oct 1922Greb Nov 1922Greb Jan 1923Smith Mar 19234.3 tracked bouts per year

Gunboat Smith has lost seven straight. Smith last boxed on Oct 10, 1921.LLLLL

Roberts Mar 1921Firpo Mar 1921Firpo Apr 1921Martin May 1921Wills Oct 19217.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bob Roper and Gunboat Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Roper and Gunboat Smith have met 2 times and Bob Roper leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
The 2 meetings

WSep 6, 1920 · Roper · NWS

DAug 9, 1920 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Roper or Smith?
Bob Roper is 1-12-3 across the 16 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13. Gunboat Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Roper1–12–315.6%

Smith81–49–1361.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Roper or Smith?
Bob Roper has 0 knockout wins and Gunboat Smith has 38. Gunboat Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Roper0

Smith3846.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Roper and Smith have any common opponents?
Bob Roper and Gunboat Smith share 3 common opponents: Harry Greb, Billy Miske and Battling Levinsky. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Harry GrebLL

Billy Miske0–2–1L

Battling LevinskyD1–4–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Roper and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 16 bouts tracked for Bob Roper and 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Roper16bouts

Smith95bouts

How They Win ↓

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