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Buck Smith vs Jim Wright — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buck Smith

Jim Wright

Buck Smith (183-20-2) and Jim Wright (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Smith

183

Wins121 KO · 66%

20

Losses

2

Draws229 tracked bouts

Wright

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Buck Smith and Jim Wright have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Buck Smith and Jim Wright have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1989Feb 7Series
Buck SmithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jim WrightFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 3 · Wright 1 of 4 measurable rows
SmithWright
Record†
183-20-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
89.8% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 121
121 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
66.12%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
66%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
10.6—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 229
229
1

† 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
Buck Smith: 5′9″
Jim Wright: No height on file
Reachnot held
Buck Smith: 68″
Jim Wright: No reach on file
Agenot held
Buck Smith: 61
Jim Wright: No date of birth
Stance
Buck Smith: Orthodox
Jim Wright: Not recorded

Buck Smith left, Jim Wright right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Buck Smith183 wins · from 229 tracked bouts

Buck Smith: 183 tracked wins — 121 by KO/TKO (66%) and 62 on the cards (34%). Counted from 229 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

121 by KO/TKO 66%62 on the cards 34%

Jim Wright0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jim Wright: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wright yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buck Smith 229, Jim Wright 1 — 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

Buck Smith last boxed on Apr 10, 2009 — 6,404 days ago. Smith had lost five straight.LLLLL

Kahwagi May 2003Fogle Aug 2006Calloway Feb 2007Oliveira Jun 2007Reed Apr 200910.6 tracked bouts per year

Jim Wright last boxed on Feb 7, 1989 — 13,771 days ago. Wright had lost the most recent, to Buck Smith.L

Smith Feb 1989

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buck Smith and Jim Wright ever fought each other?
Yes. Buck Smith and Jim Wright met once on February 7, 1989, and Buck Smith won by KO.
The meeting

WFeb 7, 1989 · Smith · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Wright?
Buck Smith is 183-20-2 and Jim Wright is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Buck Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith183–20–289.8%

Wright0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Wright?
Buck Smith has 121 knockout wins and Jim Wright has 0. Buck Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith12166.1%

Wright0

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Wright have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buck Smith and Jim Wright have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Wright?
This comparison is drawn from 229 bouts tracked for Buck Smith and 1 bout tracked for Jim Wright. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith229bouts

Wright1bout

How They Win ↓

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