Have Buck Smith and Tim Payton ever fought each other?

Yes. Buck Smith and Tim Payton met once on October 17, 1991, and Buck Smith won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Smith or Payton?

Buck Smith is 183-20-2 and Tim Payton is 3-4 across the 7 bouts 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.

Who has more knockouts, Smith or Payton?

Buck Smith has 121 knockout wins and Tim Payton has 0. Buck Smith has more.

Do Smith and Payton have any common opponents?

Buck Smith and Tim Payton share 1 common opponent: Reggie Strickland. Buck Smith fared better against 1 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 229 bouts tracked for Buck Smith and 7 bouts tracked for Tim Payton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Buck Smith vs Tim Payton — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Buck Smith

Tim Payton

Buck Smith (183-20-2) and Tim Payton (3-4 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Smith

183

Wins121 KO · 66%

Losses

Draws229 tracked bouts

Payton

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 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

Buck Smith and Tim Payton have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met	1991Oct 17	Series
Buck SmithFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Tim PaytonFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSSmith vs Payton	1Meeting

Smith vs Payton · Oct 17, 1991

The Numbers

Smith 5 · Payton 1 of 6 measurable rows

SmithEdge = longer wingPayton

Record^†: 183-20-2 (edge)3-4
Win %0–100%: 89.8% (edge)
42.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 121: 121 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 66.12%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 66% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 9: 9
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 10.6: 10.6 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 229: 229
7

† 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″; Tim Payton: No height on file
Reachnot held: Buck Smith: 68″; Tim Payton: No reach on file
Agenot held: Buck Smith: 61; Tim Payton: No date of birth
Stance: Buck Smith: Orthodox; Tim Payton: Not recorded

Buck Smith left, Tim Payton 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

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

Tim Payton3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buck Smith 229, Tim Payton 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Smith better on 11 shared · Buck Smith better on 1

SmithBuck Smith

Opponent

PaytonTim Payton

Buck Smith
5–0 against
Win, PTS
1995Dec 1995
Win, PTS
1995Aug 1995
Win, PTS
1995Mar 1995
Win, UD
1994Nov 1994
Win, PTS
1994Sep 1994
StricklandReggie StricklandUnited States 66–276–17 · Super MiddleweightSmith betterBuck Smith better — 5–0 to 3–0
Tim Payton
3–0 against
Win, PTS
1993Sep 1993
Win, SD
1993Mar 1993
Win, PTS
1993Feb 1993

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

Buck Smith last boxed on Apr 10, 2009 — 6,399 days ago. Smith had lost five straight.LLLLL

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

Tim Payton last boxed on Feb 9, 1996 — 11,209 days ago. Payton had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Strickland Feb 1993Strickland Mar 1993Strickland Sep 1993Galloway Jun 1994Gamache Feb 19961 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Buck Smith and Tim Payton ever fought each other?: Yes. Buck Smith and Tim Payton met once on October 17, 1991, and Buck Smith won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Smith or Payton?: Buck Smith is 183-20-2 and Tim Payton is 3-4 across the 7 bouts 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.
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Payton?: Buck Smith has 121 knockout wins and Tim Payton has 0. Buck Smith has more.
Do Smith and Payton have any common opponents?: Buck Smith and Tim Payton share 1 common opponent: Reggie Strickland. Buck Smith fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Payton?: This comparison is drawn from 229 bouts tracked for Buck Smith and 7 bouts tracked for Tim Payton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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