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Buck Smith vs Wendell Stafford — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Buck Smith

Wendell Stafford

Buck Smith (183-20-2) and Wendell Stafford (0-1-1 across 2 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.

Smith

183

Wins121 KO · 66%

20

Losses

2

Draws229 tracked bouts

Stafford

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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 0–0 with 1 draw

Buck Smith and Wendell Stafford have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Buck Smith and Wendell Stafford have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1988Jul 5Series
Buck SmithFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Wendell StaffordFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 4 · Stafford 1 of 5 measurable rows
SmithStafford
Record†
183-20-2 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
89.8% (edge)
25%
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§max 10.6
10.6 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 229
229
2

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

Buck Smith left, Wendell Stafford 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%

Wendell Stafford0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Wendell Stafford: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Stafford yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buck Smith 229, Wendell Stafford 2 — 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 — 6,409 days ago. Smith had lost five straight.LLLLL

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

Wendell Stafford last boxed on Mar 23, 1993 — 12,272 days ago. Stafford had lost the most recent, to Terry Ray.DL

Smith Jul 1988Ray Mar 19930.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buck Smith and Wendell Stafford ever fought each other?
Yes. Buck Smith and Wendell Stafford met once on July 5, 1988, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJul 5, 1988 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Stafford?
Buck Smith is 183-20-2 and Wendell Stafford is 0-1-1 across the 2 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.
Records · win %

Smith183–20–289.8%

Stafford0–1–125%

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

Smith12166.1%

Stafford0

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Stafford have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buck Smith and Wendell Stafford have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Stafford?
This comparison is drawn from 229 bouts tracked for Buck Smith and 2 bouts tracked for Wendell Stafford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith229bouts

Stafford2bouts

How They Win ↓

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