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Charles C. Smith vs John Hughes — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Charles C. Smith

John Hughes

Charles C. Smith (40-14-5) and John Hughes (0-3 across 3 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

40

Wins32 KO · 80%

14

Losses

5

Draws60 tracked bouts

Hughes

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

1 meeting, no result recorded

Charles C. Smith and John Hughes have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.

Charles C. Smith and John Hughes have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no result recorded.
Met1893Sep 5Series
Charles C. SmithFighter AResult pending0–0W–L
John HughesFighter BResult pending0–0W–L
ResultND1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 4 · Hughes 1 of 5 measurable rows
SmithHughes
Record†
40-14-5 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
72% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
80%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
80%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.4
2.4 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 60
60
3

† 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

Agenot held
Charles C. Smith: Died aged 64
John Hughes: No date of birth

Charles C. Smith left, John Hughes right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Charles C. Smith40 wins · from 60 tracked bouts

Charles C. Smith: 40 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (80%), 5 on the cards (13%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (8%). Counted from 60 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 80%5 on the cards 13%3 by another method or unrecorded 8%

John Hughes0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

John Hughes: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hughes yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Charles C. Smith 60, John Hughes 3 — 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

Charles C. Smith has won two straight since losing by stoppage to Jim Fitzpatrick. Smith last boxed on Jul 15, 1903.LWLWW

Gardiner Dec 1898McCarthy Mar 1899Fitzpatrick Oct 1899Smith Jun 1903Contaden Jul 19032.4 tracked bouts per year

John Hughes last boxed on Apr 6, 1886 — 51,330 days ago. Hughes had lost three straight.LLL

Kilrain Jan 1880Killen Mar 1886Killen Apr 18860.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Charles C. Smith and John Hughes ever fought each other?
Yes. Charles C. Smith and John Hughes met once on September 5, 1893, and the bout produced no decision by ND.
The meeting

Sep 5, 1893 · Result pending · ND

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Hughes?
Charles C. Smith is 40-14-5 and John Hughes is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Charles C. Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith40–14–572%

Hughes0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Hughes?
Charles C. Smith has 32 knockout wins and John Hughes has 0. Charles C. Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith3280%

Hughes0

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Hughes have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Charles C. Smith and John Hughes have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Hughes?
This comparison is drawn from 60 bouts tracked for Charles C. Smith and 3 bouts tracked for John Hughes. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith60bouts

Hughes3bouts

How They Win ↓

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