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Cleve Hawkins vs Gunboat Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Cleve Hawkins

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Gunboat Smith

Cleve Hawkins (0-7 across 7 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 once. They share 3 common opponents.

Hawkins

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 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

Smith leads 1–0

Cleve Hawkins and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Cleve Hawkins and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1916Sep 18Series
Cleve HawkinsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gunboat SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Hawkins 1 · Smith 4 of 5 measurable rows
HawkinsSmith
Record†
0-781-49-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
61.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.91%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—22%
Times stopped‡max 12
3 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.8
0.4
7.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
7
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
Cleve Hawkins: No height on file
Gunboat Smith: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Cleve Hawkins: No reach on file
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Agenot held
Cleve Hawkins: No date of birth
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Stance
Cleve Hawkins: Not recorded
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox

Cleve Hawkins 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
Cleve Hawkins0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Cleve Hawkins: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hawkins yet.

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 — Cleve Hawkins 7, Gunboat Smith 95 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Smith better on 2 · even on 1

Hawkins

Opponent

Smith

  • Cleve Hawkins

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    Loss, PTS

    1918

    NorfolkEven

    Gunboat Smith

    0–2–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Draw, NWS

    1917

    Loss, KO 2

    1916

  • Cleve Hawkins

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    LangfordSmith better

    Gunboat Smith

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1914

    Win, PTS

    1913

  • Cleve Hawkins

    Loss, KO 2

    1906

    BlackburnSmith better

    Gunboat Smith

    Win, 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

Cleve Hawkins last boxed on Oct 21, 1924 — 37,256 days ago. Hawkins had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Langford Feb 1916Smith Sep 1916Norfolk Apr 1918Norfolk May 1920Flowers Oct 19240.4 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 Cleve Hawkins and Gunboat Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleve Hawkins and Gunboat Smith met once on September 18, 1916, and Gunboat Smith won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

LSep 18, 1916 · Smith · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hawkins or Smith?
Cleve Hawkins is 0-7 across the 7 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 %

Hawkins0–70%

Smith81–49–1361.2%

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

Hawkins0

Smith3846.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hawkins and Smith have any common opponents?
Cleve Hawkins and Gunboat Smith share 3 common opponents: Kid Norfolk, Sam Langford and Jack Blackburn. Gunboat Smith fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Kid NorfolkL0–2–1

Sam LangfordL1–1

Jack BlackburnLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hawkins and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Cleve Hawkins and 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hawkins7bouts

Smith95bouts

How They Win ↓

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