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Colin Bell vs Gunboat Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Colin Bell

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Gunboat Smith

Colin Bell (3-6-2 across 11 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.

Bell

Tracked record

3–6–2

counted from 11 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

Bell leads 1–0

Colin Bell and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Bell leads 1–0.

Colin Bell and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Bell leads 1–0.
Met1915Oct 7Series
Colin BellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gunboat SmithFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Bell 1 · Smith 5 of 6 measurable rows
BellSmith
Record†
3-6-281-49-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
36.4%
61.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
0
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.91%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
22% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 12
4 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.8
1.2
7.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
11
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
Colin Bell: No height on file
Gunboat Smith: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Colin Bell: No reach on file
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Agenot held
Colin Bell: No date of birth
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Stance
Colin Bell: Not recorded
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox

Colin Bell 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
Colin Bell3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Colin Bell: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

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 — Colin Bell 11, Gunboat Smith 95 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Bell better on 1 · Smith better on 2

Bell

Opponent

Smith

  • Colin Bell

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    LevinskyBell better

    Gunboat Smith

    1–4–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1917

    Loss, PTS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1914

  • Colin Bell

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, TKO 4

    1914

    Draw, PTS

    1913

    LangfordSmith better

    Gunboat Smith

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1914

    Win, PTS

    1913

  • Colin Bell

    Loss, KO 2

    1914

    WellsSmith better

    Gunboat Smith

    Win, KO 2

    1913

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

Colin Bell last boxed on Jun 30, 1922 — 38,101 days ago. Bell had won two straight since a draw with Tom Heeney.LWDWW

Levinsky Aug 1915Smith Oct 1915Heeney Oct 1921Heeney Mar 1922Heeney Jun 19221.2 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 Colin Bell and Gunboat Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Colin Bell and Gunboat Smith met once on October 7, 1915, and Colin Bell won by PTS.
The meeting

WOct 7, 1915 · Bell · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Bell or Smith?
Colin Bell is 3-6-2 across the 11 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 %

Bell3–6–236.4%

Smith81–49–1361.2%

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

Bell0

Smith3846.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Bell and Smith have any common opponents?
Colin Bell and Gunboat Smith share 3 common opponents: Battling Levinsky, Sam Langford and Bombardier Billy Wells. Gunboat Smith fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Battling LevinskyL1–4–1

Sam Langford0–1–11–1

Bombardier Billy WellsLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bell and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Colin Bell and 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Bell11bouts

Smith95bouts

How They Win ↓

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