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Edward "Gunboat" Smith vs Harry Wills — record, stats and common opponents compared

Edward "Gunboat" Smith

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Harry Wills

Edward "Gunboat" Smith (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) and Harry Wills (89-10-7) 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

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Wills

89

Wins56 KO · 63%

10

Losses

7

Draws110 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

Wills leads 1–0

Edward "Gunboat" Smith and Harry Wills have met 1 time; Wills leads 1–0.

Edward "Gunboat" Smith and Harry Wills have met 1 time; Wills leads 1–0.
Met1921Oct 10Series
Edward "Gunboat" SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Harry WillsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 1 · Wills 4 of 5 measurable rows
SmithWills
Record†
0-289-10-7 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
87.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 56
0
56 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—62.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—63%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5
0.6
5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 110
2
110

† 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

Reachnot held
Edward "Gunboat" Smith: No reach on file
Harry Wills: 84″
Agenot held
Edward "Gunboat" Smith: No date of birth
Harry Wills: Died aged 69
Stance
Edward "Gunboat" Smith: Not recorded
Harry Wills: Orthodox

Edward "Gunboat" Smith left, Harry Wills right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Edward "Gunboat" Smith0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Edward "Gunboat" Smith: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

Harry Wills90 wins · from 110 tracked bouts

Harry Wills: 90 tracked wins — 57 by KO/TKO (63%), 14 on the cards (16%) and 19 by another method or unrecorded (21%). Counted from 110 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

57 by KO/TKO 63%14 on the cards 16%19 by another method or unrecorded 21%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Edward "Gunboat" Smith 2, Harry Wills 110 — 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

Edward "Gunboat" Smith last boxed on Oct 10, 1921 — 38,364 days ago. Smith had lost two straight.LL

Hauck May 1918Wills Oct 19210.6 tracked bouts per year

Harry Wills has won four straight since losing to Andres Castano. Wills last boxed on Oct 19, 1932.LWWWW

Castano Sep 1929Castano Dec 1929Rose Feb 1931Jakasa Aug 1932Glover Oct 19325 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Edward "Gunboat" Smith and Harry Wills ever fought each other?
Yes. Edward "Gunboat" Smith and Harry Wills met once on October 10, 1921, and Harry Wills won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 10, 1921 · Wills · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Wills?
Edward "Gunboat" Smith is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Harry Wills is 89-10-7. Harry Wills has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith0–20%

Wills89–10–787.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Wills?
Edward "Gunboat" Smith has 0 knockout wins and Harry Wills has 56. Harry Wills has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith0

Wills5662.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Wills have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Edward "Gunboat" Smith and Harry Wills have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Wills?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Edward "Gunboat" Smith and 110 bouts tracked for Harry Wills. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith2bouts

Wills110bouts

How They Win ↓

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