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Emmett "Kid" Wagner vs Gunboat Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Emmett "Kid" Wagner

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Gunboat Smith

Emmett "Kid" Wagner (2-8-1 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.

Wagner

Tracked record

2–8–1

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

Smith leads 1–0

Emmett "Kid" Wagner and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Emmett "Kid" Wagner and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1918Feb 18Series
Emmett "Kid" WagnerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gunboat SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Wagner 2 · Smith 4 of 6 measurable rows
WagnerSmith
Record†
2-8-181-49-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
22.7%
61.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 38
1
38 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.91%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
22%
Times stopped‡max 12
1 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.8
1.7
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
Emmett "Kid" Wagner: No height on file
Gunboat Smith: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Emmett "Kid" Wagner: No reach on file
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Agenot held
Emmett "Kid" Wagner: No date of birth
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Stance
Emmett "Kid" Wagner: Not recorded
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox

Emmett "Kid" Wagner 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
Emmett "Kid" Wagner2 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Emmett "Kid" Wagner: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

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 — Emmett "Kid" Wagner 11, Gunboat Smith 95 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Wagner better on 1 · even on 2

Wagner

Opponent

Smith

  • Emmett "Kid" Wagner

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    Draw, NWS

    1912

    HauckEven

    Gunboat Smith

    Loss, NWS

    1918

  • Emmett "Kid" Wagner

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1912

    Loss, NWS

    1912

    LevinskyWagner 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

  • Emmett "Kid" Wagner

    Win, KO 4

    1914

    BlackburnEven

    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

Emmett "Kid" Wagner last boxed on Feb 18, 1918 — 39,694 days ago. Wagner had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Gibbons Oct 1913Blackburn Oct 1914Hauck Nov 1914McCoy Dec 1914Smith Feb 19181.7 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 Emmett "Kid" Wagner and Gunboat Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Emmett "Kid" Wagner and Gunboat Smith met once on February 18, 1918, and Gunboat Smith won by NWS.
The meeting

LFeb 18, 1918 · Smith · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wagner or Smith?
Emmett "Kid" Wagner is 2-8-1 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 %

Wagner2–8–122.7%

Smith81–49–1361.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wagner or Smith?
Emmett "Kid" Wagner has 1 knockout win and Gunboat Smith has 38. Gunboat Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wagner1

Smith3846.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wagner and Smith have any common opponents?
Emmett "Kid" Wagner and Gunboat Smith share 3 common opponents: Leo Florian Hauck, Battling Levinsky and Jack Blackburn. Emmett "Kid" Wagner fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

Leo Florian Hauck0–1–1L

Battling LevinskyL1–4–1

Jack BlackburnWW

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

Wagner11bouts

Smith95bouts

How They Win ↓

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