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Fat LaRue vs Gunboat Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Fat LaRue

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Gunboat Smith

Fat LaRue (0-1 across 1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

LaRue

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Fat LaRue and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Fat LaRue and Gunboat Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1919Nov 19Series
Fat LaRueFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gunboat SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

LaRue 1 · Smith 3 of 4 measurable rows
LaRueSmith
Record†
0-181-49-13 (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
0 (edge)
12
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—7.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
1
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
Fat LaRue: No height on file
Gunboat Smith: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Fat LaRue: No reach on file
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Agenot held
Fat LaRue: No date of birth
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Stance
Fat LaRue: Not recorded
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox

Fat LaRue 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
Fat LaRue0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Fat LaRue: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for LaRue 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 — Fat LaRue 1, Gunboat Smith 95 — 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

Fat LaRue last boxed on Nov 19, 1919 — 39,051 days ago. LaRue had lost the most recent, to Gunboat Smith.L

Smith Nov 1919

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 Fat LaRue and Gunboat Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Fat LaRue and Gunboat Smith met once on November 19, 1919, and Gunboat Smith won by PTS.
The meeting

LNov 19, 1919 · Smith · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaRue or Smith?
Fat LaRue is 0-1 across the 1 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 %

LaRue0–10%

Smith81–49–1361.2%

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

LaRue0

Smith3846.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do LaRue and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Fat LaRue and Gunboat Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaRue and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Fat LaRue and 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaRue1bout

Smith95bouts

How They Win ↓

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