Have Freddie Little and John Henry Smith ever fought each other?

Yes. Freddie Little and John Henry Smith met once on June 1, 1965, and Freddie Little won by KO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Little or Smith?

Freddie Little is 51-6 and John Henry Smith is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Freddie Little has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Little or Smith?

Freddie Little has 31 knockout wins and John Henry Smith has 0. Freddie Little has more.

Do Little and Smith have any common opponents?

Freddie Little and John Henry Smith share 1 common opponent: George Benton. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Little and Smith?

This comparison is drawn from 58 bouts tracked for Freddie Little and 3 bouts tracked for John Henry Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Freddie Little vs John Henry Smith — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Freddie Little

John Henry Smith

Freddie Little (51-6) and John Henry Smith (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Little

Wins31 KO · 61%

Losses

Draws58 tracked bouts

Smith

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Little leads 1–0

Freddie Little and John Henry Smith have met 1 time; Little leads 1–0.
Met	1965Jun 1	Series
Freddie LittleFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
John Henry SmithFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	KOR3Little vs Smith	1Meeting

Little vs Smith · Jun 1, 1965

The Numbers

Little 6 · Smith 0 of 6 measurable rows

LittleEdge = longer wingSmith

Record^†: 51-6 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%: 89.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 31: 31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 60.78%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 61%—
Times stopped^‡max 3: 1 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 2: 2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 3.8: 3.8 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 58: 58
3

† 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: Freddie Little: 5′7″; John Henry Smith: No height on file
Agenot held: Freddie Little: 90; John Henry Smith: No date of birth

Freddie Little left, John Henry Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Freddie Little51 wins · from 58 tracked bouts

31 by KO/TKO 61%19 on the cards 37%1 by another method or unrecorded 2%

John Henry Smith0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Freddie Little 58, John Henry Smith 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

LittleFreddie Little

Opponent

SmithJohn Henry Smith

Freddie Little
Loss, MD
1960Oct 1960
BentonGeorge BentonUnited States 61–13–1EvenEven — 0–1 both
John Henry Smith
Loss, KO 2
1963Aug 1963

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

Freddie Little last boxed on Jul 6, 1972 — 19,829 days ago. Little had won five straight, the most recent against Billy Walker.WWWWW

Geigger Nov 1970Rice Dec 1971Geigger Apr 1972Medina Apr 1972Walker Jul 19723.8 tracked bouts per year

John Henry Smith last boxed on Jun 1, 1965 — 22,421 days ago. Smith had lost three straight.LLL

Benton Aug 1963Rodríguez Mar 1965Little Jun 19651.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Freddie Little and John Henry Smith ever fought each other?: Yes. Freddie Little and John Henry Smith met once on June 1, 1965, and Freddie Little won by KO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Little or Smith?: Freddie Little is 51-6 and John Henry Smith is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Freddie Little has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Little or Smith?: Freddie Little has 31 knockout wins and John Henry Smith has 0. Freddie Little has more.
Do Little and Smith have any common opponents?: Freddie Little and John Henry Smith share 1 common opponent: George Benton. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Little and Smith?: This comparison is drawn from 58 bouts tracked for Freddie Little and 3 bouts tracked for John Henry Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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