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George Godfrey vs Ralph Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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George Godfrey

Ralph Smith

George Godfrey (98-21-3 across 127 tracked bouts) and Ralph Smith (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Godfrey

Tracked record

98–21–3

counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 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

Godfrey leads 2–0

George Godfrey and Ralph Smith have met 2 times; Godfrey leads 2–0.

George Godfrey and Ralph Smith have met 2 times; Godfrey leads 2–0.
Met1927Mar 81929Jul 15Series
George GodfreyFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Ralph SmithFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultTKOR9TKOR22Meetings

The Numbers

Godfrey 4 · Smith 1 of 5 measurable rows
GodfreySmith
Record†
98-21-3 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
81.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 79
79 (edge)
0
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
82%—
Times stopped‡max 6
6
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
7.2 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 127
127
5

† 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

Agenot held
George Godfrey: Died aged 50
Ralph Smith: No date of birth
Stance
George Godfrey: Orthodox
Ralph Smith: Not recorded

George Godfrey left, Ralph 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
George Godfrey98 wins · from 127 tracked bouts

George Godfrey: 98 tracked wins — 80 by KO/TKO (82%), 16 on the cards (16%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 127 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

80 by KO/TKO 82%16 on the cards 16%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Ralph Smith0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Ralph Smith: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — George Godfrey 127, Ralph Smith 5 — 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

George Godfrey had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Hank Hankinson. Godfrey last boxed on Aug 10, 1937.WLWWL

Pavelescu Jun 1935Spakow Jun 1935Charles Oct 1935Wells Aug 1936Hankinson Aug 19377.2 tracked bouts per year

Ralph Smith last boxed on Jul 15, 1929 — 35,530 days ago. Smith had lost five straight.LLLLL

Godfrey Mar 1927Steele Sep 1928Stribling Jan 1929Steele Jun 1929Godfrey Jul 19292.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have George Godfrey and Ralph Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. George Godfrey and Ralph Smith have met 2 times and George Godfrey leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WJul 15, 1929 · Godfrey · TKO R2

WMar 8, 1927 · Godfrey · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Godfrey or Smith?
George Godfrey is 98-21-3 across the 127 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Ralph Smith is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. George Godfrey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Godfrey98–21–381.6%

Smith0–50%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Godfrey or Smith?
George Godfrey has 79 knockout wins and Ralph Smith has 0. George Godfrey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Godfrey79

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Godfrey and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both George Godfrey and Ralph Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Godfrey and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 127 bouts tracked for George Godfrey and 5 bouts tracked for Ralph Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Godfrey127bouts

Smith5bouts

How They Win ↓

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