Have Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon ever fought each other?

Yes. Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon have met 2 times and Gunboat Smith leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.

Who has the better record, Smith or McMahon?

Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Tom McMahon is 2-10-3 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gunboat Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Smith or McMahon?

Gunboat Smith has 38 knockout wins and Tom McMahon has 0. Gunboat Smith has more.

Do Smith and McMahon have any common opponents?

Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon share 6 common opponents: Billy Miske, Leo Florian Hauck and Battling Levinsky (and 3 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 15 bouts tracked for Tom McMahon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gunboat Smith vs Tom McMahon — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Gunboat Smith

Tom McMahon

Gunboat Smith (81-49-13) and Tom McMahon (2-10-3 across 15 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 6 common opponents.

Smith

Wins38 KO · 47%

Losses

Draws95 tracked bouts

McMahon

Tracked record

2–10–3

counted from 15 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

Smith leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon have met 2 times; Smith leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1916Jul 10	1918Jul 4	Series
Gunboat SmithFighter A	WWon	DDraw	1–0–1W–L–D
Tom McMahonFighter B	LLost	DDraw	0–1–1W–L–D
Result	NWSSmith vs McMahon	PTSSmith vs McMahon	2Meetings

The Numbers

Smith 5 · McMahon 1 of 6 measurable rows

SmithEdge = longer wingMcMahon

Record^†: 81-49-13 (edge)2-10-3
Win %0–100%: 61.2% (edge)
23.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 38: 38 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 46.91%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 22% (edge)
0%
Times stopped^‡max 12: 12
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 7.8: 7.8 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95: 95
15

† 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: Gunboat Smith: 6′2″; Tom McMahon: No height on file
Reachnot held: Gunboat Smith: 72″; Tom McMahon: No reach on file
Agenot held: Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87; Tom McMahon: No date of birth
Stance: Gunboat Smith: Orthodox; Tom McMahon: Not recorded

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Gunboat Smith45 wins · from 95 tracked bouts

10 by KO/TKO 22%9 on the cards 20%26 by another method or unrecorded 58%

Tom McMahon2 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gunboat Smith 95, Tom McMahon 15 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Smith better on 2 · McMahon better on 2 · even on 26 shared · Gunboat Smith better on 2 · Tom McMahon better on 2 · even on 2

SmithGunboat Smith

Opponent

McMahonTom McMahon

Gunboat Smith
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1918Jul 1918
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
MiskeBilly MiskeUnited States 74–13–16 · Light HeavyweightMcMahon betterTom McMahon better — 0–1 to 0–2
Tom McMahon
Loss, NWS
1918Nov 1918
Gunboat Smith
Loss, NWS
1918May 1918
HauckLeo Florian HauckUnited States 144–36–23 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Tom McMahon
Loss, NWS
1911Feb 1911
Gunboat Smith
1–4–1 against
Loss, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Loss, PTS
1916Oct 1916
Loss, NWS
1916May 1916
Win, PTS
1915Jan 1915
Draw, PTS
1915Jan 1915
Loss, NWS
1914Oct 1914
LevinskyBattling LevinskyUnited States 196–55–38 · Light HeavyweightSmith betterGunboat Smith better — 1–4–1 to 0–4–1
Tom McMahon
0–4–1 against
Loss, PTS
1917Oct 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Jan 1916
Loss, NWS
1914Feb 1914
Loss, NWS
1913Feb 1913
Draw, NWS
1911Mar 1911
Gunboat Smith
0–3 against
Loss, PTS
1917Feb 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Mar 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Mar 1915
DillonJack DillonUnited States 191–31–28 · Light HeavyweightMcMahon betterTom McMahon better — 1–1–1 to 0–3
Tom McMahon
1–1–1 against
Draw, PTS
1917May 1917
Loss, NWS
1915Sep 1915
Win, NWS
1915Jun 1915
Gunboat Smith
1–1 against
Loss, KO 3
1914Oct 1914
Win, PTS
1913Nov 1913
LangfordSam LangfordCanada 210–43–53Smith betterGunboat Smith better — 1–1 to 0–1
Tom McMahon
Loss, TKO 6
1914Nov 1914
Gunboat Smith
Win, PTS
1913May 1913
WillardJess WillardUnited States 25–7–2 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 1–0 both
Tom McMahon
Win, NWS
1914Mar 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

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

Tom McMahon last boxed on Nov 18, 1918 — 39,421 days ago. McMahon had lost the most recent, to Billy Miske.LDLDL

Smith Jul 1916Dillon May 1917Levinsky Oct 1917Smith Jul 1918Miske Nov 19181.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon ever fought each other?: Yes. Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon have met 2 times and Gunboat Smith leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
Who has the better record, Smith or McMahon?: Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Tom McMahon is 2-10-3 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Gunboat Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Smith or McMahon?: Gunboat Smith has 38 knockout wins and Tom McMahon has 0. Gunboat Smith has more.
Do Smith and McMahon have any common opponents?: Gunboat Smith and Tom McMahon share 6 common opponents: Billy Miske, Leo Florian Hauck and Battling Levinsky (and 3 others). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and McMahon?: This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 15 bouts tracked for Tom McMahon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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