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Gunboat Smith vs Tony Melchior — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Gunboat Smith

Tony Melchior

Gunboat Smith (81-49-13) and Tony Melchior (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Smith

81

Wins38 KO · 47%

49

Losses

13

Draws95 tracked bouts

Melchior

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Gunboat Smith and Tony Melchior have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Gunboat Smith and Tony Melchior have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1920Jun 26Series
Gunboat SmithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony MelchiorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 4 · Melchior 1 of 5 measurable rows
SmithMelchior
Record†
81-49-13 (edge)0-4
Win %0–100%
61.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 38
38 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
46.91%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
22%—
Times stopped‡max 12
12
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.8
7.8 (edge)
2.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95
95
4

† 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″
Tony Melchior: No height on file
Reachnot held
Gunboat Smith: 72″
Tony Melchior: No reach on file
Agenot held
Gunboat Smith: Died aged 87
Tony Melchior: No date of birth
Stance
Gunboat Smith: Orthodox
Tony Melchior: Not recorded

Gunboat Smith left, Tony Melchior 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

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%

Tony Melchior0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Tony Melchior: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Melchior yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gunboat Smith 95, Tony Melchior 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Melchior better on 2

Smith

Opponent

Melchior

  • Gunboat Smith

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1918

    Loss, PTS

    1918

    MiskeMelchior better

    Tony Melchior

    Loss, TKO 4

    1921

  • Gunboat Smith

    1–4–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1917

    Loss, PTS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Loss, NWS

    1914

    LevinskyMelchior better

    Tony Melchior

    Loss, NWS

    1920

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

Tony Melchior last boxed on Nov 11, 1921 — 38,330 days ago. Melchior had lost four straight.LLLL

Levinsky Apr 1920Smith Jun 1920Gibbons Feb 1921Miske Nov 19212.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Gunboat Smith and Tony Melchior ever fought each other?
Yes. Gunboat Smith and Tony Melchior met once on June 26, 1920, and Gunboat Smith won by NWS.
The meeting

WJun 26, 1920 · Smith · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Melchior?
Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Tony Melchior is 0-4 across the 4 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.
Records · win %

Smith81–49–1361.2%

Melchior0–40%

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

Smith3846.9%

Melchior0

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Melchior have any common opponents?
Gunboat Smith and Tony Melchior share 2 common opponents: Billy Miske and Battling Levinsky. Tony Melchior fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Billy MiskeLL

Battling Levinsky1–4–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Melchior?
This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 4 bouts tracked for Tony Melchior. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith95bouts

Melchior4bouts

How They Win ↓

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