Have Gunboat Smith and Willie Meehan ever fought each other?

Yes. Gunboat Smith and Willie Meehan met once on February 4, 1920, and Gunboat Smith won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Smith or Meehan?

Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Willie Meehan is 4-10-3 across the 17 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 Meehan?

Gunboat Smith has 38 knockout wins and Willie Meehan has 0. Gunboat Smith has more.

Do Smith and Meehan have any common opponents?

Gunboat Smith and Willie Meehan share 7 common opponents: Billy Miske, Harry Wills and Harry Greb (and 4 others). Willie Meehan fared better against 3 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 17 bouts tracked for Willie Meehan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Gunboat Smith vs Willie Meehan — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Gunboat Smith

Willie Meehan

Gunboat Smith (81-49-13) and Willie Meehan (4-10-3 across 17 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 7 common opponents.

Smith

Wins38 KO · 47%

Losses

Draws95 tracked bouts

Meehan

Tracked record

4–10–3

counted from 17 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 Willie Meehan have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met	1920Feb 4	Series
Gunboat SmithFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Willie MeehanFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSSmith vs Meehan	1Meeting

Smith vs Meehan · Feb 4, 1920

The Numbers

Smith 5 · Meehan 1 of 6 measurable rows

SmithEdge = longer wingMeehan

Record^†: 81-49-13 (edge)4-10-3
Win %0–100%: 61.2% (edge)
32.4%
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
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 7.8: 7.8 (edge)
2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 95: 95
17

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

Gunboat Smith left, Willie Meehan 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%

Willie Meehan4 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Gunboat Smith 95, Willie Meehan 17 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

7 shared

7 shared · Smith better on 1 · Meehan better on 3 · even on 37 shared · Gunboat Smith better on 1 · Willie Meehan better on 3 · even on 3

SmithGunboat Smith

Opponent

MeehanWillie Meehan

Gunboat Smith
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1918Jul 1918
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
MiskeBilly MiskeUnited States 74–13–16 · Light HeavyweightEvenEven — Gunboat Smith 0–2, Willie Meehan 0–2–1
Willie Meehan
0–2–1 against
Loss, KO 1
1922Jul 1922
Loss, NWS
1919Jun 1919
Draw, PTS
1918Jun 1918
Gunboat Smith
Loss, KO 1
1921Oct 1921
WillsHarry WillsUnited States 89–10–7 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Willie Meehan
Loss, PTS
1914Sep 1914
Gunboat Smith
Loss, KO 1
1920Oct 1920
GrebHarry GrebUnited States 261–18–19 · MiddleweightSmith betterGunboat Smith better — 0–1 to 0–2
Willie Meehan
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1919May 1919
Loss, NWS
1917Dec 1917
Gunboat Smith
1–1 against
Loss, KO 3
1914Oct 1914
Win, PTS
1913Nov 1913
LangfordSam LangfordCanada 210–43–53Meehan betterWillie Meehan better — 1–0 to 1–1
Willie Meehan
Win, PTS
1919Mar 1919
Gunboat Smith
0–3 against
Loss, KO 2
1918Dec 1918
Loss, KO 2
1918Dec 1918
Loss, PTS
1917Oct 1917
DempseyJack DempseyUnited States 68–6–10Meehan betterWillie Meehan better — 2–2–2 to 0–3
Willie Meehan
2–2–2 against
Win, PTS
1918Sep 1918
Loss, TKO 1
1917Sep 1917
Draw, PTS
1917Sep 1917
Draw, PTS
1917Aug 1917
Loss, PTS
1917Jul 1917
Win, PTS
1917Mar 1917
Gunboat Smith
Loss, NWS
1918May 1918
HauckLeo Florian HauckUnited States 144–36–23 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Willie Meehan
Loss, NWS
1917Oct 1917
Gunboat Smith
0–3 against
Loss, PTS
1917Feb 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Mar 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Mar 1915
DillonJack DillonUnited States 191–31–28 · Light HeavyweightMeehan betterWillie Meehan better — 1–0 to 0–3
Willie Meehan
Win, NWS
1917Oct 1917

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

Willie Meehan last boxed on Jul 3, 1922 — 38,097 days ago. Meehan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Greb May 1919Miske Jun 1919Smith Feb 1920Gibbons Jun 1921Miske Jul 19222.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Gunboat Smith and Willie Meehan ever fought each other?: Yes. Gunboat Smith and Willie Meehan met once on February 4, 1920, and Gunboat Smith won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Smith or Meehan?: Gunboat Smith is 81-49-13 and Willie Meehan is 4-10-3 across the 17 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 Meehan?: Gunboat Smith has 38 knockout wins and Willie Meehan has 0. Gunboat Smith has more.
Do Smith and Meehan have any common opponents?: Gunboat Smith and Willie Meehan share 7 common opponents: Billy Miske, Harry Wills and Harry Greb (and 4 others). Willie Meehan fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Meehan?: This comparison is drawn from 95 bouts tracked for Gunboat Smith and 17 bouts tracked for Willie Meehan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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