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Happy Howard vs Jeff Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Happy Howard

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Jeff Smith

Happy Howard (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) and Jeff Smith (141-34-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Howard

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

141

Wins48 KO · 34%

34

Losses

5

Draws183 tracked bouts

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

Happy Howard and Jeff Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Happy Howard and Jeff Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1924Oct 27Series
Happy HowardFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jeff SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Howard 1 · Smith 5 of 6 measurable rows
HowardSmith
Record†
1-7141-34-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
79.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 48
0
48 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—34.04%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
34% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.3
0.8
10.3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 183
8
183

† 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
Happy Howard: No height on file
Jeff Smith: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Happy Howard: No reach on file
Jeff Smith: 71″
Agenot held
Happy Howard: No date of birth
Jeff Smith: Died aged 70
Stance
Happy Howard: Not recorded
Jeff Smith: Orthodox

Happy Howard left, Jeff 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
Happy Howard1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Happy Howard: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Jeff Smith141 wins · from 183 tracked bouts

Jeff Smith: 141 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (34%), 37 on the cards (26%) and 56 by another method or unrecorded (40%). Counted from 183 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

48 by KO/TKO 34%37 on the cards 26%56 by another method or unrecorded 40%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Happy Howard 8, Jeff Smith 183 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Howard better on 1 · Smith better on 1

Howard

Opponent

Smith

  • Happy Howard

    0–2 against

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    GrebHoward better

    Jeff Smith

    0–6–1 against

    Loss, NWS

    1922

    Draw, PTS

    1921

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1917

  • Happy Howard

    1–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    McTigueSmith better

    Jeff Smith

    2–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1921

    Win, PTS

    1920

    Win, NWS

    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

Happy Howard last boxed on Oct 27, 1924 — 37,247 days ago. Howard had lost six straight.LLLLL

Greb Jun 1919Delaney Aug 1921Stribling Apr 1923Stribling Jun 1923Smith Oct 19240.8 tracked bouts per year

Jeff Smith has lost four straight, after one straight win. Smith last boxed on Nov 18, 1927.WLLLL

Roberts Mar 1927Cullen Apr 1927Manley Jun 1927Manley Jul 1927Brown Nov 192710.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Happy Howard and Jeff Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Happy Howard and Jeff Smith met once on October 27, 1924, and Jeff Smith won by PTS.
The meeting

LOct 27, 1924 · Smith · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Howard or Smith?
Happy Howard is 1-7 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jeff Smith is 141-34-5. Jeff Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Howard1–712.5%

Smith141–34–579.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Howard or Smith?
Happy Howard has 0 knockout wins and Jeff Smith has 48. Jeff Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Howard0

Smith4834%

The Numbers ↓
Do Howard and Smith have any common opponents?
Happy Howard and Jeff Smith share 2 common opponents: Harry Greb and Mike McTigue. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Harry GrebL0–6–1

Mike McTigue1–12–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Howard and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Happy Howard and 183 bouts tracked for Jeff Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Howard8bouts

Smith183bouts

How They Win ↓

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