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Happy Smith vs Joe Burman — record, stats and common opponents compared

Happy Smith

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Joe Burman

Happy Smith (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Joe Burman (36-3-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Smith

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Burman

36

Wins21 KO · 58%

3

Losses

6

Draws129 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

Burman leads 1–0

Happy Smith and Joe Burman have met 1 time; Burman leads 1–0.

Happy Smith and Joe Burman have met 1 time; Burman leads 1–0.
Met1917Jan 6Series
Happy SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joe BurmanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 0 · Burman 5 of 5 measurable rows
SmithBurman
Record†
0-336-3-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 21
0
21 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—58.33%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—23%
Times stopped‡max 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 15.5
0.8
15.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 129
3
129

† 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 Smith: No height on file
Joe Burman: 5′4″
Agenot held
Happy Smith: No date of birth
Joe Burman: Died aged 80
Stance
Happy Smith: Not recorded
Joe Burman: Orthodox

Happy Smith left, Joe Burman 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 Smith0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Happy Smith: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

Joe Burman91 wins · from 129 tracked bouts

Joe Burman: 91 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (23%), 14 on the cards (15%) and 56 by another method or unrecorded (62%). Counted from 129 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 23%14 on the cards 15%56 by another method or unrecorded 62%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Happy Smith 3, Joe Burman 129 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Smith better on 1

Smith

Opponent

Burman

  • Happy Smith

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    LynchSmith better

    Joe Burman

    2–2–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1923

    Win, NWS

    1921

    Loss, NWS

    1921

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Draw, NWS

    1919

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 Smith last boxed on Mar 26, 1920 — 38,929 days ago. Smith had lost three straight.LLL

Lynch Sep 1916Burman Jan 1917Chaney Mar 19200.8 tracked bouts per year

Joe Burman drew the most recent tracked bout with Dick Griffin. Burman last boxed on Mar 25, 1924.LLWLD

Goldstein Oct 1923Curtin Nov 1923McCoy Dec 1923Goozeman Dec 1923Griffin Mar 192415.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Happy Smith and Joe Burman ever fought each other?
Yes. Happy Smith and Joe Burman met once on January 6, 1917, and Joe Burman won by NWS.
The meeting

LJan 6, 1917 · Burman · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Burman?
Happy Smith is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joe Burman is 36-3-6. Joe Burman has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith0–30%

Burman36–3–686.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Burman?
Happy Smith has 0 knockout wins and Joe Burman has 21. Joe Burman has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith0

Burman2158.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Burman have any common opponents?
Happy Smith and Joe Burman share 1 common opponent: Joe Lynch. Happy Smith fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Joe LynchL2–2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Burman?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Happy Smith and 129 bouts tracked for Joe Burman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith3bouts

Burman129bouts

How They Win ↓

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