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Jim Smith vs Stanley Ketchel — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jim Smith

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Stanley Ketchel

Jim Smith (3-4 across 7 tracked bouts) and Stanley Ketchel (51-7-3) 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

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Ketchel

51

Wins46 KO · 90%

7

Losses

3

Draws62 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

Ketchel leads 1–0

Jim Smith and Stanley Ketchel have met 1 time; Ketchel leads 1–0.

Jim Smith and Stanley Ketchel have met 1 time; Ketchel leads 1–0.
Met1910Jun 10Series
Jim SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Stanley KetchelFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 0 · Ketchel 5 of 5 measurable rows
SmithKetchel
Record†
3-451-7-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
42.9%
86.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 46
0
46 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—90.2%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
90% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.7
2.4
8.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 62
7
62

† 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
Jim Smith: No height on file
Stanley Ketchel: 5′9″
Reachnot held
Jim Smith: No reach on file
Stanley Ketchel: 70″
Agenot comparable
Jim Smith: Died aged 45
Stanley Ketchel: Died aged 24

Jim Smith left, Stanley Ketchel right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Jim Smith3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Jim Smith: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

Stanley Ketchel51 wins · from 62 tracked bouts

Stanley Ketchel: 51 tracked wins — 46 by KO/TKO (90%), 3 on the cards (6%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (4%). Counted from 62 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

46 by KO/TKO 90%3 on the cards 6%2 by another method or unrecorded 4%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jim Smith 7, Stanley Ketchel 62 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Smith better on 1 · even on 1

Smith

Opponent

Ketchel

  • Jim Smith

    Loss, TKO 5

    1911

    LangfordEven

    Stanley Ketchel

    Loss, NWS

    1910

  • Jim Smith

    Win, DQ 2

    1909

    KlausSmith better

    Stanley Ketchel

    Loss, NWS

    1910

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

Jim Smith has lost four straight, after one straight win. Smith last boxed on Nov 11, 1911.WLLLL

Klaus May 1909Jeanette Jun 1910Ketchel Jun 1910Langford Aug 1911McCoy Nov 19112.4 tracked bouts per year

Stanley Ketchel has won three straight since losses to Frank Klaus and Sam Langford. Ketchel last boxed on Jun 10, 1910.LLWWW

Klaus Mar 1910Langford Apr 1910Flynn May 1910Lewis May 1910Smith Jun 19108.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jim Smith and Stanley Ketchel ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Smith and Stanley Ketchel met once on June 10, 1910, and Stanley Ketchel won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LJun 10, 1910 · Ketchel · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Ketchel?
Jim Smith is 3-4 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Stanley Ketchel is 51-7-3. Stanley Ketchel has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smith3–442.9%

Ketchel51–7–386.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smith or Ketchel?
Jim Smith has 0 knockout wins and Stanley Ketchel has 46. Stanley Ketchel has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smith0

Ketchel4690.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Ketchel have any common opponents?
Jim Smith and Stanley Ketchel share 2 common opponents: Sam Langford and Frank Klaus. Jim Smith fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Sam LangfordLL

Frank KlausWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Ketchel?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Jim Smith and 62 bouts tracked for Stanley Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith7bouts

Ketchel62bouts

How They Win ↓

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