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Joe Kelly vs Wallace Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joe Kelly

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Wallace Smith

Joe Kelly (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Wallace Smith (31-24-6) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kelly

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

31

Wins18 KO · 58%

24

Losses

6

Draws61 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

Joe Kelly and Wallace Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Joe Kelly and Wallace Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1949Jan 24Series
Joe KellyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Wallace SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Kelly 1 · Smith 3 of 4 measurable rows
KellySmith
Record†
0-131-24-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
55.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
0
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—58.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—55%
Times stopped‡max 7
1 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
1
61

† 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
Joe Kelly: No height on file
Wallace Smith: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joe Kelly: No date of birth
Wallace Smith: Died aged 49
Stance
Joe Kelly: Not recorded
Wallace Smith: Orthodox

Joe Kelly left, Wallace 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
Joe Kelly0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joe Kelly: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Kelly yet.

Wallace Smith31 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Wallace Smith: 31 tracked wins — 17 by KO/TKO (55%) and 14 on the cards (45%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

17 by KO/TKO 55%14 on the cards 45%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Kelly 1, Wallace Smith 61 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Joe Kelly last boxed on Jan 24, 1949 — 28,400 days ago. Kelly had lost the most recent, to Wallace Smith.L

Smith Jan 1949

Wallace Smith has lost 11 straight. Smith last boxed on Apr 1, 1958.LLLLL

Andrade Jul 1957Scanlon Oct 1957Nevarez Feb 1958Loi Mar 1958Brennan Apr 19586.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Kelly and Wallace Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Kelly and Wallace Smith met once on January 24, 1949, and Wallace Smith won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LJan 24, 1949 · Smith · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kelly or Smith?
Joe Kelly is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Wallace Smith is 31-24-6. Wallace Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Kelly0–10%

Smith31–24–655.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Kelly or Smith?
Joe Kelly has 0 knockout wins and Wallace Smith has 18. Wallace Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Kelly0

Smith1858.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kelly and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Kelly and Wallace Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kelly and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Joe Kelly and 61 bouts tracked for Wallace Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kelly1bout

Smith61bouts

How They Win ↓

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