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Joe Shear vs Sid Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sid Smith

Joe Shear (1-4-1 across 6 tracked bouts) and Sid Smith (78-17-6) 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.

Shear

Tracked record

1–4–1

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

78

Wins11 KO · 14%

17

Losses

6

Draws101 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 Shear and Sid Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

Joe Shear and Sid Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met1910Jan 27Series
Joe ShearFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sid SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Shear 1 · Smith 5 of 6 measurable rows
ShearSmith
Record†
1-4-178-17-6 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
80.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 11
0
11 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—14.1%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
14% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 8
0 (edge)
8
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 8.6
3.7
8.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 101
6
101

† 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 Shear: No height on file
Sid Smith: 5′4″
Agenot held
Joe Shear: No date of birth
Sid Smith: Died aged 59

Joe Shear left, Sid Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Shear1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Joe Shear: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Sid Smith78 wins · from 101 tracked bouts

Sid Smith: 78 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (14%), 66 on the cards (85%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 101 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 14%66 on the cards 85%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Shear 6, Sid Smith 101 — 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 Shear last boxed on Sep 4, 1911 — 42,050 days ago. Shear had lost the most recent, to Frankie Fleming.LLWDL

Dundee Feb 1911Dundee Apr 1911Dundee Jul 1911Fleming Jul 1911Fleming Sep 19113.7 tracked bouts per year

Sid Smith has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Joe Conn. Smith last boxed on Dec 26, 1918.LWWWW

Conn Oct 1917Whatley Apr 1918Garrard Sep 1918Lyons Oct 1918Marshall Dec 19188.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Shear and Sid Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Shear and Sid Smith met once on January 27, 1910, and Sid Smith won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 27, 1910 · Smith · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shear or Smith?
Joe Shear is 1-4-1 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sid Smith is 78-17-6. Sid Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shear1–4–125%

Smith78–17–680.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shear or Smith?
Joe Shear has 0 knockout wins and Sid Smith has 11. Sid Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shear0

Smith1114.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Shear and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Shear and Sid Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shear and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Joe Shear and 101 bouts tracked for Sid Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shear6bouts

Smith101bouts

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