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Joe Smallwood vs Young Corbett III — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Smallwood

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Young Corbett III

Joe Smallwood (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) and Young Corbett III (123-12-20) 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.

Smallwood

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

III

123

Wins33 KO · 27%

12

Losses

20

Draws156 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

III leads 1–0

Joe Smallwood and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.

Joe Smallwood and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.
Met1937Jul 21Series
Joe SmallwoodFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young Corbett IIIFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Smallwood 1 · III 6 of 7 measurable rows
SmallwoodIII
Record†
1-6123-12-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%
14.3%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33
0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—26.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
27% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.5
1.3
7.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156
7
156

† 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 Smallwood: No height on file
Young Corbett III: 5′7″
Agenot held
Joe Smallwood: No date of birth
Young Corbett III: Died aged 88
Stance
Joe Smallwood: Not recorded
Young Corbett III: Southpaw

Joe Smallwood left, Young Corbett III 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 Smallwood1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Joe Smallwood: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Young Corbett III124 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

Young Corbett III: 124 tracked wins — 33 by KO/TKO (27%), 89 on the cards (72%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 156 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

33 by KO/TKO 27%89 on the cards 72%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Smallwood 7, Young Corbett III 156 — 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 Smallwood last boxed on Aug 27, 1937 — 32,565 days ago. Smallwood had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Dundee Jul 1932Dundee Apr 1935Overlin Aug 1935III Jul 1937Marshall Aug 19371.3 tracked bouts per year

Young Corbett III has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Fred Apostoli. III last boxed on Aug 20, 1940.LWWWW

Apostoli Nov 1938Foster Dec 1939Sparr Mar 1940Cahill Apr 1940Rangel Aug 19407.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Smallwood and Young Corbett III ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Smallwood and Young Corbett III met once on July 21, 1937, and Young Corbett III won by PTS.
The meeting

LJul 21, 1937 · III · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smallwood or III?
Joe Smallwood is 1-6 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Corbett III is 123-12-20. Young Corbett III has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Smallwood1–614.3%

III123–12–2085.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Smallwood or III?
Joe Smallwood has 0 knockout wins and Young Corbett III has 33. Young Corbett III has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Smallwood0

III3326.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smallwood and III have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Smallwood and Young Corbett III have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smallwood and III?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Joe Smallwood and 156 bouts tracked for Young Corbett III. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smallwood7bouts

III156bouts

How They Win ↓

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