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John Van Emmenis vs Liam Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Van Emmenis

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Liam Smith

John Van Emmenis (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Liam Smith (33-5-1) 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.

Emmenis

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

33

Wins20 KO · 61%

5

Losses

1

Draw39 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

John Van Emmenis and Liam Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.

John Van Emmenis and Liam Smith have met 1 time; Smith leads 1–0.
Met2008Dec 12Series
John Van EmmenisFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Liam SmithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Emmenis 1 · Smith 4 of 5 measurable rows
EmmenisSmith
Record†
0-133-5-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
85.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 20
0
20 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60.61%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—61%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 4
0
4 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
1
39

† 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
John Van Emmenis: No height on file
Liam Smith: 5′10″
Reachnot held
John Van Emmenis: No reach on file
Liam Smith: 69″
Agenot held
John Van Emmenis: No date of birth
Liam Smith: 38
Stance
John Van Emmenis: Not recorded
Liam Smith: Orthodox

John Van Emmenis left, Liam 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
John Van Emmenis0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Van Emmenis: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Emmenis yet.

Liam Smith33 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Liam Smith: 33 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (61%) and 13 on the cards (39%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 61%13 on the cards 39%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — John Van Emmenis 1, Liam Smith 39 — 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

John Van Emmenis last boxed on Dec 12, 2008 — 6,526 days ago. Emmenis had lost the most recent, to Liam Smith.L

Smith Dec 2008

Liam Smith has lost two straight, after three straight wins. Smith last boxed on Apr 26, 2025 — 547 days ago.WWWLL

Vargas Apr 2022Mwakinyo Sep 2022Jr Jan 2023Jr Sep 2023McKenna Apr 20252.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have John Van Emmenis and Liam Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. John Van Emmenis and Liam Smith met once on December 12, 2008, and Liam Smith won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LDec 12, 2008 · Smith · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Emmenis or Smith?
John Van Emmenis is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Liam Smith is 33-5-1. Liam Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Emmenis0–10%

Smith33–5–185.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Emmenis or Smith?
John Van Emmenis has 0 knockout wins and Liam Smith has 20. Liam Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Emmenis0

Smith2060.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Emmenis and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Van Emmenis and Liam Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Emmenis and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for John Van Emmenis and 39 bouts tracked for Liam Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Emmenis1bout

Smith39bouts

How They Win ↓

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