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.
Johnny Best (1-2-2 across 5 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 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.
Johnny Best vs Sid Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- DrawSmith vs BestMay 3, 1915 · PTS
- DrawSmith vs BestMar 20, 1915 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-2-2
- Record
- 78-17-6 (edge)
- 40%
- Win %
- 80.2% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 11 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 14.1%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 14%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 8
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.2
- Bouts per year
- 8.6 (edge)
- 5
- Bouts tracked
- 101
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′4″ (163 cm)
- —
- Age
- 137
- —
- Nationality
- British
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Best · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Sid Smith · 78 wins
KO/TKO
11
Decision
66
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (5 and 101 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedJohnny Best
LTKO R14 · Dec 1915Sid Smith
LKO R3 · Mar 1916LTKO R8 · Dec 1915LTKO R9 · Dec 1914
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Johnny Best
LWLDD
L1 streak · last fought Feb 18, 1947
Sid Smith
WWWWL
W4 streak · last fought Dec 26, 1918
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Best and Sid Smith ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Best and Sid Smith have met 2 times and the series is level at 0-0 with 2 draws.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Best or Sid Smith?
- Johnny Best is 1-2-2 across the 5 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Johnny Best or Sid Smith?
- Johnny Best has 1 knockout win and Sid Smith has 11. Sid Smith has more.
- Do Johnny Best and Sid Smith have any common opponents?
- Johnny Best and Sid Smith share 1 common opponent: Jimmy Wilde. Johnny Best fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Best and Sid Smith?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Best and 101 bouts tracked for Sid Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.